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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health.
Author
Series
Tudor court volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictional portrait of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, follows her through her youthful marriage to Henry's older brother, Arthur, her widowhood, her marriage to Henry, and the divorce that led to Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet.
Author
Series
Thomas Cromwell trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared...
12) Heartstone
Author
Series
Shardlake volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Asked by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr to investigate claims of wrongs committed against a young ward of the court, Matthew Shardlake embarks on the most politically dangerous case of his career against a backdrop of war between England and France.
Author
Series
Thomas Treviot volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the unsolved disappearance of Hans Holbein--famed portrait-painter of Henry VIII--this atmospheric historical novel evokes an underworld of Tudor politics and intrigue. --Publisher
Author
Series
Tudor court volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kateryn Parr, 30 year old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives, King Henry VIII, commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year. But Henry adores his new bride and Kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the...
16) Wolf Hall
Author
Series
Thomas Cromwell trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Formats
Description
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile:...
Author
Series
Tudor court volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007, c2001
Language
English
Description
The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress and then Anne as his wife.
19) Queen's gambit
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court.
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Mary Tudor, the younger sister of King Henry VIII, is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, she accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother: when the old king dies, her next marriage shall be solely of her choosing. Through her own cunning, courage, and boldness, Mary is determined to follow her heart and forge her own destiny.
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