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Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Upon the death of Mary I (Bloody Mary), Elizabeth I takes the throne and Brendan Prescott is called to aid the young queen amid a realm plunged into chaos and a court rife with conspiracy. London, 1558. Queen Mary is dead, and twenty-five-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 archrival,...
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
1399: England's crown is under threat. King Richard II holds onto his power by an ever-weakening thread, with exiled Henry of Lancaster back to reclaim his place on the throne. For Elizabeth Mortimer, great-granddaughter of Edward III and wife to Sir Harry Hotspur, there is only one rightful King - her eight-year-old nephew, Edmund. Only he can guarantee her fortunes, and protect her family's rule over the precious Northern lands bordering Scotland....
Author
Series
Her Majesty the Queen investigates volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Queen Elizabeth II is looking forward to a traditional Christmas gathering with her family in Sandringham when a shocking discovery interrupts holiday plans. A severed hand has been found--but even more unsettling, she recognizes the signet ring still attached to a finger. It belongs to a scion of the St. Cyr family, her old friends from nearby Ladybridge Hall. Despite the personal connection, the Queen wants to leave the investigation to the police--that...
Author
Series
Simon & Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mystery volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mystery volume 3
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Tudor is accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Her old friend Simon Maldon visits her in prison and while there Simon meets Peto the Pope, who is accused of murder. While Simon attempts to prove Peto's innocence, Simon's wife Hannah takes in a frightened pregnant girl. Neither realizes until too late that in trying to help others they have placed themselves in deadly danger.
5) Life mask
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In a tale set against a backdrop of revolution-imminent eighteenth-century England, the eccentric widow Mrs. Damer works as the period's only woman sculptor, the horse race innovator Lord Derby endures public mockery in spite of his wealth, and a Drury Lane actress endeavors to gain entry into aristocratic circles.