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D'Acquin, Josse (Fictitious character) Fiction England Social life and customs 1066-1485 Fiction Great Britain History Edward IV, 1461-1483 Fiction Great Britain History Richard III, 1483-1485 Fiction Great Britain History Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485 Fiction Helewise, Abbess (Fictitious character) Fiction Knights and knighthood Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Queens Great Britain Fiction V, King of England Edward 1470-1483 FictionO'Brien, Patrick
Summary: Traces James's journey during the Middle Ages in England from inexperienced page at the age of seven to knighthood at the age of twenty-one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OBRIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Winter 1461--Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC IGGFrazer, Margaret.
Summary: Sister Frevisse has made an unusual journey to London to meet the new prioress of St. Frideswide's. At the urging of her abbot, she stays with her wealthy cousin Alice, lady wife of the earl of Suffolk. But Frevisse suspects more is involved than a friendly visit--for this London home houses a secret that has turned deadly--Alice is involved in the dangerous political machinations of the duc of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAGregory, Philippa.
Summary: A tale of the Wars of the Roses follows Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREGregory, Philippa.
Summary: Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonley life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, England, and even her son. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the king; sends him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREClare, Alys
Summary: February, 1212. Sir Josse d'Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse's elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his family. But the pair soon discover that Hugh's ill health is not the only cause of distress in the house; Hugh's son and heir, Herbert, has taken an unpleasant new wife, the widowed Lady Cyrille. Josse and Helewise are distracted by the discovery of an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLASummary: Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BECLowell, Elizabeth
Summary: They call her 'Amber the Untouched' throughout the Disputed Lands - a chaste, golden-haired beauty who fears the remarkable love that was prophesied at her birth--and the death that must inevitably follow. Now Duncan has come to her in darkness, as was foretold - a wounded warrior with no memory, seared by passion's fire and irresistibly drawn to the innocent enchantress who divines truth with...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LOWLowell, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOWShafak, Elif
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire In her latest novel, Turkey's preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAClare, Alys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAWoodiwiss, Kathleen E.
Summary: Follows the relationship between Berengaria, who is forced into marriage with a nefarious squire, and her beloved Raven, a Scottish soldier determined to save her from an evil fate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOClare, Alys.
Summary: In the autumn of 1210, Abbess Caliste is concerned about the welfare of her nuns at Hawkenlye Abbey after King John's men have taken it over, Helewise has moved into Hawkenlye Mannor with Josse, and Helewise's eleven-year-old granddaughter, Rosamund, goes missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAFrazer, Margaret.
Summary: After Domina Alys is made prioress, St. Frideswide becomes nothing more than a guest house for her relatives, the Godfreys, and when a long-standing family rivalry ends with murder, it is up to Sister Frevisse to rid the nunnery of its unwelcome--and deadly--guests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 1997
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Summary: In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Isanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's beautiful daughter, Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire's chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota's help) some of the most...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SHAClare, Alys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAClare, Alys.
Summary: In the wake of a young nun's death in 1157 rural Kent, soldier-of-fortune Josse d'Acquin sets out to protect the reputation of the king, who had released the prime suspect, and is aided by the Abbess of Hawkenlye in uncovering secrets surrounding the convent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: New English Library 2001
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Summary: In medieval England, Gloriana, Lady of Kenbrook, awaits her husband, Dane St. Gregory--to whom she was married as a child--only to be stunned when he returns with a betrothed, and finds herself thrust seven centuries into the future, with the strength ofher and Dane's love as her only hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION MILLERClare, Alys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAClare, Alys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New English Library 2004
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Summary: "Follows Lady Margaret Beaufort as she desperately tries to ensure her son Henry VII becomes the rightful heir to the throne" -- from publisher's web site.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREClare, Alys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder 2005
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Summary: Midsummer 1195. A ruthlessly ambitious man in debt makes an extraodinary discovery that changes his fortunes... until his lifeless body is found hidden in the undergrowth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2007