The Captive Queen

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 038566978X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captive Queen written by Alison Weir and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For historical fiction readers, a tantalizing new novel from New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir about the passionate and notorious French queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Renowned for her highly acclaimed and bestselling British histories, Alison Weir has in recent years made a major impact on the fiction scene with her novels about Queen Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey. In this latest offering, she imagines the world of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfth-century woman who was Queen of France until she abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become King of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history. In this novel, Weir uses her extensive knowledge to paint a most vivid portrait of this fascinating woman.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345511883
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captive Queen written by Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion powerful enough to ignite the world. Indeed, after the annulment of Eleanor’s marriage to Louis and her remarriage to Henry, the union of this royal couple creates a vast empire that stretches from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees—and marks the beginning of the celebrated Plantagenet dynasty. But Henry and Eleanor’s marriage, charged with physical heat, begins a fiery downward spiral marred by power struggles and bitter betrayals. Amid the rivalries and infidelities, the couple’s rebellious sons grow impatient for power, and the scene is set for a vicious and tragic conflict that will threaten to engulf them all.

Author : Barbara Kyle
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0758273797
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Queen's Captive written by Barbara Kyle and published by Kensington Books . This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England, 1554. In the wake of the failed Wyatt Rebellion, a vengeful Queen Mary has ordered all conspirators captured and executed. Among the imprisoned is her own sister, twenty-one-year-old Princess Elizabeth. Though she protests her innocence, Elizabeth's brave stand only angers Mary more. Elizabeth longs to gain her liberty--and her sister's crown. In Honor and Richard Thornleigh and their son, Adam, the young princess has loyal allies. Disgusted by Queen Mary's proclaimed intent to burn heretics, Honor visits Elizabeth in the Tower and they quickly become friends. And when Adam foils a would-be assassin, Elizabeth's gratitude swells into a powerful--and mutual--attraction. But while Honor is willing to risk her own safety for her future queen, aiding in a new rebellion against the wrathful Mary will soon lead her to an impossible choice. . . Riveting, masterfully written, and rich in intricate details, The Queen's Captive brings one of history's most fascinating and treacherous periods to vibrant, passionate life. Praise for the novels of Barbara Kyle "Weaves a fast-paced plot through some of the most harrowing years of English history." --Judith Merkle Riley on The Queen's Lady "Excellent, exciting, compellingly readable." --Ellen Jones on The Queen's Lady "Unfurls a complex and fast-paced plot, mixing history with vibrant characters." --Publishers Weekly on The King's Daughter

Author : Ellen Emerson White
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1429939109
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Live the Queen written by Ellen Emerson White and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being the President's daughter isn't easy, but Meg's getting used to it. She's even starting to have a life again—okay, not a normal life, but things are beginning to fall into a routine. Then it happens—machine guns blast, a van screeches to a halt, and masked men grab Meg and take her away. Meg doesn't understand what the terrorists want. She doesn't understand how her security was breached. But she does understand one thing—they have no intention of letting her live—and she has no intention of dying.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781408486856
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Captive Queen written by Alison Weir and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1152 & a beautiful woman is riding through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two daughters & a marriage toLouis of France. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine is returning to marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet.

Author : Sarah Bird
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250193184
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen written by Sarah Bird and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You'll be swept away by the passion and power of this remarkable, trailblazing woman who risked everything to follow her own heart." – Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author "An epic page-turner." – Christina Baker Kline Named Best Fiction Writer in the Austin Chronicle's "Austin's Best 2018" Named one of Lone Star Literary Life's "Top 20 Texas Books of 2018" The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. “Here’s the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my mama never let me forget it.” Though born into bondage on a “miserable tobacco farm” in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave. According to her mother, she was a captive, destined by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Her chance at freedom presents itself with the arrival of Union general Phillip Henry “Smash ‘em Up” Sheridan, the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned, prideful young woman into service. At war’s end, having tasted freedom, Cathy refuses to return to servitude and makes the monumental decision to disguise herself as a man and join the Army’s legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Alone now in the ultimate man’s world, Cathy must fight not only for her survival and freedom, but she also vows to never give up on finding her mother, her little sister, and the love of the only man strong enough to win her heart. Inspired by the stunning, true story of Private Williams, this American heroine comes to vivid life in a sweeping and magnificent tale about one woman’s fight for freedom, respect and independence.

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030735198X
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Captive Queen of Scots written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.”—The New York Times “Burn the murderess!” So begins 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 bloodthirsty subjects call for her arrest and execution. In disgrace, she flees her Scottish persecutors for England, where she appeals to Queen Elizabeth for mercy, but to no avail. Throughout Mary’s long years as the Queen’s prisoner, she conceives many bold plans for revenge and escaping to freedom—but the gallows of Fotheringhay Castle loom . . . Set against royal pageantry, religious strife, and bloody uprising—and filled with conspiracies, passion, heartbreak, and fascinating historical detail—The Captive Queen of Scots is an unforgettable tale of the intense rivalry between two powerful women of noble blood.

Author : Aimée Carter
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373210558
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pawn written by Aimée Carter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate to escape a life of marginalization and misery, Kitty Doe joins the most powerful family in the country, a choice that requires her to assume the identity of the Prime Minister's niece and stop a rebellion that ended her predecessor's life. Original.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780385667081
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captive Queen written by Alison Weir and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfth-century woman who was Queen of France has abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become King of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history.

Author : C. W. Gortner
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0345523962
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Queen's Vow written by C. W. Gortner and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history's most famous and controversial queens--the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World.