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Clarenceux trilogy volume 1
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English
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In 1563, Catholics are hunted by Queen Elizabeths men. William Harley, Clarenceux King of Armes is a Catholic herald in her majestys court and worries that his secret will be discovered. But one night an old friend, Henry Machyn, recklessly breaks curfew to ask Clarenceux to safeguard his volume of "seditious and heretical writings," telling his friend that the "fate of two queens depends on" the project, 13 years in the making. If anything should...
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In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue. As William's star rises, Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty. So when a priceless manuscript goes missing,...
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English
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This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana
In the first full-scale...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Elizabeth I's England, a fourteen-year-old girl who steals a loaf of bread is sentenced to be a sin eater, a shunned woman who must assume the sins of the dead, and becomes drawn into a dangerous mystery at the heart of a corrupt and violent court. 'The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard / Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers / Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard / The Sin Eater Walks Among Us.' For the crime of stealing bread,...
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In 1583, young Christopher Marlowe--student, brawler, rakehell, and would-be playwright--has had a dreadful evening. The first performance of his play in the corner of a very disreputable Cambridge bar is a humiliating flop, and then he's attacked on the streets while in the company of Thomas Kyd. So when Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, sends for him, Marlowe is only too happy to go. The assignment is go to Holland, where England's...
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbor, Giles Frost, who is rumored to be a spy. Events take a sinister turn when a body is found in the woods near Ursula's home.
10) Witch Hammer
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Series
Kit Marlowe mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
July, 1585. Desperate to pursue his chosen career as a professional playwright, the young Christopher Marlowe abandons his Cambridge studies to join Lord Stranges men, a group of travelling players. En route to perform at Oxford, the players are rehearsing amongst the famous Rollright Stones on the Warwickshire border when they are rudely interrupted by the discovery of the corpse of actor-manager Ned Sledd. Is it an act of witchcraft, a human sacrifice...
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"In 1583, the nineteen-year-old Christopher Marlowe---with a reputation as a brawler, a womanizer, a genius, and a social upstart at Cambridge University---is visited by a man representing Marlowe's benefactors. There are rumors of a growing plot against her majesty Queen Elizabeth I, and the Queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has charged young Marlowe with tracking down the truth. The path to that truth seems to run through an enigmatic prisoner...
12) Queen's bounty
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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After receiving a threatening letter from the Countess of Norhumberland, Ursula Blanchard, special aide to Queen Elizabeth I, witnesses a series of strange events in her household and is soon accused of being a witch.
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Clarenceux trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
Author
Series
Sir Robert Carey mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
15) Scent of danger
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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, learns Ursula is to visit her relatives in Devon, he asks her to find out what has happened to two of his local agents, who have been strangely silent. On arrival in Devon, Ursula learns both men have met with mysterious, and fatal, accidents.
16) The net of steel
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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
April, 1590. Ursula Stannard, the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, has just left Sir Francis Walsingham's funeral when she is summoned back to her childhood home, Faldene House, by her aunt. Uncle Herbert has died suddenly from natural causes, but Ursula's arrival in the Sussex Downs triggers a shocking sequence of death and devastation. Through her service to the queen, Ursula has made dangerous enemies. The formidable Mercer brothers...
17) A column of fire
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English
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International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
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Clarenceux trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
1566. William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, lives with his family in London, with a document that could destroy England. Lady Percy, Countess of Northumberland, has not given up trying to find it. Nor has she forgotten how he betrayed her. When his wife and his daughter go missing, Clarenceux finds himself on the run with his other young daughter. He knows he must finally destroy the document, even if it should cost him his life - but how can he,...
19) The heiress
Author
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Escorting the richest heiress in England to the castle of her betrothed, impoverished knight Jamie Montgomery hopes he can entice the maiden to marry him, unaware that the sheltered Axia has a proud and independent spirit that threatens his schemes.
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In 1542, nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
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