Jean Plaidy

Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward IV has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker....

One of history’s most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful, but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to...

Widowed at 18 years old, Mary is once again forced to leave her home to return to Scotland. Now a Catholic queen in a Protestant country, Mary must rule with caution and choose her next husband prudently....

When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his 15-year-old daughter, Eleanor....

The death of The Conqueror left three sons to inherit his power and his wealth....

Albert is dead....

In the aftermath of her brother Giovanni’s brutal murder, Lucrezia knows she must build a life for herself if she is to break away from the corrupt world her family is tied to....

Scotland has been torn apart by civil war, and the young and passionate Catholic Mary Queen of Scots is in the hands of her enemies....

News of Thomas à Becket’s martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom....

Isabella and Ferdinand rule over a newly united Spain, steadfast in their determination to build the powerful state they have always dreamed of....

The news of Henry III's death reached his son Edward on the long road home from the Holy Land. Now he was England's king and a man fit for his destiny....

At the age of 32, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne....

The young Princess Victoria, strictly confined within the boundaries of Kensington Palace, is being moulded for her awesome future as Queen of England....

William the Conqueror is destined to succeed his father as the Duke of Normandy but questions about his legitimacy mean he consistently faces challenges from potential usurpers in the Duchy to retain the title....

Fifteenth-century Spain is rent with intrigue and threatened by civil war. Here, the young Isabella becomes a virtual prisoner at the court of her half-brother, Henry IV....

Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally....

The death of the King’s son aboard the doomed White Ship, left the ageing Henry I again without an heir....

France eagerly awaits the day the young king, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers....

Married to Ferdinand after numerous fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphs over every danger, convinced of her own destiny....

Victoria and Albert have been destined for one another since birth....