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1521. Young Mary Boleyn arrives at court, maid in waiting and favourite to Queen Katherine of Aragon. Yet Mary catches the eye of the capricious king and – propelled by the ambitions of the powerful Boleyn family – she betrays her queen, and takes her place as Henry VIII’s new mistress. But while Mary is in childbed, a rival comes to court – her sister Anne, a young woman ruthless in her drive to become queen. With her own destiny unknown, and the Boleyn enemies gathering, Mary must defy her family – and command her own fate.

Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight”, the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court.

The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil.

Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives—King Henry VIII—commands her to marry him.

Normal Women is a radical retelling of our nation’s story – not of the rise and fall of kings and the occasional queen – but of social and cultural change, powered by the determination, persistence and effectiveness of women – from 1066 to modern times. Did women really do nothing to shape England’s culture and traditions in nine centuries of turmoil, plague, famine, religious reform and the rise of empire and industry?

They ruled England before the Tudors, and now internationally best-selling author Philippa Gregory brings the Plantagenets to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women.

Det anspændte forhold mellem Maria og Elizabeth, døtre af Henrik VIII, er efterhånden velkendt stof. Kampen om tronen, om troen, om folkets kærlighed, om den spanske prins Filips kærlighed, ja om så mange ting, forpestede stemningen ved det engelske hof og fik alle hoffolk til at krybe langs væggene af skræk. Hannah har en evne: Hun ser ting, eller rettere en gang imellem tager tungen magten over hende, og hun siger ting, taler om noget, der endnu ikke er sket, advarer om endnu ikke erkendte farer.

Tre unge kvinder, tre skrækkelige skæbner. Henrik VIII's ulykkelige ægteskab med Anne Boleyn gav langvarige efterdønninger. Efter dronning Janes død i barselsseng skal kongen have en ny dronning, og valget falder på Anne af Cleeves fra et lille hertugdømme i Tyskland. Maleren Holbein sendes af sted for at lave et portræt af den unge pige, og kongen er godt tilfreds, da han ser det. Det er han imidlertid ikke, da han og Anne møder hinanden første gang. Mødet er en katastrofe, og ægteskabet er kuldsejlet på forhånd.

Hvad de færreste ved, er at kongen først var forelsket i Annes søster Mary og faktisk fik to børn med hende. I Kongens Frille hører vi om denne historie, om en purung pige belastet med en familie, så ambitiøs at de sendte først Mary og dernæst Anne af sted til kongens seng i håb om vinde magtkampen blandt Englands allerfornemmeste familier. Da kampen var forbi, havde Anne mistet sit hoved, Henrik var blevet bandlyst af paven, familien Boleyn havde tabt al magt, og kimen var lagt til arvefølgestridigheder og voldsom religiøs uro i landet i mange år derefter.

Elizabeth den Første krones i 1558 og følges tæt af sin barndomsven og tilbeder Sir Robert Dudley. Mens hans søger magten ved hoffet, lever hans hustru en trist og forsømt tilværelse, og dronningens nærmeste begynder at se skævt til ham.

Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was started and propelled by women who were protesting a tax on women? Or that Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men, but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior? These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from listening to Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious book, she tells the story of England over 900 years, for the very first time placing women—some fifty per cent of the population—center stage.

It is 1685 and England is on the brink of a renewed civil war. King Charles II has died without an heir and his brother James is to take the throne. But the people are bitterly divided, and many do not welcome the new king or his young queen. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor and her daughter Alys, have been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. The rewards are life-changing.

It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many families are bitterly divided. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister Alinor that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant Rowan to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor has been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. The rewards are life-changing: the family could return to their beloved Tidelands, and Alinor could rule where she was once lower than a servant.

London 1670. Zwei Besucher treffen kurz nacheinander in einem kleinen Warenhaus am Südufer der Themse ein. Der erste ist ein wohlhabender Mann, der hofft, die Frau zu finden, die er einundzwanzig Jahre zuvor verlassen musste - Alinor, die damals nur knapp der Hexenverfolgung entgangen ist, und mit ihren Kindern nach London ging. James Avery hat inzwischen seinen Weg in der Welt gemacht und ist zu einem Günstling von Charles II. aufgestiegen. Doch nun ist James auf der Suche nach jemand, den er lange verloren glaubte - seinem Sohn und Erben.

In einer Mittsommernacht des Jahres 1648 hofft die junge Alinor, auf dem Friedhof dem Geist ihres Mannes zu begegnen, der auf See verschollen ist. Stattdessen trifft sie auf einen Flüchtenden: James wird als Ketzer gejagt. Alinor zeigt dem verzweifelten jungen Mann die geheimen Pfade durch den Sumpf - und ahnt nicht, dass sie damit eine Katastrophe heraufbeschwört. Längst schon wurde sie im Dorf wegen ihres Kräuterwissen und ihrer Entschlossenheit misstrauisch beäugt.

This third volume in The Princess Rules series sees the feisty princess take her baby brother and best friend, Bennett, on another round of adventures together. Can they rescue their new-found friend, the sea serpent, from a travelling circus? And hold back the pirate, Five-fathom Freida. Or will Florizella’s worst fairy godmother prove that in a fairytale world, you really do have to be careful what you wish for?

After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the king’s decision, as they must balance precariously in an already shaky Tudor Court.

When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of 14, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane, and soon, she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes she must defy her family and take fate into her own hands.

Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young lovers revel in each other’s company and plan the England they will make together. But tragically, aged only 15, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his 16-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry; become queen; and fulfill their dreams and her destiny.

Das ergreifende Schicksal dreier Tudor-Schwestern zwischen Herrschaftspflicht und Selbstbestimmung. Den Tudors mangelt es an männlichen Erben. Ohne es zu wollen, geraten so die drei Schwestern Jane, Katherine und Mary Grey in die Auseinandersetzungen um die Thronfolge. Zwar fügt sich Jane in ihr Schicksal und ergreift die Krone. Doch die Spiele der Macht beherrscht sie nicht: Mary, Halbschwester des verstorbenen Königs, sammelt eine Allianz hinter sich und begehrt auf. Auch das Leben von Katherine und der klugen, kleinwüchsigen Mary scheint von da an vorgezeichnet - den Kämpfen am Hof können sie nicht entrinnen.