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Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the life of Lady Jane Gray's younger sister, Katherine, interweaves the tragic story of her imprisonment in the Tower of London with the fates of three other innocent political prisoners including Kate Plantagenet and boy princes Edward and Richard.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"A unique witness to landmark moments in royal history, maid of honor at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, and a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret until her death in 2002, Anne's life has encompassed extraordinary drama and tragedy. In [this book], she [shares] many intimate royal stories from her time as Princess Margaret's closest confidante as well as her own battle for survival: her broken-off first engagement on the basis of her 'mad blood'; her...
7) Philippa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden change of fortune that sweeps the spirited beauty back to her place in the court of Queen Katherine of Aragon--and into the arms of Crispin St. Clair, the Earl of Witton. But when Philippa stumbles onto a plot to assassinate King Henry VIII, their very love...
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Language
English
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"Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position affords. The queen loves Mary like a daughter, and, like any good mother, she wants her to make a powerful match. The most likely prospect: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But while Oxford seems to be everything the queen admires: clever, polished and wealthy, Mary knows him to be lecherous, cruel, and full of treachery. No matter how hard the queen tries...
Author
Series
Midwife novels (Roberta Rich) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Isaac Levi, Venetians in exile, have set up a new life for themselves in Constantinople. Isaac runs a newly established business in the growing silk trade, while Hannah, the best midwife in all of Constantinople, plies her trade within the opulent palace of Sultan Murat III, tending to the thousand women of his lively and infamous harem. But one night, when Hannah is unexpectedly summoned to the palace, she's confronted with Zofia, a poor...
Author
Series
Secrets of the Tudor court volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Pretty, flirtatious, and ambitious. Nan Bassett hopes that an appointment at the court of King Henry VIII will bring her a grand marriage. But soon after she becomes a maid of honor to Queen Jane, the queen dies in childbirth. As the court plunges into mourning, Nan sets her sights on the greatest match in the land...for the king has noticed her.After all, it wouldn't be the first time King Henry has chosen to wed a maid of honor. And in newly Protestant...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
" On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure. A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery...
Author
Series
Zi wei guan volume 89
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Opening the precious gates of the capital is like being in a royal palace and enjoying the noble pastries of the emperor class. The so-called "court dim sum" refers to the dim sum made by the imperial dining room. These dim sums are divided into the north and the south due to the geographical division; the development period began in the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, it was even more prosperous. Because the Qing Dynasty was in Beijing,...
Author
Series
Secrets of the Tudor court volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Jane Popyncourt, a real-life member of the royal court of Henry VIII, exposes the darkest corners of Tudor England in this captivating novel.
Author
Series
Secrets of the Tudor court volume 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Thomasine Lodge, a lady-in-waiting to King Henry's daughter, Princess Mary, becomes the Princess's confidante--and her eyes and ears--when Henry marries Anne Boleyn, who, distrustful and suspicious of Mary, takes Thomasine into her service where she catches the king's roving eye.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Louis XIV's story had legendary beginnings, beguiling women, court intrigue, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask, lavish court entertainments, the scandal of a mistress who was immersed in the dark arts, and a central character who is handsome and romantic, but with a frighteningly dark side to his character. Louis's political philosophy, his wars, and his relationships with courtiers and subjects were influenced by his belief that he was semi-divine....
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