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The Heretic Queen
By Moran, Michelle
2008/09 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780307381750 Find It

"The Heretic Queen" finds national bestselling author Moran returning to the politically charged world of ancient Egypt, spinning an intriguing story about the orphaned niece of Queen Nefertiti who becomes wife to Rameses the Great. ...More

The Tsarina's Daughter
By Erickson, Carolly
2008/09 - St. Martin's Press
9780312367381 Find It

From the bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a dramatic novel and love story about the last Russian Imperial family. ...More

The Other Queen
By Gregory, Philippa
2008/09 - Touchstone Books
9781416549123 Find It

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New York Times-bestselling author Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines--Mary, Queen of Scots--in a suspense-filled tale of love, ambition, and jealousy. ...More

The Secret Bride: In the Court of Henry VIII
By Haeger, Diane
2008/04 - New American Library
9780451223135 Find It

"The Secret Bride" is the triumphant tale of one extraordinary woman--Mary Tudor--who meant to stay true to her heart and live her life just as her royal brother did, by her own rules. ...More

The Lady Elizabeth
By Weir, Alison
2008/04 - Ballantine Books
9780345495358 Find It

Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times best-selling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England’s most intriguing and powerful queen. ...More

Lady Macbeth
By King, Susan Fraser
2008/02 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780307341747 Find It

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Kings novel takes readers into the heart of the conspiracies that dominated Celtic Scotland, painting a vivid picture of a brave woman--Queen Gruadh, better known as Lady Macbeth--who was maligned and misunderstood by history. ...More

A sweeping love story, set in 15th-century England and France, "The Queen's Lover" tells the story of a woman of enormous courage, independence, and passion, who is destined to rule two kingdoms. …More

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
By Erickson, Carolly
2005/09 - St. Martin's Press
9780312337087 Find It

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Historian Erickson ("Bloody Mary"; "To the Scaffold"; etc.) makes her first foray into fiction with this invented journal kept by the notorious queen who was sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution in 1793. ...More

The Last Queen
By Gortner, C. W.
2008/07 - Ballantine Books
9780345501844 Find It

One of history's most enigmatic women tells the haunting, passionate story of her tumultuous life. From the somber majesty of Renaissance Spain to the glittering courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England, Juana of Castile reveals her life and secrets. ...More

The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
By Kaufman, Pamela
2003/03 - Three Rivers Press (CA)
9780609808092 Find It

One of history's greatest women, celebrated by her contemporaries, descendants, and biographers, comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by bestselling author Pamela Kaufman.

In 1137, fifteen-year-old Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, a wealthy and powerful province in the South of France. Rich and influential in her own right, her tumultuous marriages thrust Eleanor into the political and cultural spotlight, where she would remain for more than half a century.

Still in her teens, Eleanor married Louis VII of France, a sickly religious fanatic so obsessed with adultery that he kept his beautiful wife under lock and key. A lifelong rebel, Eleanor would defy her husband and the Church and eventually strong-arm the Pope into annulling her unhappy marriage.

Once free, she thought to marry Baron Rancon, her childhood love, but...More

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Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill
By Scott, Susan Holloway
2006/08 - New American Library
9780451218551 Find It

Sarah Jennings' ascent from poverty to the highest echelons of late 17th- and early 18th-century English society has all the trappings of supermarket tabloids: intrigue, treachery, deceit and sexual scandals. In this first-person telling, Scott takes a near-scholarly approach but maintains the thrills as Sarah and her equally ambitious husband, John Churchill, risk charges of treason to ensure the crown for Anne Stuart. ...More

Gone with the Windsors
By Graham, Laurie
2006/08 - HarperCollins Publishers
9780060872717 Find It

Filled with delicious throne-side gossip, the fictional diary of Wallis Simpson's best friend chronicles the scandalous divorcee's campaign to land the catch of the century: the Prince of Wales. ...More