IN THE WINTER OF 1535, fourteen-year-old Kate Carey wants to escape her family home. She thinks her life will be so much better with Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife and the aunt she idolises. Little does Kate know that by going to attend Anne Boleyn she will discover love and a secret that will shake the very foundations of her identity. An attendant to Anne Boleyn, Kate is also swept up in events that see her witness her aunt's darkest days. By the time winter ends, Kate will be changed forever.
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie.
An overview of what life was like in the Tudor Court for ladies in waiting and other attendants to the Queens of the House of Tudor.
Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana.This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance.
A prince with a quest, a beautiful commoner with mysterious powers, and dragons who demand to be freed—at any cost Filled with the potent mix of the supernatural and romance that made A Discovery of Witches a runaway success, Moth and ...
Maria van Hongarije en haar hof 1505-1558: tot plichtsbetrachting uitverkoren
Gloriana: Or the Unfulfill'd Queen : Being a Romance
With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
This text is a detailed, fascinating, humorous and tragic account of the women who ran royal nurseries and educated kings' children.
The member of a girl gang longs to belong to McKay, the brooding and fearless leader of a guy gang. By the author of Seventh Heaven and Turtle Moon. Reprint. K. PW.
A biography of Cleopatra, who became queen of Egypt at the age of eighteen and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliances with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.