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Published Jun 2013
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by Vanora Bennett
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsA fictionalized account of the life and loves of Catherine de Valois, a woman of enormous courage who became a great queen of two countries. Readers who enjoy top-quality historical fiction will be swept away by this epic love story set against the rich backdrop of 15th-century England and Franceand by this remarkable woman who triumphed ...
by Tony Hays
Published Mar 2010
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by C.J. Sansom
Published Feb 2010
Read ReviewsSpring, 1543. When an old friend is horrifically murdered, Shardlake promises his widow to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to both Archbishop Cranmer and Catherine Parr whom King Henry VIII is wooing to become his sixth wife - and the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation.
by Ruth Downie
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsMurder in Roman-occupied Britain sets the scene for the most original and compelling novel of the ancient world since I, Claudius.
by Priscilla Royal
Published Jan 2006
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by Laura Joh Rowland
Published Apr 2000
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