"A child born in the plague year of 1348, abandoned and raised within the oppressive walls of a convent, Alice Perrers refused to take the veil, convinced that a greater destiny awaited her. Ambitious and quick witted, she rose above her obscure beginnings to become theinfamous mistress of Edward II[...]
This title talks about the England's most ruthless queen. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, is a determined woman who plots and schemes an astonishing path between two equally powerful men in twelfth century Europe, a woman who can manoeuvre and manipulate to safeguard her own lands as effectively as a[...]
Passande
Skönhet. Pengar. Utmärkta anor. Men även viljestark, självständig och frispråkig. Vem kan passa Nicholas Faringdon bättre än societetens nya älskling, den strålande miss Theodora Wooton-Devereux?
Förälskad
Deras första möte en tidig morgon i Hy[...]
Inget helgon - bara en man
Hemligheter!
Som spion för den brittiska regeringen måste lord Joshua Faringdon spä på sin ökändhet som rucklare - allt för att lägga en dimridå för hans verkliga aktiviteter. Tills ett hemligt uppdrag nästan kostar honom livet.
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En komprometterad lady
Han mindes glittrande gråa ögon ...
och en märkligt mjuk smekning ...
Trots att han varit medvetslös större delen av natten anklagas Lucius för att ha komprometterat en lady. Visserligen en inte så elegant lady, klädd som hon är i sj�[...]
Bortom all räddning
Ökänd rumlare eller hedersman?
Alexander Ellerdine manar sin häst genom vågorna på stranden i Sussex för att hinna undsätta den unga ladyn som har fångats av tidvattnet. Hennes vackra ansikte och djärva sinne hänför honom från första stund - me[...]
A dazzling historical novel set during England's War of the Roses- the story of the courageous Anne Neville, future wife of Richard III, who comes of age in a time of chaos...
Anne Neville, daughter of the powerful Earl of Warwick, grows up during the War of the Roses, a time when kings and que[...]
A riveting novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine's early adult years from the author of "The Virgin Widow."
Orphaned at a young age, Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, seeks a strong husband to keep her hold on the vast lands that have made her the most powerful heiress in Europe. But her arranged marriage[...]
'Surely the chief cause of our ruin was Viscount Marlbrooke himself? And now you wish me to marry into the family?' The scandalous, sexual games at the Restoration Court of King Charles, have turned Marcus, Viscount Marlbrooke, into a cynic. It is not love that lies within matrimony but the victory [...]
An innocent pawn
A kingdom without a king
A new dynasty will reign...
1415. The jewel in the French crown, Katherine de Valois, is waiting under lock and key for King Henry V. While he's been slaughtering her kinsmen in Agincourt, Katherine has been praying for marriage to save her from [...]
One marriage. Three people. Proud king. Loving wife. Infamous mistress. 1362. Philippa of Hainault selects a young orphan from a convent. Alice Perrers, a girl born with nothing but ambition. The Queen has a role waiting for her at court. 'I have lifted you from nothing Alice. Now you repay me.' Led[...]
An innocent pawn A kingdom without a king A new dynasty will reign...1415. The jewel in the French crown, Katherine de Valois, is waiting under lock and key for King Henry V. While he's been slaughtering her kinsmen in Agincourt, Katherine has been praying for marriage to save her from her misery. B[...]
1372: The Savoy Palace, London. Katherine Swynford is back in court for the first time since becoming a widow. John of Gaunt, Plantagenet Prince and newly married, is waiting for her with an offer. Governess to his children and mistress of his bed -[...]
Han mindes glittrande gråa ögon ...
och en märkligt mjuk smekning ...
Trots att han varit medvetslös större delen av natten anklagas Lucius för att ha komprometterat en lady. Visserligen en inte så elegant lady, klädd som hon är i sjömanskläder, men utan tvekan är hans räddare[...]
Ökänd rumlare eller hedersman?
Alexander Ellerdine manar sin häst genom vågorna på stranden i Sussex för att hinna undsätta den unga ladyn som har fångats av tidvattnet. Hennes vackra ansikte och djärva sinne hänför honom från första stund - men som smugglare med skamfilat rykte [...]
Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home discovers her conscience as well. "Children Jamaica's age, struggling with the concepts of right and wrong, will undoubtedly find Jamaica's moral dilemma of great interest." -- Publishers Weekly IRA/CBC Children's Choice Reading[...]
This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and sectors of civil society is producing a new form of global governance. The authors investigate 'complex multilateralism' by studying the relationship between three multilateral economic institutions (the IMF, World Ba[...]
Inferencing is defined as 'the act of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true', and it is one of the most important processes necessary for successful comprehension during reading. This volume features contributions by distinguished researchers in cognitive psychology,[...]
In this classic tale from early seventeenth-century Korea, Hong Kil Dong, the son of a powerful minister, is not entitled to a birthright because his mother is a commoner. After studying the martial arts, divination, swordplay, the uses of magic, and the wisdom of the I Ching, the Book of Changes, H[...]