The second of Jean Plaidy's flamboyant French Revolution series.No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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From childhood Alice Salisbury has learnt obedience in all things and at fourteen dutifully marries the man her father has chosen for her - at the cost of losing for ever the love of her mother and the family she holds dear. But merchant Janyn Perrers is a good and...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The public pay a price for personal excess in this captivating and dramatic historical novel by multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory. 'It's hard to better Jean Plaidy ... both elegant and exciting as...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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With Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The first of Jean Plaidy's flamboyant French Revolution series. France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers.The country hopes Louis will bring back glory and prosperity to France. However, he is too...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Jean Plaidy's hugely popular Plantagenet series draws to a dramatic close with this final volume.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 kingmaker. But even Warwick's...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The powerful story of the troubled times when the Tudor succession was in dispute.These are dark days for England; the Tudor succession hangs precariously in the balance, along with the lives of its people.The wrong religion can all too easily mean a brutal death in a...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy paints an incredibly vivid portrait of one of history's most controversial - and terrifying - monarchs... Readers of Philippa Gregory will not be disappointed. 'Plaidy excels at blending history with...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for FictionCaryl Phillips’ ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The novel is set just after World War Two, in a fictitious Germany.The Allies have decided to punish the country for Nazi war crimes by forcing it to develop back in to a pre-industrial society. All the achievements of technology - railways, streets, power, ships - have...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The lives of three women who transformed history are brought vividly to life in this unforgettable novel.On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The Earl of Warwick, known as the 'Kingmaker' had the power to make a king... and to unmake him.When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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The second book in Jean Plaidy's famous trilogy about Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.Married to Ferdinand after continual fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphed over every dangers, convinced of her true destiny. With the might of Portugal humbled, the Court of...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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One of history's most captivating true stories - the scandal-filled life of Lucrezia Borgia.In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history's most notorious family. Her father, who is to become Pope Alexander VI, receives his first...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Continuing Jean Plaidy's popular Plantagenet series, here is the dramatic story of King Henry the Fifth's rise from wayward youngster to warrior king. Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown and Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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_____________________The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchs.In the 15th Century, Spain is full of intrigue and threatened by civil war. The independent young princess Isabella has become the...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Jean Plaidy's last French Revolution novel, featuring the tragic Marie Antoinette. At the age of fifteen, Marie Antoinette, beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin, is plunged into the intrigue of Versailles. Frivolous and reckless, she flouts the strict...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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Power struggles threaten the throne and family harmony in this captivating historical page-turner from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy. Perfect for readers of Philippa Gregory...'Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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In ancient Rome, parents used to silence misbehaving children with the utterance 'Hannibal ad portas' (Hannibal is at the door). Such was the fear and awe that Hannibal Barca instilled...Told in arcing, epic technicolour, this is the story of one of the ancient world's...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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In the days when the word 'Italian' was synonymous with 'poisoner', there was no woman the French despised more than their own Queen Regent, Catherine de' Medici... When Catherine de' Medici was forced to marry Henry of Orleans, her's was not the only heart broken....

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2011-02-15

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