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Journey through the reign of William the Conqueror and his sons as they fight to keep civil war at bay and their line on the throne.

(Norman Series)

The Bastard King

The Lion of Justice

The Passionate Enemies

Blending history with romance and drama, Jean Plaidy explores the Tudor dynasty and the political intrigue throughout their reign.

(The Tudor Saga: 10): a fantastic blend of history and romance set against the glittering courts of sixteenth-century Europe from the Queen of British historical fiction

The Spanish Bridegroom

The Queen of Diamonds

Daughter of Satan

From one of the most distinguished English authors of historical fiction comes a series that explores the lives of eleven Georgian figures. Beginning with the beautiful Sophia Dorothea, darling of Celle, and ending with Victoria's rise to become Queen of England.

(Georgian Series)

The Princess of Celle

Queen in Waiting

The Prince and the Quakeress

The Third George

Perdita's Prince

Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill

Indiscretions of the Queen

The Regent's Daughter

Goddess of the Green Room

Victoria in the Wings

Caroline the Queen

Incredibly detailed, exciting and vibrant is Plaidy's thrilling Queen of England series which depicts the lives of each queen beginning with Queen Henrietta Maria.

(Queen of England Series)

Myself, My Enemy

Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth I

Victoria Victorious

In this historical fiction series, Jean Plaidy traces the private lives and political machinations of the Plantagenet family, from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses.

(The Plantagenets: book I): the compelling portrait of a Queen in the making from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Plantagenet Prelude

(The Plantagenets: book II): one king’s world is threatened – from within – in this gripping novel from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Revolt of the Eaglets

(The Plantagenets: book IV): a tempestuous period of history expertly brought to life by the Queen of English historical fiction

The Prince of Darkness

(The Plantagenets: book V): a wonderfully evocative and beautifully atmospheric novel from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Battle of the Queens

(The Plantagenets: book VI): a wonderfully evocative and beautifully atmospheric novel bringing the Plantagenets to life from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Queen From Provence

(The Plantagenets: book VII): a stunning depiction of a key moment in British history by the Queen of English historical fiction

The Hammer of the Scots

(The Plantagenets: book VIII): an enthralling story of love, passion and intrigue set in the 1300s from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Follies of the King

(The Plantagenets: book IX): passion and peril collide in this dazzling novel set in the 1300s from the Queen of English historical fiction

The Vow on the Heron

(Plantagenet Saga)

Passage to Pontefract

The Star of Lancaster

Epitaph for Three Women

The Red Rose of Anjou

The Sun in Splendour

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Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there

Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.

Miss Plaidy does full justice to the trials of Henry II's last years.The demands of the vast Angevin Empire, provide strong dramatic material which she handles with her usual skill.

Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama

It is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form...both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantagenets.

Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity

(The Plantagenets: book III): an engrossing historical drama of politics and passion from the Queen of English historical fiction

<B>The third book in Jean Plaidy's epic Plantagenet series</B>

Jean Plaidy, one of the pre-eminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993. For further information about our Jean Plaidy reissues and mailing list, please visit <u>www.randomhouse.co.uk/minisites/jeanplaidy</u>

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