Jean Plaidy

One of history's most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn was irresistible to kings and commoners alike....

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

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....

In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history's most notorious family....

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....

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....

When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be more suited to a quiet life....

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....

In the grim Tower of London, two captives begin a love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them. One is Robert Dudley, the other is the future Queen of England....

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

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

Albert is dead....

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

At the age of 15, Marie Antoinette, beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin, is plunged into the intrigue of Versailles....

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....

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....

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

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

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