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Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 2
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When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy...
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Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 1
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A fictional portrait of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, follows her through her youthful marriage to Henry's older brother, Arthur, her widowhood, her marriage to Henry, and the divorce that led to Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn.
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Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 6
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Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland, Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary. Though promised protection, Mary, perceived as a serious threat to the English crown, is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a "guest" in the house of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple welcomes the condemned queen into their home, certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will...
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2009.
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In this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, Elizabeth Woodville, catches the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of...
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Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonely life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, England, and even her son. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the King; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth...
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2013.
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Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
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2014.
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Starz original series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a...
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Best-seller du New York Times qui a inspiré La princesse blanche, la minisérie télévisée de Starz encensée par la critique, La fille du faiseur de rois nous raconte l'histoire d'Anne Neville, une jolie jeune femme qui doit se frayer un chemin parmi la perfidie qui règne à la cour anglaise pendant que son père, connu comme étant le faiseur de rois, les utilise, elle et sa soeur, comme des pions sur son échiquier politique. La fille du faiseur...
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Angleterre, 1485. Henri Tudor fait tomber Richard III au combat et s'empare du trne après la bataille de Bosworth. Mais c'est un pays morcelé par la guerre des Deux-Roses qui attend le nouveau souverain. Un défi de taille lui incombera donc : dissoudre les rivalités et réunifier les camps, avant de pouvoir prétendre gouverner. Pour ce faire, Henri Tudor devra épouser une princesse de la maison ennemie, Élisabeth d'York. Héritière légitime...
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2015.
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"A riveting new Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII's sixth wife Kateryn Parr, the first English queen to publish under her own name. Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse... Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives-- King Henry VIII-- commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces:...
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2016.
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United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France immediately recognize each other as both allies and rivals in the treacherous world of court and national politics. Their bonds extend beyond natural and expeditious loyalties, as romance, scandal, war, and religion inextricably unite these three for better or for worse.
14) The last Tudor
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2017.
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"The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Seventeen-year-old Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When...
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Le dernier roman de la série «Guerre des Deux- Roses», de la mini-série Starz acclamée par la critique, Philippa Gregory raconte l'histoire fascinante de Margaret Pole, cousine d'Elizabeth d'York, et dame de compagnie de Catherine d'Aragon.
Considéré comme une menace au trne pour le volatile roi Henry VII, Margaret Pole, cousine d'Elizabeth d'York (connue sous le nom de la princesse Blanche) et la fille de George, duc de Clarence, sera mariée...
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