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Jean Plaidy · 345 pages
From the pen of legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes an unforgettable true story of royalty, passion, and innocence lost. Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is plucked from her home to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk. The innocent girl quickly learns that her grandmother's puritanism is not shared by Katherine's free-spirited c
The Boleyn Inheritance
Philippa Gregory · 561 pages
***An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.*** ***The author of The Other Boleyn Girl (2002) returns to the executed queen's doomed family in a historical novel that maps the sad demise of Henry VIII in a series of intimate personal testimonies.*** ***Gregory's tale of greed and revenge takes place against the short, unhappy tenures of Henry's fourth and fifth wives. Jockeying for
Vengeance Is Mine: A Novel Of Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, And Lady Rochford The Woman Who Helped Destroy Them Both
Brandy Purdy · 258 pages
The Concubine
Norah Lofts · 358 pages
A vulnerable lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine, Anne Boleyn is heartbroken by the end of her love affair with the son of the Earl of Northumberland--smashed by the king and his advisor, Cardinal Woolsey--until Henry VIII begins the process of royal seduction, an affair that will change the course of history and lead Anne to the height of power, and to her death.
The King's Rose
Alisa M. Libby
Life in the court of King Henry VIII is a complex game. When fifteen-year-old Catherine Howard catches the king’s eye, she quickly transforms from pawn to queen. But even luxury beyond imagination loses its luster as young Catherine finds her life—and her heart—threatened by the needs of an aging king and a family hungry for power. Will their agendas deliver Catherine to the same fate as her infam
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
Robin Maxwell · 288 pages
Three Maids for a Crown
Ella March Chase · 419 pages
"Sixteen-year-old Jane Grey is a quiet and obedient young lady destined to become the shortest reigning English monarch. Her beautiful middle sister Katherine Grey charms all the right people--until loyalties shift. And finally Lady Mary Grey, a dwarf with a twisted spine whose goal is simply to protect people she loves--but at a terrible cost. In an age in which begetting sons was all that matter
Her Highness, the Traitor
Susan Higginbotham · 336 pages
Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey
Ann Rinaldi · 240 pages
"I had freckles. I had sandy hair. I was too short. Would my feet even touch the ground if I sat on the throne?" These are the words of lady Jane Grey, as imagined by celebrated author Ann Rinaldi. Jane would become Queen of England for only nine days before being beheaded at the age of sixteen. Here is a breathtaking story of English royalty with its pageantry, privilege, and surprising
The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
Carolly Erickson · 291 pages
From New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII, a novel about Catherine Howard, wife of Henry's later years Amid the turbulent, faction-ridden late reign of the fearsome Henry, eager high-spirited Catherine Howard caught the king's eye{u2014}but not before she had been the sensual plaything of at least three other men. Ignorant of her past, seeing only her youthful exuberanc
The Pleasure Palace
Kate Emerson · 372 pages
Secrets of the Tudor Court
D.L. Bogdan, Darcey Bonnette · 336 pages
When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. Discovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot devised by her father, the duke of Norfolk, Mary dare not disobey him
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley · 876 pages
When Morgan le Fay (Morgaine) has to sacrifice her virginity during fertility rites, the man who impregnates her is her younger brother Arthur, who she turns against when she thinks he has betrayed the old religion of Avalon.
Gilt
Katherine Longshore · 419 pages
When Kitty Tylney's best friend, Catherine Howard, worms her way into King Henry VIII's heart and brings Kitty to court, she's thrust into a world filled with fabulous gowns, sparkling jewels, and elegant parties. No longer stuck in Cat's shadow, Kitty's now caught between two men--the object of her affection and the object of her desire. But court is also full of secrets, lies, and sordid affairs
My Enemy, the Queen
Victoria Holt · 444 pages
My Enemy the Queen tells of the rivalry between two dominating 16th century women: Lettice Knollys who is related to Elizabeth through the Boleyns; and Queen Elizabeth herself. When Elizabeth came to the throne, Lettice was given a post in the royal household. The most alluring woman at court, she was soon noticed by Robert Dudley, the Queen's favorite...
Queen's Gambit
Elizabeth Fremantle · 464 pages
A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court.
Brief Gaudy Hour: The novel of Anne Boleyn's passionate love
Margaret Campbell Barnes · 358 pages
The Kiss of the Concubine: A story of Anne Boleyn
Judith Arnopp
The Confession of Katherine Howard
Suzannah Dunn · 307 pages
Rivals in the Tudor Court
D.L. Bogdan · 344 pages
"As Queen Catherine's maid and daughter of the Duke of Buckingham, the future seems bright for Elizabeth Stafford. But when her father gives her hand to Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, the spirited young woman must sacrifice all for duty. Yet Elizabeth is surprised by her passion for her powerful new husband. And when he takes on a mistress, she is determined to fight for her love and her ho
Young Bess
Margaret Irwin · 393 pages
"Margaret Irwin's great trilogy of novels about the life of 'Good Queen Bess', Elizabeth I, begins with her childhood. At three, her mother, Anne Boleyn, is executed for adultery, incest and witchcraft, Elizabeth declared a bastard and banished from her father's Court. She is restored by Henry VIII's last wife, Katherine Parr, who, after the King's death, marries Tom Seymour. But he is playing for