Red Rose of Anjou. (Plantagenet Saga), Paperback - Jean Plaidy

When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country.

So on his deathbed William made a will that would ensure his daughter's protection: he promised her hand in marriage to the future King of France.E...

At the age of thirty-two, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne. Leaving England to begin his crusade, Richard...

News of Thomas a Becket's martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England.

The untimely death of Richard the Lionheart left his nephew Arthur and his younger brother John in contest for the throne of England. Reluctantly t...

Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown and Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to England to claim it. When th...

Richard of Bordeaux, young heir to the throne after Edward the Third, is surrounded by ambitious uncles who believe it would be better for the coun...

Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward the fourth has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kin...

On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Gloucester, a man of poor judgment, greedy for wealth and power, ha...

The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they were beautiful, yet different in all other quali...

Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, had married a king of France - and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand...

The first of Jean Plaidy's much-loved Tudor series - Henry Tudor finally unites the warring Houses of York and Lancaster.In the aftermath of the bl...

Yet the last years of her reign are to be momentous years. The court at Windsor, Balmoral, Osborne or Buckingham Palace is perpetually shocked by t...

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to ...

DescriptionOne powerful king. Two tragic queens. In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king's eye. Anne Boleyn and ...

When Catherine de' Medici was forced to marry Henry of Orleans, her's was not the only heart broken. Jeanne of Navarre once dreamed of marrying thi...

The young Queen, as well has having to endure her constant pregnancies, is in perpetual revolt against any encroachment on her position - and Alber...

Reducere. One of history's most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beauti...

Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de' Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of F...

Reducere. DescriptionBack in print after twenty years, the final novel in the classic Catherine de' Medici trilogy (that includes Madame Serpent and The Ital...

For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidy's duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgetta...

_____________________The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchs. In the 15...

Reducere. Back in print after more than twenty years and for the first time in eBook, Madame Serpent, the first novel in Jean Plaidy's classic Catherine de M...

Married to Ferdinand after continual fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphed over every dangers, convinced of her true destiny.

Reducere. Bullets in The Fire - The Saga of New York RedA sexually liberated young woman, Erma Louise Hill, comes of age during the depression under difficul...

Reducere. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award WinnerMargaret of Anjou remains a figure of controversy. As wife to the weak King Henry VI, she was on...

Reducere. "One of the greatest achievements of modern literature." -Richard Howard "A major achievement . . . . Genet transforms experiences of degradation i...

With startling new evidence, this gripping reexamination of the Black Dahlia murder offers a definitive theory of a quintessential American crime.

Reducere. Creator Pat Brady received the 2004 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. He's previously been...

You can train a pet dog to do lots of things. Discover how a pet dog makes the best pet in this decodable non-fiction book by Jean Coppendale.Publi...

Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts ...

Written in the musical speech of the poet's home region of Kiltartan, County Galway, this collection of stories centers on country schoolmaster Red...