Jean Plaidy

From bestselling author Plaidy comes the unforgettable story of the couple that launches the Tudor dynasty--Henry VII and Elizabeth of York--in this novel that brings readers inside the royal couple's marriage and rule, heartbreak, and ultimately the crowning of their son, King Henry VIII.

The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

To Hold the Crown

The young Spanish widow, Katharine of Aragon, has become the pawn between two powerful monarchies.After less than a year as the wife of the frail Prince Arthur, the question of whether the marriage was ever consummated will decide both her fate and England's. But whilst England and Spain dispute her dowry, in the wings awaits her unexpected escape from poverty: Henry, Arthur's younger, more handsome brother - the future King of England.He alone has the power to restore her position, but at what sacrifice?

Katharine, the Virgin Widow

Bewitching King Henry VIII into making her his bride, the strong-willed and passionate Anne Boleyn becomes the tragically doomed queen who fails to produce a son for the king but whose daughter, Elizabeth, becomes one of the greatest rulers of all time. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Lady in the Tower

Fourteen-year-old Catherine de' Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry, Duke of Orleans, second son of the King of France. The brokenhearted Catherine has left her true love in Italy, forced into trading her future happiness for marriage into the French royal family. Amid the glittering "fetes "and banquets of the most immoral court in sixteenth-century Europe, the reluctant bride becomes a passionate but unwanted wife. Humiliated and unloved, Catherine spies on Henry and his lover, the infamous Diane de Poitiers. Tortured by what she sees, Catherine becomes consumed by a ruthless ambition destined to make her the most despised woman in France: the dream that one day the French crown will be worn by a Medici heir ...

Madame Serpent

A fictional portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, follows the tragic character from her youth, through her tumultuous adulthood at the center of political intrigue, betrayal, rivalry, and murder, to her execution, ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, in a meticulously detailed historical novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A Novel

Royal Road to Fotheringhay

Betrothed to King James IV of Scotland by her brother, King Henry VIII of England, Princess Margaret Tudor finds great joy in her arranged marriage until she is widowed by her own brother and forced to carve out her own destiny in Scotland amid scandal, political intrigues, and unrest. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

The Thistle and the Rose

Coming of age in her grandmother's licentious household, penniless and beautiful Katherine Howard dreams of the innocent life she could have led as she becomes the fifth wife to an heir-hungry King Henry VIII. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Rose Without a Thorn

Recounts the life story of Princess Mary Tudor, the beloved youngest sister of England's King Henry VIII, who becomes the unwilling bride of the elderly French king, until, after his death, she devises a scheme to outwit her ruthless brother to marry her true love, the Duke of Suffolk. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Mary, Queen of France

Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade.Henry's affections for his older wife soon stray, leaving the lonely Katherine to instead use her marital sway to dangerous foreign advantage. Overseas battles play on Henry's volatile temper, and whilst many his power, rumours of his fruitful affairs are notorious.With no legitimate heir yet born, Katharine once again begins to fear for her futurea

The Shadow of the Pomegranate

The fourth of Jean Plaidy's Tudor novels in which Henry VIII secretly plots his divorce from Katherine of Aragon. After twelve years of marriage, the once fortuitous union of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon has declined into a loveless stalemate.Their only child, Mary, is disregarded as a suitable heir, and Henry's need for a legitimate son to protect the Tudor throne has turned him into a callous and greatly feared ruler. When the young and intriguing Anne Boleyn arrives from the French court, Henry is easily captivated by her dark beauty and bold spirit.But his desire to possess the wily girl leads to a deadly struggle of power that promises to tear apart the lives of Katharine and Mary, and forever change England's faith...

The King's Secret Matter

A fictional portrait of the doomed Mary Stuart follows the beautiful, clever, and Catholic queen of Scotland from her return to a Protestant Scotland from France, through her disastrous marriages, to the intrigues and political machinations that surround her, forcing her to flee to England, where she faces imprisonment and eventual execution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Captive Queen of Scots

Rich historical details vividly capture the splendor, treachery, and intrigues of Tudor England in a novel that intertwines the stories of Anne Boleyn and her younger cousin, Catherine Howard, both of whom found tragedy as the wife of King Henry VIII. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Murder Most Royal

Offers a fictionalized account of Anne Neville, daughter of the "kingmaker," the Earl of Warwick, who became a pawn of court intrigues and, eventually, Queen through her marriage to Richard III.

The Story of Anne of York

The Reluctant Queen

Dramatizes the life and reign of "Bloody Mary" and her efforts to avenge her mother's abandonment by King Henry VIII and to reinstate Catholicism in England. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

In the Shadow of the Crown

Victoria Holt

When she returns from Switzerland to a position at an exclusive boarding school in Devon, Cordelia Grant is visited by her Swiss suitor, who mysteriously disappears, and she is courted by a local squire whom she detests.

The Time of the Hunter's Moon

Recounts the story of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the twelfth-century queen and mother of Richard the Lionhearted, who generated a family battle that deeply affected the English throne. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Courts of Love

With her perilous path of accession to the throne behind her, Queen Elizabeth I, the cool-headed young British monarch, must restrain her passion for the dashing courtier Robert Dudley or risk her beloved country's welfare, in a new edition of the classic historical novel about Britain's greatest monarch. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Queen of This Realm

Frances, married against her will when still a child, entered the world of spell-makers and poisoners in an attempt to rid herself of an unwanted husband.

The Murder in the Tower

The inimitable Plaidy continues her Novels of the Tudors by taking readers into the life of Sir Thomas More, a man torn between devotion to religion and duty to state.

The Story of the Daughter of Sir Thomas More

The King's Confidante

A fictional portrait of Katharine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, describes her marriage to the aging king, the conspiracy and intrigues that marked her tenure as queen, her influence over the king, and Henry's death, which freed Katharine to marry again, for love. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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