Captive Queen

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385669788

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For historical fiction readers, a tantalizing new novel from New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir about the passionate and notorious French queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Renowned for her highly acclaimed and bestselling British histories, Alison Weir has in recent years made a major impact on the fiction scene with her novels about Queen Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey. In this latest offering, she imagines the world of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfth-century woman who was Queen of France until she abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become King of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history. In this novel, Weir uses her extensive knowledge to paint a most vivid portrait of this fascinating woman.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345511881

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Captive Queen by Alison Weir Pdf

Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion powerful enough to ignite the world. Indeed, after the annulment of Eleanor’s marriage to Louis and her remarriage to Henry, the union of this royal couple creates a vast empire that stretches from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees—and marks the beginning of the celebrated Plantagenet dynasty. But Henry and Eleanor’s marriage, charged with physical heat, begins a fiery downward spiral marred by power struggles and bitter betrayals. Amid the rivalries and infidelities, the couple’s rebellious sons grow impatient for power, and the scene is set for a vicious and tragic conflict that will threaten to engulf them all.

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307351982

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The Captive Queen of Scots by Jean Plaidy Pdf

“Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.”—The New York Times “Burn the murderess!” So begins The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. A Catholic in a land of stern Protestants, Mary finds herself in the middle of a revolt, as her bloodthirsty subjects call for her arrest and execution. In disgrace, she flees her Scottish persecutors for England, where she appeals to Queen Elizabeth for mercy, but to no avail. Throughout Mary’s long years as the Queen’s prisoner, she conceives many bold plans for revenge and escaping to freedom—but the gallows of Fotheringhay Castle loom . . . Set against royal pageantry, religious strife, and bloody uprising—and filled with conspiracies, passion, heartbreak, and fascinating historical detail—The Captive Queen of Scots is an unforgettable tale of the intense rivalry between two powerful women of noble blood.

Author : Barbara Kyle
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780758273796

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The Queen's Captive by Barbara Kyle Pdf

England, 1554. In the wake of the failed Wyatt Rebellion, a vengeful Queen Mary has ordered all conspirators captured and executed. Among the imprisoned is her own sister, twenty-one-year-old Princess Elizabeth. Though she protests her innocence, Elizabeth's brave stand only angers Mary more. Elizabeth longs to gain her liberty--and her sister's crown. In Honor and Richard Thornleigh and their son, Adam, the young princess has loyal allies. Disgusted by Queen Mary's proclaimed intent to burn heretics, Honor visits Elizabeth in the Tower and they quickly become friends. And when Adam foils a would-be assassin, Elizabeth's gratitude swells into a powerful--and mutual--attraction. But while Honor is willing to risk her own safety for her future queen, aiding in a new rebellion against the wrathful Mary will soon lead her to an impossible choice. . . Riveting, masterfully written, and rich in intricate details, The Queen's Captive brings one of history's most fascinating and treacherous periods to vibrant, passionate life. Praise for the novels of Barbara Kyle "Weaves a fast-paced plot through some of the most harrowing years of English history." --Judith Merkle Riley on The Queen's Lady "Excellent, exciting, compellingly readable." --Ellen Jones on The Queen's Lady "Unfurls a complex and fast-paced plot, mixing history with vibrant characters." --Publishers Weekly on The King's Daughter

Author : John Daniel Leader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : WISC:89099964462

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Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity by John Daniel Leader Pdf

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Eleanor, Of Aquitaine, Queen, Consort Of Henry II, King Of England, 1122?-1204
ISBN : 1408486857

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The Captive Queen by Alison Weir Pdf

It's 1152 & a beautiful woman is riding through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two daughters & a marriage toLouis of France. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine is returning to marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet.

Author : Agnes Strickland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Queens
ISBN : BL:A0024504010

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Life of Mary Queen of Scots by Agnes Strickland Pdf

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : France
ISBN : 0385667086

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Captive Queen by Alison Weir Pdf

Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfth-century woman who was Queen of France has abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become King of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history.

Author : James Florant Meline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026183978

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Mary Queen of Scots and Her Latest English Historian by James Florant Meline Pdf

Author : James F. Meline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11001983

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Mary Queen of Scots and Her Latest English Historian. A Narrative of the Principal Events in the Life of Mary Stuart; with Some Remarks on Mr. Froude's History of England by James F. Meline Pdf

Author : James Florant Meline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600075102

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Mary queen of Scots and her latest English historian, a narrative of the life of Mary Stuart with remarks on mr. Froude's History of England by James Florant Meline Pdf

Author : Ian Bushnell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773563018

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Captive Court by Ian Bushnell Pdf

Throughout his study, Bushnell investigates the question of the absence of an independent judicial tradition in Canada and the development of distinct legal doctrine by the Supreme Court. He analyses the nature and cause of the lack of independent thought that makes the Court "captive" to inherited traditions and legal doctrines and prevents it from achieving its true potential within the Canadian legal system. Previous studies of the Court have concentrated on the years after 1949; by expanding the coverage to include the first three-quarters of a century of the Court's existence, Bushnell has uncovered a critical aspect of Canadian legal history. Bushnell provides an analysis of more than eighty cases decided by the Court between 1876 and 1989. He examines the backgrounds and views of the sixty-seven judges who served on the Supreme Court during this period, evaluating both the role they felt they played in Canadian society and the role others expected them to play. He studies the question of the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and its effect on the Supreme Court, as well as the movement toward the abolition of appeal. In the concluding part of the study Bushnell considers the controversy over the demand for impartial justice, criticism of the judiciary, and the judges who will take the Court into the twenty-first century.

Author : Ian K. Steele
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773589902

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Setting All the Captives Free by Ian K. Steele Pdf

Among the many upheavals in North America caused by the French and Indian War was a commonplace practice that affected the lives of thousands of men, women, and children: being taken captive by rival forces. Most previous studies of captivity in early America are content to generalize from a small selection of sources, often centuries apart. In Setting All the Captives Free, Ian Steele presents, from a mountain of data, the differences rather than generalities as well as how these differences show the variety of circumstances that affected captives’ experiences. The product of a herculean effort to identify and analyze the captives taken on the Allegheny frontier during the era of the French and Indian War, Setting All the Captives Free is the most complete study of this topic. Steele explores genuine, doctored, and fictitious accounts in an innovative challenge to many prevailing assumptions and arguments, revealing that Indians demonstrated humanity and compassion by continuing to take numerous captives when their opponents took none, by adopting and converting captives into kin during the war, and by returning captives even though doing so was a humiliating act that betrayed their societies' values. A fascinating and comprehensive work by an acclaimed scholar, Setting All the Captives Free takes the study of the French and Indian War in America to an exciting new level.

Author : Henry Glassford Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HX15LR

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Life of Mary Queen of Scots by Henry Glassford Bell Pdf

Author : Charlotte M. Yonge
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387033175

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Unknown to History; A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte M. Yonge Pdf

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