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Philippa Gregory

#1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII. Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court, where secrets are currency, every choice is dangerous, and even the faintest whisper can seal the fate of queens. For Jane,...

Philippa Gregory

"Lively, timely and gloriously energetic. Each page bursts with life, and every chapter swirls with personalities left out of traditional narratives of Britain's past. Philippa Gregory has produced something rare and wonderful: a genuinely new history of [Britain], with women at its beating heart." --Dan Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets "Stunning. . ...

Gregory, Philippa

The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the course of history forever.Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition. Her mother i...

Philippa Gregory

The year is 1453 and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil.Seventeen-year-old...

Philippa Gregory

Inglaterra, 1539. Tras la muerte de Jane Seymour, el rey Enrique VIII vuelve a tomar esposa: su cuarta reina. Desde todos los confines del reino, las jóvenes de familia noble anhelan ser llamadas a la Corte y eludir así un destino poco prometedor. Pero el rey se fija en Ana de Cléveris, hija del duque de Cléveris, a la que únicamente ha visto retratada en pinturas. Juana Bolena...

Philippa Gregory

Brother turns on brother. The throne of England is at stake. The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun. . . .They ruled England before the Tudors, and now internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the Plantagenets to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women.Elizabeth Woodville, a woman of extraordinary beauty and...

Gregory, Philippa

María Bolena tiene apenas catorce años cuando inicia un romance adúltero con el rey Enrique VIII. Esta relación durará varios años y fruto de ella nacerán dos hijos. Sin embargo, las cosas cambian cuando su astuta y perversa hermana Ana pasa a ser confidente y consejera del rey. Poco a poco también logrará convertirse en su amante y tramará un plan para deshacerse de la reina C...

Philippa Gregory

A los tres años de edad, Catalina de Aragón es prometida al príncipe Arthur, hijo y heredero de Henry VII de Inglaterra, y es educada para convertirse en princesa de Gales. Sin embargo, tiene que soportar duras pruebas. Finalmente, Catalina se va adaptando poco a poco a la primera corte de la dinastía Tudor y su vida como esposa de Arthur le resulta menos insoportable de lo que...

Gregory, Philippa

Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times best­selling author and "the queen of royal fiction" (USA Today), presents the latest Cousins' War novel, the remarkable story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a cou...

Gregory, Philippa

A New York Times Bestselling Author Thirty-year-old widow Kateryn Parr has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces. But King Henry VIII adores his new bride and her trust in him grows. A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn unite...

Gregory, Philippa

"Nobody shines a light on the women of Tudor history like Philippa Gregory... Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form."— Good Housekeeping (UK)"Mesmerizing, intimate...Gregory defines what it means to be a writer of historical fiction. She lures readers straight into the hearts and minds of her charact...

Gregory, Philippa

#1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the War of the Roses to bring her family unimaginable power.When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married to the older Duke of B...

Gregory, Philippa

When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house—Elizabeth of York—to unify a country divided by war for more than three decades. But his bride is still in love with his dead enemy, and her mother and half of England remain loyal to her brother, the missing York heir.Henry's greatest fear is th...

Gregory, Philippa

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes the remarkable story of Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, daughter of two great monarchs, and eventual Queen of England when she marries the infamous King Henry VIII.Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to mar...

Gregory, Philippa

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the acclaimed Starz series The White Queen comes the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England.As an heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret is seen by the King's mother, the Red Queen, as a rival to the Tudor claim to the throne. She is buried in m...

Gregory, Philippa

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "one of the great storytellers of our time" (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, who cannot bear to conform to the life that lies before her.Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of a civil war between renegade king and rebellious parliament. Th...

Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory

María Bolena tiene apenas catorce años cuando inicia un romance adúltero con el rey Enrique VIII. Esta relación durará varios años y fruto de ella nacerán dos hijos. Sin embargo, las cosas cambian cuando su astuta y perversa hermana Ana pasa a ser confidente y consejera del rey. Poco a poco también logrará convertirse en su amante y tramará un plan para deshacerse de la reina C...

Philippa Gregory

Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin Henry VI fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness. Her mother mocks her plans, revealing tha...

Philippa Gregory

Two women competing for a man's heartTwo queens fighting to the death for dominanceThe untold story of Mary Queen of Scots.New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promis...

Philippa Gregory

A story rich in passion and legend, The Lady of the Rivers is the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses.When Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is ...