Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arose mixed emotions. Was she, as Edmund Burke thought, a misused heroine? Or would there have been no French...
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Auteur:FRASER, AntoniaSommaire: - Auteur:McGee, KatharineSommaire:
Is America ready for its first queen' If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan and Will and Kate, you'll love this sequel to the New York Times bestseller that imagines America's own royal family--and all the...
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Auteur:Weir, AlisonSommaire:Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII's fifth wife, a nineteen-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series. In the spring of 1540...
- Auteur:Patel, VaishnaviSommaire:
Kaikeyi discovers a magic that is hers alone in the texts she once read with her mother. But as the demons of her childhood stories threaten the cosmic order, Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak.
- Auteur:Bishop, AnneSommaire:
In this violently passionate, "darkly fascinating world", the Blood rule: a race of witches and warlocks whose power is channeled through magical jewels. Ambitions unfurl in this second novel of series, as the realm's dreams of a...
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Auteur:Bouchet, AmandaSommaire:The destiny Catalia "Cat" Fisa has spent her entire life running from has finally caught up to her. But in order to truly accept her fate and become Queen of Thalyria, Cat and her dedicated husband Griffin Sinta will have to go to war...
- Auteur:Patterson, DebbieSommaire:
The historical accounts from King Henry VIII and Queen Anne's time are steeped in controvery, contradiction, and irony. Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was put to death on trumped up charges of adultery and incest...
- Auteur:Lackey, MercedesSommaire:
Gwenhwyfar moves in a world where gods walk among their pagan worshipers, where nebulous visions warn of future perils, and where there are two paths for a woman: the path of the Blessing or the rarer path of the Warrior. Gwenhwyfar...
- Auteur:Wexler, DjangoSommaire:
Fourth in the "audacious and subversive"* Shadow Campaigns novels, following The Price of Valor, The Shadow Throne, and the acclaimed The Thousand Names. After their defeats at the hands of general Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing...
- Auteur:Shurtliff, LieslSommaire:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rump, comes the true story behind another unlikely hero: a grumpy dwarf who gets tangled up in Snow White's feud with the wicked queen. Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed...
- Auteur:Gristwood, SarahSommaire:
A group biography of the lives and legacies of some of the women who rose to power in sixteenth-century Europe. Includes, among others, Isabella of Castile, Katherine of Aragon, Mary Tudor, Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and...
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Auteur:Goldstone, Nancy BazelonSommaire:Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 13th century comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence, whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily.
- Auteur:Scholte, AstridSommaire:
Keralie is the best pickpocket in all of the kingdoms of Quadara, but when she steals a "comm disk" and realizes a royal murder plot is afoot, she must learn who to trust and fast.
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Auteur:Bousfield, Arthur, Toffoli, GarrySommaire:The half-century since Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1952 has witnessed many changes, some for good and some for ill. Among these, she has been one of the few constants.Fifty Years the Queen recounts her amazing life as Canada and the...
- Auteur:Maas, Sarah J.Sommaire:
Only the greatest sacrifice can turn the tide of war. War is brewing in the fifth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on...
- Auteur:Weir, AlisonSommaire:
A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendant of Yorkist King Edward IV and the mother of the infamous Henry VIII.
- Auteur:Morton, AndrewSommaire:
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth II and Margaret was dramatically altered.
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Auteur:Evelina, NicoleSommaire:Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her.In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with...
- Auteur:Meyer, MarissaSommaire:
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on...
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Auteur:Shecter, VickySommaire:Examines the life of Cleopatra, discussing her rule at an early age, alliances, acquisition of land for Egypt, enemies, and other related topics.
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