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...
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Конец XVII – начало XVIII века. Последний из Стюартов принцесса Ансбахская – потомок Гогенцоллернов, – блестяще образованная и...
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...
Here Lies Our Sovereign...
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...
Героини этого романа – придворные дамы, всеми правдами и неправдами стремящиеся добиться расположения Его Величества. «Золушки» и...
Смутное время смены династий. Валуа, Гизы и Бурбоны претендуют на престол Франции. Смерть каждую минуту подстерегает и католиков и...
Princess Victoria knows from a young age that she will almost certainly become Queen of England. Her mother, also acutely aware of Victoria's destiny, keep the princess under a watchful eye against dangers of scheming uncles—always, she...
Katharine, the Virgin...
Роман знаменитой английской писательницы Виктории Хольт «Испанский жених» продолжает серию жизнеописаний европейских монархов XVI–XVII...