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The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Jean Plaidy

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life , I can see that much of what happened to me—my triumphs and most of my misfortunes—was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal—and in many ways their superior—but it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partner—an attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious... (more)

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey

by Alison Weir

I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen”–a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious... (more)

The Fatal Fashione: An Elizabeth I Mystery

The Fatal Fashione: An Elizabeth I Mystery

by Karen Harper

In the eighth installment of Karen Harper+s highly respected Elizabeth I mystery series, the lucrative invention of starch takes the English fashion world by storm. This commodity, vital to making the enormous and very stiff ruffs worn around the necks of Elizabethan elite, triggers the murder of the royal starcher. When a second woman is drowned, and then a third, the queen fears she too might lose her life-for... (more)