It is the early spring of 2016, and Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her nintieth birthday celebrations. But the preparations are interrupted when a guest is found dead in one of the castle bedrooms. Unhappy at the...
Elizabeth
- Author:Bennett, S. J.Summary:
- Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
A knight's widow in 1461, Elizabeth employs her considerable charms to reel in the biggest catch of all--virile King Edward IV. When their clandestine marriage comes to light, powerful enemies eye Elizabeth with contempt. After Edward...
- Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling...
- Author:Hennig, KateSummary:
Fifteen-year-old Bess has no idea when she heads to London to see her Uncle Ted that she is about to find herself at the heart of a scandal involving sexual impropriety; her stepfather, Thom; and an attempted overthrow of the government...
- Author:Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Gregory weaves the second installment of the Cousins' War trilogy that follows Lady Margaret Beaufort as she desperately tries to ensure her son Henry VII becomes the rightful heir to the throne.
- Author:Harper, KarenSummary:
1939. As the wife of the King George VI and the mother of the future queen, Elizabeth--"the queen mother"--shows a warm, smiling face to the world. But it's no surprise that Hitler himself calls her the "Most...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this epic biography. The Life of Elizabeth I...
- Author:Harper, KarenSummary:
Born into a first family of Ireland, with royal ties on both sides, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, known as Gera, finds her world overturned when Henry VIII imprisons her father, the Earl of Kildare, and brutally destroys her family. Torn from...
- Author:Cornick, NicolaSummary:
1560: Amy Robsart hatches a desperate scheme to escape a loveless marriage, the consequences of which will echo through the centuries. Present day: Lizzie Kingdom is forced to withdraw from the public eye in a blaze of scandal when she...
- Author:Cullen, LynnSummary:
After a scandal ends her apprenticeship with Michelangelo in 1559, artist Sofonisba Anguissola accepts an invitation from King Felipe II to become lady-in-waiting and painting teacher to his teenage bride Elisabeth. And though Sofi's...
- Author:Johnson, MarciaSummary:
Serving Elizabeth begins in Kenya in 1952, during the fateful royal visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mercy, a restaurant owner, is approached to cook for the royal couple. Though she could use the money, she is a...
- Author:Harper, KarenSummary:
A young widow and candlemaker, Varina Westcott, agrees to travel to Wales to investigate the suspicious death of the newly married Prince Arthur as a secret request of Queen Elizabeth of York, the wife of Henry VII. But with each clue,...
- Author:Andersen, Christopher P.Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of William and Kate and The Day Diana Died takes a compulsively readable look into the relationships and rivalries of Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Kate...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
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.
- Author:Morton, AndrewSummary:
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.
- Author:Robson, JenniferSummary:
The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel--as the lives of three very different residents of London's historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive...
- Author:Farnsworth, ElizabethSummary:
Weaving her childhood experiences of loss with memories from her journalist experiences reporting from danger zones like Cambodia and Iraq, Farnsworth explores how she came to cover mass death and disaster.