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The Borgias The Borgias Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert For the first time in one volume, Jean Plaidy's duet of Borgia novels brings to life the infamous, reckless, and passionate family in an unforgettable historical saga. Madonna of the Seven Hills: Fif… OL17910887W
The Black Swan The Black Swan Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Sequel to: The changeling. Strange things begin to happen to a new bride following a move to an isolated house in the English countryside. OL2907819W
Captive of Kensington Palace (Victorian saga Captive of Kensington Palace (Victorian saga Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Victoria is virtually a prisoner in Kensington Palace. Her mother and her mother's chamberlain, Sir John Conroy, are her guards. They will not allow her to associate with anyone that has not been tho… OL3453356W
Defenders of the Faith Defenders of the Faith Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert These are dark days for England; the Tudor succession hangs precariously in the balance, along with the lives of its people. The wrong religion can all too easily mean a brutal death in a time when t… OL3453363W
Gay Lord Robert Gay Lord Robert Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Torn between her heart’s passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice… Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I.… OL3453374W
Goddess of the Green Room (Georgian saga Goddess of the Green Room (Georgian saga Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Abandoning Ireland and beginning her life anew in England, Dorothy Jordan, the newest star at London's Drury Lane Theatre, begins a celebrated love affair with the Prince Regent's younger brother and… OL3453378W
Indiscretions of the Queen Indiscretions of the Queen Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert The last book in this magnificent Georgian saga. It was necessary for the Prince of Wales to marry, and his victim was the unconventional Caroline of Brunswick. Caroline, already plagued by scandals … OL3453384W
The king's pleasure The king's pleasure Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Anne Boleyn's story -- and defense -- told with the same warmth and human qualities as the author's previous, *Beyond The Blue Mountains*, and backdropped with the many political moves that marked he… OL3453389W
The Battle of the Queens The Battle of the Queens Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they were beautiful, yet different in all other qualities. Isabella is flamboyant and passionate, a medie… OL3453395W
Madonna of the Seven Hills Madonna of the Seven Hills Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history's most notorious family. Her father, who is to become Pope Alexander VI, receives his first daughter warmly, and her br… OL3453396W
Murder Most Royal Murder Most Royal Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king’s eye. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were cousins. Both were beautiful women, though very different in temperament. They … OL3453397W
The Shadow of the Pomegranate The Shadow of the Pomegranate Jean,Plaidy,Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert,Flosnik,Anne (Narrator) Whilst the young King Henry VIII basks in the pageants and games of his glittering court, his doting queen's health and fortunes fade. Henry's affection for his older wife soon strays, and the neglec… OL3453402W
The Loves of Charles II The Loves of Charles II Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert From princesses to country girls to actresses...the loves of Charles II come to life.Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the throne after many years in ex… OL3453411W
Light on Lucrezia Light on Lucrezia Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Some said she was an elegant seductress. Others swore she was an incestuous murderess. It didn’t matter what they called her. She was the most dangerous and sought-after woman in all of Rome. She was… OL3453413W
Madame Du Barry Madame Du Barry Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert This is the story of Jeanne Becu, most famously known as Madame du Barry, mistress to Louis XV of France in the last years of his reign and the most beautiful woman in France at the time. Plaidy’s du… OL3453414W
Madame Serpent Madame Serpent Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Ésta es la primera parte de la historia de Catalina de Médici. una mujer sagaz e implacable que alcanzó la fama por su largo historial de crímenes. Con catorce años, Catalina abandona a su adorado Hi… OL3453415W
Meg Roper Meg Roper Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert he world in which Meg Roper grew up was not merely a world of adults; it was a world of the greatest personages of Renaissance England in the early 16th century. For Meg's father was not just anybody… OL3453419W
The Plantagenet Prelude The Plantagenet Prelude Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his 15-year-old daughter, Eleanor. But such a position for an unmarried woman puts the whole kingdom at risk. So on his deathbed William made a … OL3453428W
The Queen from Provence The Queen from Provence Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert 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 He… OL3453434W
The Queen's Secret (7th Volume of the Queens of England Series) The Queen's Secret (7th Volume of the Queens of England Series) Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called "Charles the Mad," given to … OL3453440W
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