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English
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"International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
"The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the...
5) Exile
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
188 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth I, describes in her diary how she tries to discover who stole a magical ruby belonging to the visiting princess of Sharakand.
6) Conspiracy
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Maid of Honor Lady Grace Cavendish becomes fearful for her queen, Elizabeth I, when mysterious events begin to unfold and sets out to investigate the strange happenings.
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII's wives. In this captivating opening volume, Weirbrings to life the tumultuous tale of Katherine of Aragon, Henry's first, devoted, and "true" queen. A princess of Spain, Catalina is only sixteen years old when she sets foot on the shores of England. The youngest...
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Series
Six Tudor Queens volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective....
9) Feud
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When one of her fellow Ladies-in-Waiting becomes mysteriously ill, Lady Grace Cavendish suspects the cause is poison and sets out to learn who is responsible.
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Series
Language
English
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"United in sisterhood by birth and marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; and Mary Tudor, Queen of France immediately recognize each other as both allies and rivals in the treacherous world of court and national politics. Their bonds extend beyond natural and expeditious loyalties, as romance, scandal, war, and religion inextricably unite these three for better or for worse"-- Adapted from Booklist.
11) Assassin
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed.
12) Betrayal
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Lady Grace Cavendish, Elizabeth I's youngest maid of honor, finds herself in the midst of a battle at sea while posing as a boy aboard the ship of Francis Drake, where she and Masou stowed away in hopes of finding the kidnapped Lady Sarah.
Author
Series
Six Tudor Queens volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this third captivating novel, which brings to life Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's most cherished bride and mother of his only legitimate male heir. Ever since she was a child, Jane has longed for a cloistered life as a nun. But her large noble family has other plans, and as an adult, Jane is invited to the King's court to serve as lady-in-waiting to Queen...