Jean Plaidy

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

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....

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....

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....

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

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....

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....

Isabella and Ferdinand rule over a newly united Spain, steadfast in their determination to build the powerful state they have always dreamed of....

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....

Married to Ferdinand after numerous fears and disappointments, Isabella triumphs over every danger, convinced of her own destiny....

At the age of 32, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne....

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....

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

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....

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

Albert is dead....

In the grim Tower of London, two captives begin a love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them. One is Robert Dudley, the other is the future Queen of England....

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....

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....