The Shadowed Crown

Author : Patricia Bracewell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101606193
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadow on the Crown written by Patricia Bracewell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen­-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court, with a husband who mistrusts her, stepsons who resent her and a bewitching rival who covets her crown, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son. Determined to outmaneuver her adversaries, Emma forges alliances with influential men at court and wins the affection of the English people. But her growing love for a man who is not her husband and the imminent threat of a Viking invasion jeopardize both her crown and her life. Based on real events recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Shadow on the Crown introduces readers to a fascinating, overlooked period of history and an unforgettable heroine whose quest to find her place in the world will resonate with modern readers.

Author : Kristen Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997909203
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadow Crown written by Kristen Martin and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding new series from international Amazon bestselling author of The Alpha Drive trilogy, Kristen Martin, where a seventeen-year-old assassin must conquer her inner darkness before it destroys the kingdom she's come to call her home.

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307496147
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of the Crown written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Henry VIII's only child, the future seemed golden for Princess Mary. She was the daughter of Henry's first queen, Katharine of Aragon, and was heir presumptive to the throne of England. Red-haired like her father, she was also intelligent and deeply religious like her staunchly Catholic mother. But her father's ill-fated love for Anne Boleyn would shatter Mary's life forever. The father who had once adored her was now intent on having a male heir at all costs. He divorced her mother and, at the age of twelve, Mary was banished from her father’s presence, stripped of her royal title, and replaced by his other children--first Elizabeth, then Edward. Worst of all, she never saw her beloved mother again; Katharine was exiled too, and died soon after. Lonely and miserable, Mary turned for comfort to the religion that had sustained her mother. In a stroke of fate, however, Henry's much-longed-for son died in his teens, leaving Mary the legitimate heir to the throne. It was, she felt, a sign from God--proof that England should return to the Catholic Church. Swayed by fanatical advisors and her own religious fervor, Mary made horrific examples of those who failed to embrace the Church, earning her the immortal nickname "Bloody Mary." She was married only once, to her Spanish cousin Philip II--a loveless and childless marriage that brought her to the edge of madness. With In the Shadow of the Crown, Jean Plaidy brings to life the dark story of a queen whose road to the throne was paved with sorrow.

Author : Nicki Pau Preto
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534466037
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Shadow written by Nicki Pau Preto and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart-stopping finale to the Crown of Feathers trilogy, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake calls “absolutely unforgettable,” Veronyka must face her most devastating enemy yet: her own sister. I had a sister, once… ​Veronyka is no longer an orphaned stable boy or a nameless Phoenix Rider apprentice: she is the daughter of Pheronia Ashfire, the last queen of the Golden Empire…and the niece of Avalkyra Ashfire, the resurrected rebel queen who tore the empire apart. We shone brightly, burned fiercely. Now that the secret is out, everyone at the Eyrie treats Veronyka differently, and with Tristan still a hostage of the scheming Lord Rolan—and Sev with him as a spy—Veronyka feels very much alone. Except for her beloved phoenix, Xephyra, of course, and her new friend, Kade, who has his own reasons for wanting to save Tristan. Was it always going to come down to this? Sister against sister? Darkness against light? Veronyka is determined to do whatever it takes to get Tristan back, even if that means revealing her identity to the world and inheriting a throne she’s not sure she wants. But when she discovers that Avalkyra has bonded with a strix—a legendary creature of darkness that feeds off the life force of others—Veronyka realizes she has more to deal with than an encroaching war with the empire. Val is willing to destroy everything to get her revenge on a world that rejected her, and if Veronyka wants to bring peace to the empire and Pyra alike, she must face down her sister once and for all. The world began with Ashfire queens…perhaps they will also be its destruction.

