Struggling to prove himself as the French threaten battle and the Catholics plot at home, 17-year-old King Henry IX, known as William, relies on his best friend and Loyal counselor, Dominic, until they both fall in love with the same woman--a romantic obsession that threatens a new generation of Tudors. Original.
The green was covered in a thin rime of frost and a heavier layer of mud ... As Lord Chancellor, Burghley'd had the task of informing Mary just an hour ago ...
Robert, probably—he was the one who haddistracted Minuette while his father's lackey attempted murder. Robert claimed to not have known aboutthe poison —and Minuette claimed to believe him—but Williamwas not persuaded. “Your Majesty.
It was twilight before we saw the great pier of Hampton Court and the great iron gates behind them. The drummer gave an extra roll of drums and we saw the watermen tumbling along the pier making ready for us to land.
A conclusion to the series that began with The Boleyn King and The Boleyn Deceit follows the efforts of Elizabeth Tudor to assemble a shadow court to safeguard the country from her smallpox-scarred younger brother.
Lady-in-waiting Jane Boleyn, the only survivor of the ambitious Boleyn family, testifies against Henry VIII's latest queen, Anne of Cleves, and conspires to place her young cousin, Katherine Howard, on the throne.
In this second novel of Alison Weir’s epic Six Tudor Queens series, the acclaimed author and historian weaves exciting new research into the story of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s most infamous wife, a woman ahead of her time whose very ...
A follow-up to The Boleyn King imagines an alternate Tudor era in which Anne Boleyn gives birth to a healthy son who grows up to become Henry IX and forges strategic alliances on the battlefield and in the bedroom while preparing for an ...
At sixteen, Elizabeth Howard envisions a glorious life as lady-in-waiting to the future queen, Catherine of Aragon.
The birth of the new royal couple's first child, Princess Elizabeth, is followed by the death of Katherine of Aragon.
Anne Boleyn is thrilled with the prospects of a new adventure when her father is assigned the mission of spying on the French court and her sister Mary is given the task of allowing herself to be seduced by the king of France in order to ...