"Was King Richard III really a villain, or just a victim of Tudor propaganda? Which medieval king modeled his court after that of King Arthur? Which king lost a wrestling match with the king of France? Which king was renowned as an expert in witchcraft? How did Prince Albert influence Queen Victoria before and after his untimely death? Why did King George V change the name of the royal family? Which king ordered the sea to obey him, and why? Which...

The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare. Geoffrey Hindley's sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable, many-sided...

"Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray, she experiences firsthand the violence of a sadistic husband and a kingdom constantly at war. To survive with her young son in a superstitious realm, she must rely on her own cunning and wit, especially...

"King Theodosius must find a queen to keep his throne, but his less-than-romantic proposal letter leaves sheltered Princess Moriana cold. So Theo decides to make Moriana an offer she can't refuse--if she'll consider becoming his bride, he'll heat things up by initiating his innocent queen into the pleasures of the marriage bed..."-- page [4] of cover.

Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.

Henry Stuart's life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years' War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous. Charismatic, gifted, dynamic - dead at only eighteen years old, on the point of succeeding to the throne. In 1610, Henry Stuart was a celebrity throughout Europe, at a momentous period...

Nimona Weston has fallen into a game from which there's no agreeable way out. The stakes have risen, putting everyone she loves at risk. As she uncovers old secrets, the dark magic resting in the foundations of Inara begin to stir. She's running out of time. If Nim can't find a way to stop the queen, the Trust will rise like the river of power beneath the kingdom, devouring everything in its path.

"Son of the Poison Rose marks the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry's epic, swashbuckling Kagen the Damned series. The Silver Empire is in ruins. War is in the wind. Kagen and his allies are on the run from the Witch-king. Wild magic is running rampant everywhere. Spies and secret cabals plot from the shadows of golden thrones. Kagen Vale is the most wanted man in the world, with a death sentence on his head...

Princes Ghizlan of Jeirut has returned home to find that warrior Sheikh Huseyn al Rasheed has seized her late father's kingdom. With her sister held hostage, Ghizlan has no choice. Her barbraian captor is determined to tame her, rule her--and make her his own. Forcing Ghizlan's hand in marriage will not be enough to conquer her body and soul: Huseyn's iron will is challenged at every step by her magnificent beauty and fierce pride. It won't be long...

"She may be able to tame him... but does she want to? Taken as a political prisoner as a teen, Sheikh Riyaz al Hadid grew into a man in a dungeon. His first glimpse of Brianna Whitman is a visceral reminder of all he's missed out on... It's Brianna's job to reacclimate Riyaz to palace life and prepare him for his long-arranged royal wedding. She knows she should smooth down his wild edges -- just like she knows that he's already betrothed. But the...