Author : Lidiya Foxglove
Publisher : Lidiya Foxglove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadowed Crown written by Lidiya Foxglove and published by Lidiya Foxglove. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up under a curse, I never thought I would be the queen of the dragons and the mate of kings. My fate was written in a prophecy. ...but prophecies are very tricky things. My late father thought I was destined for one man: the Dragon King...without guessing more than one man might fulfill the prophecy. There is the man I married, King Aurekdel. Although blinded in childhood, his fighting skills are honed and his charm, even more so. He cares for his people, but also has a ruthless side stirred up by his war against the enemy mist dragons. Lord Seron, Aurek's champion and closest companion, is a noble warrior who wants to lead the army and strive for peace, but when a family secret is revealed, he is forced into a reluctant destiny. Ezeru was our natural foe: a rock dragon, a race of more bestial dragons. Sinister magic made him stronger and more intelligent, alienating him from his own kind. Now, he will turn against the mist dragon queen who created him...as he feels an unusual pull to me. My head guard Oszin is the only fellow human to accompany me to the dragon kingdom. The son of farmers and the descendant of slaves, he has been devoted to me for years and been rewarded for it, but he has a rebellious streak and I fear he might risk his life for an ideal. I am strong now, learning magic and the sword. And I am starting to understand: the union that will bring peace must begin with me, pulling together these four very different men and their different worlds. One of them will be the father of the next heir of the kingdom. My father's weakness as a ruler was his downfall. But what makes a strong queen? The path of war or the path of peace? A mistake could cost me dearly. The Shadowed Crown is a 90,000 word fast burn reverse harem epic fantasy novel with dragon shifters.

Author : Patricia Bracewell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698164520
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Price of Blood written by Patricia Bracewell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventure Readers first met Emma of Normandy in Patricia Bracewell’s gripping debut novel, Shadow on the Crown. Unwillingly thrust into marriage to England’s King Æthelred, Emma has given the king a son and heir, but theirs has never been a happy marriage. In The Price of Blood, Bracewell returns to 1006 when a beleaguered Æthelred, still haunted by his brother’s ghost, governs with an iron fist and a royal policy that embraces murder. As tensions escalate and enmities solidify, Emma forges alliances to protect her young son from ambitious men—even from the man she loves. In the north there is treachery brewing, and when Viking armies ravage England, loyalties are shattered and no one is safe from the sword. Rich with intrigue, compelling personalities, and fascinating detail about a little-known period in history, The Price of Blood will captivate fans of both historical fiction and fantasy novels such as George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series.

Author : Rebecca Grey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow Fae written by Rebecca Grey and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I dreamed up a sexy fantasy man.And the iron fae prince has somehow become a chaotic reality.College and exams are a thing of the past and cruel Queens and dark magic are now trying to kill me on the daily. All because a seer says a true heir to the crown exists: A lost child. A girl. Just like me.That makes me a target. A threat. A dead woman walking.Unluckily for me, the asshole iron fae prince is more than happy to risk my fragile soul it seems. He plays a deadly game with my life and all he gives in return is a heartbreaking smile and a touch that blazes sparks right to my core.His games can't be played forever. It'll all come crashing down eventually.Because soon he'll see I'm either just a college girl lost in this royal mess of a kingdom...Or I'm the rightful Mortal Queen.NOTE: This is a sexy, enemies to lovers paranormal romance with mysterious fae magic that will come to life as much as the sizzling tension between those enemies and lovers!This series is recommended for readers 18 and over due to intense heat level.

Author : Kristen Martin
Publisher : Shadow Crown
ISBN 13 : 9780996860598
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadow Crown written by Kristen Martin and published by Shadow Crown. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding new series from the international Amazon bestselling author of the The Alpha Drive trilogy, Kristen Martin, where a seventeen-year-old assassin must conquer her inner darkness before it destroys the kingdom she's come to call her home.

Author : S. M. Gaither
Publisher : Shadows & Crowns
ISBN 13 : 9781804945827
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Twist of the Blade written by S. M. Gaither and published by Shadows & Crowns. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenary. Survivor. Queen. Casia Greythorne's world has shattered. Reeling from a devastating loss and the revelation of an identity she's not sure she wants, she also must master the strange magic awakening within her. But now she must lead her friends through cursed lands and the dwellings of gods, away from the crumbling empire and the king-emperor who clutches the crown with ever-bloodier hands. Knowing the true threat may be someone she came dangerously close to falling for... Elander Revenmar thought he knew who he was. He had a mission, a god he was content to serve. Then came a woman he should have stayed away from; whose life he never should have saved. Because salvation comes with a cost. And some debts must be paid in blood.

Author : Sloane Murphy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913769109
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Crown of Blood and Bone written by Sloane Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: