The Queen's Choice
France, 1399 The Duke of Brittany is dead and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of their land a testament to her intellect, integrity and political prowess Then comes an unprecedented proposal from Henry IV, King of England The price of becoming his Queen Abandoning her
Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance
When the tall, athletic Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted With his dazzling looks and royal descent, the nineteen year old quickly got a reputation for womanising, with few able to resist his charm and promises For three years he had a
The Black Prince
I m working on a novel intended to express the feel of England in Edward III s time The fourteenth century of my novel will be mainly evoked in terms of smell and visceral feelings, and it will carry an undertone of general disgust rather than hey nonny nostalgia Anthony Burgess, Paris Review,
A Pilgrimage to Murder (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #17)
Summer, 1381 The Great Revolt has been crushed the king s peace ruthlessly enforced Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgrimage to St Thomas a Becket s shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation after the violent rebellion But preparations are
Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower
Of the many executions ordered by Henry VIII, surely the most horrifying was that of sixty seven year old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, hacked to pieces on the scaffold by a blundering headsman From the start, Margaret s life had been marred by tragedy and violence her father, George, Duke
King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Marc Morris King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose misgovernment
The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
England, 1176 Imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, refuses to let her powerful husband bully her into submission, even as he forces her away from her children and her birthright Freed only by Henry s death, Eleanor becomes dowager Queen of England But
The Mansions of Murder (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #18)
A murdered priest, a missing body, stolen treasure Brother Athelstan tackles his most challenging investigation to date October, 1381 Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St Benet s in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed to death
The Herald of Hell (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #15)
A medieval mystery featuring sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan May, 1381 The Great Revolt draws ever nearer The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night all over the city, striking terror into the
The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2; The Cousins War #1)
Brother turns on brother The throne of England is at stake The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun They ruled England before the Tudors, and now internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the Plantagenets to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
A.D 1135 As church bells tolled for the death of England s King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman Henry s beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it In their long and bitter struggle,
Time and Chance (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)
In When Christ and His Saints Slept, acclaimed historical novelist Sharon Kay Penman portrayed all the deceit, danger, and drama of Henry II s ascension to the throne Now, in Time and Chance, she continues the ever captivating tale It was medieval England s immortal marriage Eleanor of
Katherine
This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changed history that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family Set in the vibrant 14th century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion
The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1; Cousins War #3)
Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI Widowed at the age of 19, she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a
The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3; Cousins War #2)
The second book in Philippa s stunning new trilogy, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series The White Queen but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses The Red Queen
The Sunne in Splendour
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, scheminghunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes