Jean Plaidy

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....

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

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

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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

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

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

On the death of Henry V, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester, who both have plans....

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....

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....

No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll....

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....

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

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