Richard of Bordeaux, young heir to the throne after Edward the Third, is surrounded by ambitious uncles who believe it would be better for the country if they could take the crown. While Richard shows himself capable of reckless bravery in...
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Героини этого романа – придворные дамы, всеми правдами и неправдами стремящиеся добиться расположения Его Величества. «Золушки» и...
Ellen Kellaway, orphaned at age five, was raised by wealthy cousins, but was never allowed to forget that her every advantage was owed to the charity of others. However, when the son of a powerful London family asks for her hand in marriage, her...
ANNE BOLEYN'S CLAIM TO FAME is distinct from that of every other woman in English history. It was for the love of Anne Boleyn that Henry VIII enacted a massive schism in the Catholic Church, renouncing the authority of the Pope and setting...
Конец XVII – начало XVIII века. Последний из Стюартов принцесса Ансбахская – потомок Гогенцоллернов, – блестяще образованная и...
Смутное время смены династий. Валуа, Гизы и Бурбоны претендуют на престол Франции. Смерть каждую минуту подстерегает и католиков и...
Роман знаменитой английской писательницы Виктории Хольт «Испанский жених» продолжает серию жизнеописаний европейских монархов XVI–XVII...
When Kate Collison, to help her ailing father, completes his portrait of the powerful Baron de Centeville, her only thought is to be a dutiful daughter. But when the Baron presents her to Parisian society as the painter, Kate finds herself...
News of Thomas à Becket’s martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised, Henry’s position is precarious: punished at the Pope’s...
Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, had married a king of France – and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand a match.
Good fortune and wily cunning bring her Henry of England. A good and generous husband...