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A Novel
by C.W. Gortner
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by Mary Sharratt
Published Apr 2022
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by Daisy Goodwin
Published Sep 2017
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by Melanie Benjamin
Published Nov 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 Hilary Mantel
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsIn the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power.
by Philippa Gregory
Published Aug 2007
Read ReviewsGregory vividly brings Henry VIII's court, with its intense intrigues, politics, and passions, to life though the lives, and deaths, of his fourth, fifth and sixth wives.
In The Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
Published Feb 2007
Read ReviewsA story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship that paints a portrait of one of the world's greatest cities, Renaissance Venice, at its most potent moment in history.
by Philippa Gregory
Published Aug 2006
Read ReviewsPhilippa Gregory brings to life one of history's most inspiring women and creates one of the most compelling characters in historical fiction - Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England.
by Sarah Dunant
Published Dec 2004
Read ReviewsA compulsively absorbing story of love, art, religion and power set in Florence during the Renaissance and told through the passionate voice of a heroine with the same vibrant spirit as her beloved city.
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