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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
This biography reconstructs the life of the second wife of Henry VIII, drawing on scholarly studies and critical analysis to define an English queen who has been alternately viewed as a whore, martyr, feminist icon and cautionary tale over the centuries.
Author
Series
Anne Boleyn trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by William's mother, Anne Boleyn. Against a tide of secrets, betrayal,...
Author
Series
Border chronicles volume 3
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
28) Wolf Hall
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follow Thomas Cromwell and his rise to power through a Tudor household.
Author
Series
Wars of the Roses volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Margaret of Anjou, the second gripping novel in the new series from historical fiction master Conn Iggulden. As Traitors Advance...A Queen Defends It is 1454 and for over a year King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercely loyal wife and Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards her husband's interests,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this stunning historical novel. Elizabeth of York is the oldest daughter of King Edward IV. Flame-haired, beautiful, and sweet-natured, she is adored by her family; yet her life is suddenly disrupted when her beloved father dies in the prime of life. Her uncle, the notorious Richard III, takes advantage of King...
33) Wolf bride
Author
Series
Lust in the Tudor court volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lord Wolf, hardened soldier and expert lover, has come to King Henry VIII's court to claim his new bride: a girl who has intrigued him since he first saw her riding across the Yorkshire moors. Eloise Tyrell, now lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn, has other ideas. She has no desire to submit to a man she barely knows and who-though she is loath to admit it-frightens her more than a little. Their first kiss awakens in both a fierce desire that bares...
Author
Series
Wars of the Roses volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
After gentle Henry VI takes the throne and is promised a royal bride from France, the rival royal line, the House of York, begins their quest to oust him. In 1437, after years of regency, the pious and gentle Henry VI, the Lamb, comes of age and accedes to the English throne. His poor health and frailty of mind render him a weakling king; Henry depends on his closest men, Spymaster Derry Brewer and William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, to run his kingdom....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior...
The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Porter (The Myth of "Bloody Mary") claims Elizabeth I's education, religious beliefs, and consciousness of personal image owed much to her loving stepmother. Rich, perceptive, nuanced and creative, this first full-scale biography gives one of Britain's best but least-known queens her due.
38) The king's rose
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Catharine Howard recounts the events in her life that led to her being groomed for marriage at the age of fifteen to King Henry VIII, her failure to produce an heir to the throne, and her quick execution.
39) Time and chance
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 2
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
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