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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Ballantine Trade paperback edition
Physical Desc
viii, 642 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent - and dangerous - courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biography of this charismatic monarch been set against the cultural, social, and political background of his glittering court and the splendor of his many sumptuous palaces. Alison Weir brings to vibrant life the turbulent, complex figure of...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Ballantine books trade pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 31
Physical Desc
xxi, 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
Author
Series
Six Tudor queens volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
559 pages ; 25 cm.
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...
Author
Series
Six Tudor queens volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
541 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry VIII is risking his marriage and the political strategies of Cardinal Wolsey in his obsession to marry Anne Boleyn, who does not welcome the king's advances and loathes the cardinal for breaking her betrothal to Harry Percy.
Anne is barely a teenager when she is sent from her family's Hever Castle to serve at the royal court of the Netherlands. There, and later in France, Anne thrives. But her powerful family has ambitious plans for her future...
Author
Series
England's medieval queens volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 533 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout...
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