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Originally published as: The Queen's favorite. London: Hale, 1966.

In this unforgettable novel of Queen Victoria, Jean Plaidy re-creates a remarkable life filled with romance, triumph, and tragedy. At birth, Princess Victoria was fourth in line for the throne of England, the often-overlooked daughter of a prince who died shortly after her birth. She and her mother lived in genteel poverty for most of her childhood, exiled from court because of her mother's dislike of her uncles, George IV and William IV. A st...

Dangerous court intrigue and affairs of the heart collide as renowned novelist Jean Plaidy tells the story of Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII's six queens. Henry VIII's fifth wife, Katherine Howard, was both foolish and unfaithful, and she paid for it with her life. Henry vowed that his sixth wife would be different, and she was. Katherine Parr was twice widowed and thirty-one years old. A thoughtful, well-read lady, she was known at co...

Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet Catherine, daughter of the king of Portugal and a Catholic, has never been popular with the English people. She is also having great difficulty conceiving an heir, even as many of Charles's well-known mistress...

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 unforgettable historical saga.Madonna of the Seven Hills: Fifteenth-century Rome: the Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia's father is named Pope Alexander VI, and he places his daughter and her brothers Cesare, Giovanni, and Goffredo in the jeweled splendor-and scandal-of his court. From the Pope's affairs...

Two sisters change the course of a nation by forsaking the King-their own father. England is on the verge of revolution. Antagonized by the Catholicism of King James II, the people plot to drive him from the throne. But at the heart of the plot is a deep betrayal: the defection of the daughters James loves, Mary and Anne. Both raised Protestant according to the wishes of England, the sisters support Protestant usurper William of Orange, Mary's...

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The story of Henry VIII and the House of Tudor begins with the story of his first wife, Katharine of Aragon. KATHARINE OF ARAGON combines Jean Plaidy's three short novels about her life into one volume for the first time in paperback.

Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called "Charles the Mad, ” given to unpredictable fits of insanity. The young princess lived a secluded life, awaiting her father's sane moments and suffering through the mad ones, as her mother took up with her uncle and their futures became more and more uncertain. Katherine's for...

Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama."-The New York Times "Burn the murderess!"So begins Jean Plaidy's The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. A Catholic in a land of stern Protestants, Mary finds herself in the middle of a revolt, as her blood...

Richard the Second is finding it hard to hold onto the crown, and is deposed by Henry the Fourth. But King Harry finds it harder to keep hold of the crown than it was to take it.

A daughter's love. A monarch's duty. On the road to greatness, one young woman must make an unthinkable choice.For Princess Mary, life has never been simple, but through it all the love of her father, the Duke of York, has been a constant and reliable comfort. Despite his own loyalty to the Catholic Church, the Duke and his brother, King Charles II, raised Mary as a Protestant to protect her in a time of religious and political upheaval. In or...

The marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined into an uneasy stalemate with the lack of a male heir. When Henry becomes obsessed with Anne Boleyn, he devises a plot to end his marriage. But Katharine refuses to surrender.

The marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined into an uneasy stalemate with the lack of a male heir. When Henry becomes obsessed with Anne Boleyn, he devises a plot to end his marriage. But Katharine refuses to surrender.

Katharine of Aragon had barely been married to Arthur, Prince of Wales when he died, leaving a fateful question looming: had the marriage been consummated? On that delicate point hinged Katharine'sand England'sfuture.

The marriage of young Katharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII was a right royal match. But would Queen Katharine be able to give Henry the healthy son he so desperately wanted?

The marriage of young Katharine of Aragon and King Henry VIII was a right royal match. But would Queen Katharine be able to give Henry the healthy son he so desperately wanted?

Katharine of Aragon had barely been married to Arthur, Prince of Wales when he died, leaving a fateful question looming: had the marriage been consummated? On that delicate point hinged Katharine'sand England'sfuture.

Jean Plaidy's quartet of novels based on the life of Queen Victoria, now with new photographic-style jackets, which have proved so successful for Philippa Gregory.

An English lawyer and statesman, Sir Thomas More was a kind father who put as much emphasis on educating his daughters as on his son, declaring that women were just as intelligent as men. His favorite daughter, Meg, is the heroine of this novel in which we witness the everyday lives of people in Tudor England. Plaidy takes readers into a world far removed from the grandeur of the courts, into the home of a simple family and a caring father who...