Philippa Gregory
1) Tidelands
Author
Series
The fairmile volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of a civil war between renegade king and rebellious parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even the remote tidelands --the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor, a descendant of wisewomen, trapped in poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead, she meets James, a young man on the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II,...
Author
Series
The Fairmile volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Fairmile series continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and life-changing secrets in 17th-century England"--
"The "sweeping" (Parade) and "superb" (People) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and...
Author
Series
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
443 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the death of Joan of Arc shows her the dangers faced by strong women, Jacquetta, a psychic descendant of a river goddess, studies alchemy and becomes the secret wife of Richard Woodville before returning to the court of Henry VI.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Series
Cousins' War volume 1
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
415 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
Author
Series
Boleyn volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
518 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An only survivor of the ambitious Boleyn family, lady-in-waiting Jane Boleyn testifies against Henry VIII's latest queen, Anne of Cleves, and conspires to place her young cousin, Katherine Howard, on the throne.
Author
Series
Plantagenet and Tudor volume Book 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Seventeen-year-old Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When...
Author
Series
Cousins' war volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
382 p. : geneal. table, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonely life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, England, and even her son. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the king; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
528 pages : map, genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort.
Author
Series
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
417 p. : map, geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kingmaker" Richard, Earl of Warwick, uses his daughters as political pawns before their strategic marriages place them on opposing sides in a royal war that will cost them everyone they love.
Author
Series
Boleyn volume 1
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
664p. 23cm.
Language
English
13) The king's curse
Author
Series
The Cousins' war volume 6
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
612 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"...the story of lady-in-waiting Margaret Pole and her unique view of King Henry VIII's stratospheric rise to power in Tudor England"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
678 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A history of England from the Norman Conquest through the twentieth century, told through the stories of ordinary women"--