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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 a match. A good and generous husband but a weak king, he rules a nation that still remembers his cruel and foolish father, King John.

Torn between her heart's passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice… Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many women-but it was Elizabeth herself that loved him best of all. Their relationship could have culminated in marriage but for the existence of Amy Robsart, Robert's tragic young wife, who stood between t...

_____________________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.

One of historys most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn captured the hearts of kings and commoners alike. She surpassed her familys highest expectations when Henry VIII risked his throne to wed her. But she would meet the cruelest of fates when she bore him no son.

One of historys most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn captured the hearts of kings and commoners alike. She surpassed her familys highest expectations when Henry VIII risked his throne to wed her. But she would meet the cruelest of fates when she bore him no son.

This third Novel of the Stuarts is now reissued for a brand-new audience. King James I has a fondness for handsome young men, and the dashing Robert Carr attracts his attention. But when the cunning and beautiful Frances Howard comes to court, a very dangerous liaison between Robert and Frances begins.

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.

Anne Boleyn tells her story as no one else could, revealing the woman Henry VIII risked his throne to wed, only to meet the cruelest of fates when she bore him no son.

From the pen of legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes an unforgettable true story of royalty, passion, and innocence lost. Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk. The innocent girl quickly learns that her grandmother's puritanism is not shared by Katherine's free-spirited cousins, with whom she lives. Beautiful and impr...

When Princess Mary ascends the throne--from which her father, Henry VIII, broke with the Pope--she is swayed by her fanatical advisors and her own religious fervor. The horrific examples she makes of those who fail to embrace the Church earn her the dark sobriquet "Bloody Mary.

From the pen of the legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes the story of Princess Margaret Tudor, whose life of tragedy, bloodshed, and scandal would rival even that of her younger brother, Henry VIII.Princess Margaret Tudor is the greatest prize when her father, Henry VII, negotiates the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with neighboring Scotland. The betrothal is meant to end decades of bloody border wars, but it becomes a love match: To Mar...

The haunting story of the beautiful-and tragic-Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at the tender age of six days old. Her French-born mother, the Queen Regent, knew immediately that the infant queen would be a vulnerable pawn in the power struggle between Scotland's clans and nobles. So Mary was sent away from the land of her birth and raised in the sophisticated and ...

Legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy brings to life the story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe-her older brother. Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. Known throughout Europe for her charm and good looks, Mary is the golden child of the Tudor family and is granted her every wish. Except wh...

Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in Great Britain by Robert Hale Limited, London, in 1958 and in the United States by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, in 1976."--T.p. verso.

The most beautiful woman in Rome, Lucrezia Borgia, was born into a family-and a destiny-she could not hope to escape . . .Fifteenth-century Rome: The Borgia family is on the rise. Lucrezia's father, Pope Alexander VI, places his illegitimate daughter and her only brothers, Cesare, Giovanni, and Goffredo, in the jeweled splendor-and scandal-of his court. From the Pope's affairs with adolescent girls to Cesare's dangerous jealousy of anyone who ...

In this "memoir" by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father, a captive in the Tower of London, a shrewd politician, a lover of the arts, and eventually, an icon of an era. It is the story of her improbable rise to power and the great triumphs of her reign--the end of religious bloodshed, the settling of the New World, the defeat...