Jean Plaidy

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

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

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

Edward the Second has been barbarously murdered in Berkeley Castle....

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....

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....

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

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....

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

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

Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, married a king of France - and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand a match....

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....

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....

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

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

On the morning of 20 June 1837, an 18-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England....

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....

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....