British history comes to vivid life in these three novels of royal
love and intrigue by an international bestselling author. Victoria
and Albert: Drawn from Queen Victoria’s diaries and correspondences,
Evelyn Anthony’s novel reimagines the story of how a sheltered
eighteen-year-old girl ascended to the British throne, became a major
force in politics, and fell in love with her cousin, Prince Albert.
Spanning the first twenty-one years of her reign, Victoria and Albert
is an unforgettable love story and “a sympathetic picture of a
marriage which makes its royalty human in their frailties and their
strengths” (Kirkus Reviews). Anne Boleyn: Sixteenth-century
history comes thrillingly alive as King Henry VIII courts Anne Boleyn,
who will settle for nothing less than the crown of England—even if
Henry has to break with Rome in order to marry her. Anthony’s
sweeping novel features a teeming canvas of iconic real-life
characters: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the enemy Anne vows to destroy;
Henry’s first wife, the proud and pious Queen Catherine of Aragon;
and Thomas Cromwell, who engineers Anne’s downfall. From the halcyon
early days of courtship to her imprisonment in the palace tower for
treason, this is a “solid and vigorous story” of love, ambition,
and the tragic destiny of Anne of the Thousand Days (The New York
Times). Elizabeth: The sickly Catholic fanatic Mary Tudor has
reigned for six years when her half-sister Elizabeth ascends to the
throne. After enduring years of exile following the execution of her
mother, Anne Boleyn, the twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth inherits a
realm divided by religious turmoil and financial collapse. Focusing on
the first three decades of Elizabeth I’s reign, Anthony chronicles
the monarch’s long battle with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, for
the throne, and the Virgin Queen’s relationship with the Earl of
Leicester.
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Victoria and Albert, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781504056304
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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