Italian Woman - (Medici Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Italian Woman - (Medici Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

When Catherine de' Medici was forced to marry Henry of Orleans, her's was not the only heart broken. Jeanne of Navarre once dreamed of marrying this same prince. And so both Catherine and Jeanne's lives are set on unwanted paths, destined to cross in affairs of state, love and faith, driving them

Madame Serpent - (Medici Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de' Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of

Queen Jezebel - (Medici Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Tensions are running high between the Catholic Parisians and the visiting Huguenots. Margot's marriage to Henry has not brought about the peace that the sickly King Francis so longed for and, fearing that she is losing control over Francis, Catherine sets about persuading him of a Huguenot plot

Castile for Isabella - (Isabella & Ferdinand Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

_____________________The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchs. In the 15th Century, Spain is full of intrigue and threatened by civil

Daughters of Spain - (Isabella & Ferdinand Trilogy) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

With Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal house which struck at the

Plantagenet Prelude - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

So on his deathbed William made a will that would ensure his daughter's protection: he promised her hand in marriage to the future King of France. Eleanor grows into a romantic and beautiful queen, but she has inherited the will of a king, and is determined to rule Aquitaine using her husband's

Flaunting, Extravagant Queen - (French Revolution) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Frivolous and reckless, she flouts the strict and demanding etiquette of the glittering court, and discovers the true nature of love, hate and jealousy. But the clouds of revolution are overhead, and Marie Antoinette, who only wishes to enjoy life, learns too late that the price of her enjoyment

Star of Lancaster - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown and Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to England to claim it. When the king dies, Harry became King Henry the Fifth, and the change is dramatic for both him and

Revolt of the Eaglets - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

News of Thomas a Becket's martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of

Follies of the King - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

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

Road to Compiegne - (French Revolution) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de

Prince of Darkness - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

The untimely death of Richard the Lionheart left his nephew Arthur and his younger brother John in contest for the throne of England. Reluctantly the barons chose John, and so began years of rule by a ruthless and greedy tyrant. Yet despite his reputation, John, still manages to seduce the young

Queen From Provence - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, had married a king of France - and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand a match. A good and generous husband but a weak king, he rules a nation that still remembers his cruel and foolish father, King

Battle of the Queens - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they were beautiful, yet different in all other qualities. Isabella, flamboyant and passionate, a medieval Helen of Troy - wife to King John and mother to Henry

Red Rose of Anjou - (Plantagenet Saga) (Plaidy Jean (Novelist))(Paperback / softback)

When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the

Chourmo (Izzo Jean-Claude)(Paperback / softback)

The second volume in Jean-Claude Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles Trilogy, featuring ex-cop Fabio

Miracle of the Rose (Genet M. Jean)(Paperback / softback)

Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts into a poetic literature, with an honesty and explicitness unprecedented at the

Blood & Beauty (Dunant Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant now takes on the era's most infamous family: the

Lightning (Steel Danielle)(Paperback / softback)

In Lightning, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel tells the story of a woman whose life is changed by one swift, unexpected stroke of fate. As a partner in one of New York's most prestigious law firms, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave

Les Enfants Terribles (Cocteau Jean)(Paperback)

Jean Cocteau -- poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, musician -- was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. In addition to his popular novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), he is best remembered in the English-speaking world for the film 'Orphee'

Love In A Torn Land (Sasson Jean)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq. One morning Joanna, a young bride living in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq, was surprised to see dead birds drop silently out of the clear

Total Chaos - Book One in the Marseilles Trilogy (Izzo Jean-Claude)(Paperback / softback)

Izzo's Marseille is explosive, tragic, breathtakingly beautiful and

Matzah Ball (Meltzer Jean)(Paperback / softback)

A laugh-out-loud romcom about a Jewish woman who is secretly a bestselling Christmas romance

English-Italian & Italian-English One-to-One Dictionary(Paperback / softback)