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1) Betrayed
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the undisputed queen of sensual romance, Bertrice Small brings history to life through indomitable women who live with wit, intelligence, and courage and who love with fierce delight. Now she sweeps us to a time and place of fiery power struggles, where one woman holds the key to a country's future—and to her own consuming passion.
When Fiona Hay offers Angus Gordon her virtue in exchange for a dowry for her sisters, she so intrigues the rogue...
When Fiona Hay offers Angus Gordon her virtue in exchange for a dowry for her sisters, she so intrigues the rogue...
Author
Series
Border chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
The year is 1461, and the winds of war rage across England, uprooting Alix Givet, the daughter of Queen Margaret's physician, and the rest of Henry VI's court. Alix's plight becomes bleaker still when, out of duty to her queen, and to her ill, widowed father, she's locked into a loveless marriage to a cruel Northumbrian. But when her luck changes, Alix has another chance to flee - this time to save herself.
Author
Series
Plantagenet saga volume 12
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1983.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, geneological tables ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end of Lent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return of long-vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from the nunnery with a man. Now her lover is dead and she has come back, bringing her illegitimate son with her. She claims she is penitent, that she wants only to redeem her sin and find safe haven for the child. Neither she nor her son can be turned away,...
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 460 pages : illustrations, maps (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After gentle Henry VI takes the throne and is promised a royal bride from France, the rival royal line, the House of York, begins their quest to oust him.
In 1437, after years of regency, the pious and gentle Henry VI, the Lamb, comes of age and accedes to the English throne. His poor health and frailty of mind render him a weakling king; Henry depends on his closest men, Spymaster Derry Brewer and William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, to run his...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hosted and based on the book by Dr. Helen Castor, and filmed on location in England and France, this BBC series explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce and fiery reactions they provoked, and whether, in fact, much has changed.
Author
Series
Wars of the Roses volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 404 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The third beautifully written novel in the War of the Roses series by bestselling author Conn Iggulden. 'Superbly plotted and paced' The Times *** - Winter 1461 - Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 700 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, color portraits, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Firstborn son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House of Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height. And yet, by the time he died in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The enthralling story of the dynastic wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, the first of a dynamic two-volume history of the Wars of the Roses.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (6 hr. 19 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The concluding cycle of The Hollow Crown, subtitled The Wars of the Roses. Henry VI, Parts I and II and Richard III tell the story of an exceptionally turbulent period in British history. These exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language.
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