Philippa Gregory
62) Biała królowa
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Series
Cousins' war volume 1
Language
Polish
Description
"Mistrzyni powieści historycznej sięga do czasów bratobójczych walk zwanych w historii Anglii Wojną Dwu Róż. Owe czasy zaciętych bojów o władzę pomiędzy dwoma zwaśnionymi rodami Yorków i Lancasterów poprzedzają epokę Tudorów. Król Edward IV York zakochuje się w pięknej wdowie, Elżbiecie Woodville, i przed upływem miesiąca bierze ją w sekrecie za żonę. Gdy ich małżeństwo wychodzi na jaw, dostają się w sam środek walk...
63) Devil water
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English
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The true story of Charles Radcliff, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of his daughter, Jenny, by a secret marriage. Set in the wilds of Northumbria, teeming London, and colonial Virginia, Jenny's loyalty, passion, and courage are revealed in her struggles to live between the Old World and the New.
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Polish
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A richly detailed fictional portrait of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, the daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, follows her from her passionate youthful marriage to Henry's older brother, Arthur, her widowhood, her marriage to Henry and her denial of her true love for Arthur, and the divorce that led to Henry's second marriage to Anne Boleyn.
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English
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Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for...
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English
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The little-known story of Mary Boleyn who was mistress to King Henry VIII before he married her older sister, Anne. Two great families jockey for position and use their daughters as pawns in a deadly game. Set during one of the most notorious periods in British regal history. A story of a rival relationship between the two sisters.
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Series
Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 1
Cousins' war volume 1
Summer I turned pretty volume v 1
Summer I turned pretty volume 1
Cousins' war volume 1
Summer I turned pretty volume v 1
Summer I turned pretty volume 1
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English
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Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
71) The White Queen
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English
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
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English
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
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English
Description
The six wives of Henry VIII: A six-part chronicle of England's early 16th century, recounting the turbulent life and times of King Henry VIII through the eyes and travails of his wives.
The Other Boleyn Girl: A modernized, dramatized retelling of Anne Bolyn's marriage and life with Henry the VIII, mixing traditional costuming and settings with contemporary language and idioms.
74) The anniversary
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English
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Ten tempting stories from ten bestselling authors.