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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.
This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women—a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.
LEGACY
At the age of thirty-eight,
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Language
English
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With new insights into Cromwell's character, his family life and his close relationships with both Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII, joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces Tracy Borman examines the life, loves and legacy of the man who changed the shape of England forever.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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.
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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves--Prince Albert and John Brown--Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen's teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the...
10) Philippa
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Language
English
Description
The heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith, is devastated when she discovers the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But this change of fortune sweeps the spirited beauty back into the court of Queen Katherine--and into the arms of Crispin St. Clair, the Earl of Witton. When she stumbles onto a plot to assassinate King Henry VIII, their love is tested as they attempt to unmask those planning to tear the royal court asunder.
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lady in Waiting brought us royal magic, beguiling insight, and jaw-dropping stories from life inside Anne Glenconner's privileged circle, which though golden didn't always glitter. As she revealed in her memoir, it has been one of stark contrasts--from growing up in the splendor of Holkham Hall to living in a tent in the jungle of Mustique, from traveling the world with Princess Margaret to coping with her wildly unpredictable husband Lord Glenconner....
14) The snake stone
Author
Series
Yashim Togalu mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Exposes the inner sanctum of court life during the reign of Henry VIII through the eyes and ears of Jane Boleyn, wife of George Boleyn and sister-in-law to Queen Anne Boleyn. Jane emerges as a courageous spirit, a modern woman forced by circumstances to fend for herself in a privileged but vicious world.--From source other than Library of Congress.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
“An original, masterly, and fascinating study [that] offers brilliant new insights into the shaping of the Virgin Queen.”—Alison Weir, New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series
In vivid detail, historian Tracy Borman presents Elizabeth I from a thrilling new angle, focusing on the Virgin Queen not through her relationship with men, but as the product of women—the mother she...
In vivid detail, historian Tracy Borman presents Elizabeth I from a thrilling new angle, focusing on the Virgin Queen not through her relationship with men, but as the product of women—the mother she...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Pursuing a friendship and then a passionate romance with the young Marie Antoinette, dashing Swedish nobleman Count Axel von Fersen becomes a devoted companion to the entire royal family before attempting to help them escape in the wake of the French Revolution.
20) Perfect sin
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Series
Clayton romances volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Perfect plan: He was the ultimate rake. But Randall Clayton, seventh Duke of Beldon, harbors a hidden motive for seducing the fiery-haired, passionate Caitlin Harmon. Rand is on a mission to find a murderer...and it's leading straight to Caitlin's father.
Perfect seduction: She was the ultimate temptation. Cait, the feisty, intellectual daughter of an American adventurer, is certain she will never fall in love. But one dance with Rand Clayton and...
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