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Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Philip the Fair is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Rome uncovered. This is the astounding life of Julius Caesar, chronicled here in all five novels from Conn Iggulden?s bestselling and magnificent EMPEROR series. Iggulden brings to life the glorious, gritty Roman world that held such vast power in its hands. These epic novels brilliantly interweave history and adventure, and expose the ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal, all told from one of the most vivid voices in historical fiction today....
3) Iron & rust
Author
Series
Throne of the Caesars volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spring AD235. A surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty. Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome. The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy? And in the streets of the...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
WOLF OF THE PLAINS, LORDS OF THE BOW, BONES OF THE HILL, EMPIRE OF SILVER, CONQUEROR. The masterful series which brings to life the mighty Khan dynasty and one of the most powerful military empires in history. From the triumph of the great Genghis Khan, the architect of the vast Mongol Empire, to the extraordinary life of his grandson Kublai, this is the story of a family of warriors, who had to learn the art of war in order to survive.
Author
Series
Conqueror volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The second in 'The Conqueror Series', this novel is an epic story of Genghis Khan continuing to dominate the scene as he matures from the young boy of 'Wolf of the Plains' to the great Conqueror.
6) Darien
Author
Series
Empire of Salt volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda/Penguin audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
TWELVE FAMILIES. ONE THRONE. The city of Darien stands at the weary end of a golden age. Twelve families keep order with soldiers and artefacts, spies and memories, clinging to a peace that shifts and crumbles. The people of the city endure what they cannot change. Here, amongst old feuds, a plot is hatched to kill a king. It will summon strangers to the city - Elias Post, a hunter, Tellius, an old swordsman banished from his home, Arthur, a boy who...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
They're fooling the world. But their attraction doesn't lie!For over a year King Lucca has been haunted by the disappearance of Delphine Alexander from his life and his bed. Having tracked her down, he can finally lay his family's scandalous past to rest... if she agrees to his plan. Delphie needs Lucca's help to save her car racing team, but the cost is high: a month playing the golden couple for the cameras. It will see them hurtling towards an...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
His nation needed a king... Her revelation makes her his queen. Everything changed the minute Crown Prince Abbas was suddenly forced to assume the role of ruler. When chance reunites him with the woman he had to leave behind he learns two things: she's still utterly enchanting and he's a father! Georgie's still reeling from the shock of discovering that Abe's royalty when he insists they marry. The passion that brought them together is undeniable,...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The King's forbidden innocent... For just twenty-four hours! When Elsie Wynter is stranded in Silvabon, she dreads seeing arrogant King Felipe. He knows far too much about the scandalous secrets in her past. And yet her attraction to him returns with a dangerous intensity... Felipe has vowed he'll be the last to wear his kingdom's heavy crown. He'll take no queen and sire no heirs. But with tantalising Elsie back in the palace for one night only he...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire,�FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros�as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war that nearly ended their dynasty forever. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of...
11) The last Tudor
Author
Series
Plantagenet and Tudor Novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A riveting historical novel from New York Times bestselling author, Philippa Gregory.
12) Masters of Rome
Author
Series
Vespasian volume 5
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Britannia, 45 AD: In the shadow of Stonehenge, Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother, and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on a summer's day. But to whom will they be making this sacrifice? What were the gods of this land before the Celts came? Only the druids still hold the secret and...
Author
Series
Passionately ever after volume 2
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
London, Paris, New York... Her jet-set fling with the King! As a child, servant's daughter Rosie Forrester adored her friend Prince Corso. Now he's a high-and-mighty king...? Not so much! Yet his demand that she attend an international royal tour with him can't be denied-and neither can their chemistry! Their passionate tryst can only ever be temporary-Corso has to marry a woman of noble blood. It's a good thing virgin Rosie has vowed never to believe...
Author
Series
Dwarf Home volume 3
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The battle for the kingdom of the dwarves comes to the door of its mad king... Brandon Bluestone has finally cleared his family?s name and rallied the nation of dwarves. Now one great task remains to him: he must open up the greatest of the dwarf nations, Thorbardin, which has been sealed against the outside world by the edict of a mad king. Aided by Gretchan Pax, a mighty priestess, Brandon leads an army to the north gate of Thorbardin. The hill...
15) Broken faith
Author
Series
Kingmaker volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
October 1463. England is a divided nation. In the north, the Lancastrian king struggles to hold power, while in the south, the princes of the house of York prepare for war. Across this land, pursued by the Church and the Law, a young man, Thomas, and a young woman, Catherine, make their way, bearing proof of a secret both sides will kill to learn. Bent on revenge for a past outrage, Thomas and Catherine journey to the mighty castle of Bamburgh to...
16) Divided souls
Author
Series
Kingmaker volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Lent, 1469 The recent wars between the House of York and the House of Lancaster seem over. The Yorkist King Edward sits on his throne in Westminster, while the Lancastrian claimants are in exile or under lock and key in the Tower. But within the family of York there is discord. The Earl of Warwick conspires against his King, and while to one another's faces they are all smiles, their household men speak in lies and whispers. No man comes to court...
17) Winter pilgrims
Author
Series
Kingmaker volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
February 1460 In the bitter dawn of a winter?s morning, a young man and a woman escape from a priory. In fear of their lives, they are forced to flee across a land ravaged by conflict. For this is the Wars of the Roses, one of the most savage and bloody civil wars in history, Where brother confronts brother, king faces king, And Thomas and Katherine must fight - just to stay alive ...
18) The empty throne
Author
Series
The Last Kingdom volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her strongest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The scene is set for an explosive battle between elders and warriors for the empty throne.
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