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Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 2
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2002
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IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A.D. 1172. Henry IIs three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but its Eleanor of Aquitaines involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom.Devils...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people.This is his story, and the story of Henry III, as weak and changeable as Simon was...
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[[1995] 1995]
Language
English
Description
In the 12th Century, a king's daughter and her cousin fight for the crown of England. She is Maude, the only legitimate daughter of 23 children sired by Henry I. He is Stephen of Blois, who in a daring move seizes the crown. The people accept him, but Maude will obtain revenge through her son, the future Henry II.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III---a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III---vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower---from his maligned place in history with a dazzling combination of research and storytelling. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century...
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