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Jean Plaidy
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099510291
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EAN: 9780099510291
Published: 7 Feb 2008
Edward the Second's first act on coming to the throne is to recall Piers Gaveston from exile, and the new king's devotion to the shrewd and avaricious young man soon becomes a scandal. It is assumed that when Edward marries one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe his inclinations will change, but nothing can make him swerve from his attachment to Gaveston, who is clearly making the most of royal favour.
The new Queen Isabella, accustomed to adulation, is bitterly humilated; and she is not a woman to forget or forgive. With the country in turmoil the king is making enemies throughout the land, and he fails to see that the most deadly of these is his queen.
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One of the country's most widely read novelists
- Sunday Times
Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
- Guardian
Jean Plaidy's books are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history
- Daily Express
Outstanding
- Vanity Fair
Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting
- Observer
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.
