Hunted by a shadowy foe in Bloody Mary's court, Brendan Prescott plunges into London's treacherous underworld to unravel a dark conspiracy that could make Elizabeth queen--or send her to her death in C.W. Gortner's "The Tudor Conspiracy"England, 1553: Harsh winter encroaches upon the realm. Mary Tud[...]
London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and 25-year old Elizabeth ascends the throne. Summoned to court from exile abroad, Elizabeth's intimate spy, Brendan Prescott, is reunited with the young queen, as well as his beloved Kate, scheming William Cecil, and arch-rival, Robert Dudley. A poison attempt on E[...]
Married at sixteen. A queen at twenty-five. Declared insane and locked up by the men she adored. Juana "la Loca" - the last true queen of Spain. Juana - daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and sister to Catherine of Aragon - is a woman ruled by her passions. Her arranged marriage to Philip the Fair o[...]
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella's story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history's most famous and controversial queens--the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and th[...]
No one believed I was destined for greatness.
So begins Isabella's story, in this evocative, vividly imagined novel about one of history's most famous and controversial queens--the warrior who united a fractured country, the champion of the faith whose reign gave rise to the Inquisition, and th[...]
EN DROTTNINGS LÖFTE / C. W. Gortner
"Ingen trodde jag var ämnad för storhet".
Så börjar den dramatiska berättelsen om Isabella av Kastilien. I denna gripande och spännande roman får du följa en av historiens mest berömda och kontroversiella drottningar på hennes väg till makt[...]
EN DROTTNINGS LÖFTE / C. W. Gortner
"Ingen trodde jag var ämnad för storhet".
Så börjar den dramatiska berättelsen om Isabella av Kastilien. I denna gripande och spännande roman får du följa en av historiens mest berömda och kontroversiella drottningar på hennes väg till makt.<[...]