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Author
Series
Young royals volume 6
Publisher
Graphia
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
420 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In eighteenth-century France, Marie-Antoinette rails against the rules of etiquette that govern her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling despite her family's warnings and the whispers of courtiers.
182) The queen's dwarf
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 372 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1629, and King Charles I and his French queen Henrietta-Maria have reigned in England for less than three years. Young dwarf Jeffrey Hudson is swept away from a village shambles and plunged into the Stuart court when his father sells him to the most hated man in England--the Duke of Buckingham. Buckingham trains Jeffrey to be his spy in the household of Charles' seventeen-year-old bride, hoping to gain intelligence that will help him undermine...
Author
Series
Mistborn novels volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
541 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 318 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1660, the Restoration of Stuart Monarchy in England returns Frances Stuart and her family to favor. Frances discards threadbare gowns and goes to gilded Fontainebleau Palace, where she soon catches the Sun King's eye. But Frances is no ordinary court beauty--she has Stuart secrets to keep and her family to protect. King Louis XIV turns vengeful when she rejects his offer to become his Official Mistress. He sends her to England with orders to seduce...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his hair-raising adventures in London, Sir Robert Carey has finally tracked down Queen Elizabeth, who is about to make a state visit to Oxford. But instead of giving the Courtier his much-needed warrant and fee for being Deputy Warden of the West March with Scotland, Her Majesty orders him to investigate the most dangerous cold case of her reign--the mysterious 1560 death of Amy Dudley (née Robsart), unloved wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester....
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Henriette d'Entragues isn't satisfied with simply being the mistress of Henry IV of France; she wants a crown too. Despite his promises to marry her, the King is obliged by political necessity to ally himself with a rich Italian princess. But Henriette isn't one for giving up easily. All she has to do to achieve her ambition is to give Henry a son, and then do whatever it takes to set him on the throne.
188) The hemlock queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore-a necromancer and former smuggler-to his right hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the sainted court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kyrithean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore's old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian's changed. No longer...
189) Imperial scandal
Author
Series
Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xiv, 482 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her husband, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch, is sent on a perilous mission in the wake of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Suzanne must help him expose a killer as they are both forced to play a deadly game of murder, espionage and betrayal.
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