The Rose Without a Thorn
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An engrossing first-person account of Katharine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife, whose destiny takes the same turn as her cousin Anne Boleyn’s.
Mary, Queen of France
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The story of the youngest sister of Henry VIII, Princess Mary Tudor, and her journey to overcome her brother’s betrayal and gain her heart’s desire.
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When she’s widowed at the hand of her brother Henry VIII, Princess Margaret Tudor fights to carve out her own destiny and to lead her descendants to peace.
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Copyright © 2003 by Patricia Hamilton for the Estate of Jean Plaidy
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Originally published in Great Britain by Robert Hale, London, in 1964 and subsequently in the United States by Penguin Putnam, New York.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plaidy, Jean, 1906– 1993
Mary, Queen of France / Jean Plaidy.—1st Three Rivers Press
pbk. ed.
1. Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496–1533— Fiction. 2. France—History—Louis XII, 1498–1515—Fiction. 3. Queens—France—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6015.I3M36 2003
823?.914—dc21
2002041620
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