LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R.

Pendragon

New York: William Morrow & Co/Avon, 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688137148. A little creasing to dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Pendragon Cycle, Book 4; 8.20 X 5.60 X 1.70 inches; 436 pages; "Arthur is King—but treachery runs rampant throughout the beleaguered Isle of the Mighty. Darkest evil descends upon Britain’s shores in many guises. Fragile alliances fray and tear, threatening all the noble liege has won with his wisdom and his blood. His most trusted counselor—the warrior, bard and kingmaker whom legend will name Merlin—is himself to be tested on a mystical journey back through his own extraordinary past. So in a black time of plague and pestilence, it is Arthur who must stand alone against a great and terrible adversary. For only this way can he truly win immortality—and the name to treasure above all others: PENDRAGON". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18414

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0688137148 King Arthur Merlin uther pendragon Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction::Historical

PLAIDY, JEAN; ELEANOR HIBBERT (PSEUD)

Follies of the King

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399126902. DJ shows very light edge wear. FFEP has been clipped on upper corner. Some creasing of front flap of DJ ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Plantagenet Saga #8; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.20 inches; 331 pages; "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 scandal. It is assumed that when Edward marries one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe his inclinations will change, but nothing can make him swerve from his attachment to Gaveston, who is clearly making the most of royal favour. The new Queen Isabella, accustomed to adulation, is bitterly humilated; and she is not a woman to forget or forgive. With the country in turmoil the king is making enemies throughout the land, and he fails to see that the most deadly of these is his queen.". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18688

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0399126902 Edward II Robert the Bruce Fiction::Historical

PLAIDY, JEAN; ELEANOR HIBBERT (PSEUD)

The Queen from Provence

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399126562. DJ shows light edge wear, publisher's remainder 'P' on bottom page edges. FFEP has been corner-clipped top foredge. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Plantagenet Saga #6; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1.20 inches; 286 pages; "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. Good fortune and wily cunning bring her Henry of England. A good and generous husband but a weak king, he rules a nation that still remembers his cruel and foolish father, King John. As Henry showers gifts on his new bride his extravagance forces him to levy ever greater taxation on the land, and the spectre of revolt soon looms against him. For Simon de Montfort, the adventurer who will give England its first true parliament, the house of destiny is at hand.". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18689

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0399126562 simon de montfort Plantagenet Fiction::Historical

PLAIDY, JEAN; ELEANOR HIBBERT (PSEUD)

The Queen and Lord M

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399119949. DJ shows very light edge wear. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Queen Victoria series #2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages; "On the morning of 20th June 1837, an eighteen-year-old girl is called from her bed to be told that she is Queen of England. The Victorian age has begun. The young queen's first few years are beset with court scandal and malicious gossip: there is the unsavoury Flora Hastings affair, a source of extreme embarrassment to the queen; the eternal conflict between Victoria and her mother; and, the young queen's hatred of Sir John Conroy, her mother's close friend. Then there is the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne - 'Lord M' - worldly cynic and constant companion to the queen, himself a veteran of many a latter-day scandal. He proves to be her guiding light - until the dashing Prince Albert appears and she falls hopelessly in love.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18700

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0399119949 Queen Victoria Fiction::Historical

PLAIDY, JEAN; ELEANOR HIBBERT (PSEUD)

Revolt of the Eaglets

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399124950. Very light edge wear to DJ, small dent bottom of back board at spine and front board. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Plantagenet Saga #2; 8.50 X 5.60 X 1.30 inches; 331 pages; "News of Thomas a Becket's martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised, Henry's position is precarious: punished at the Pope's insistence for his part in Becket's death, he now also has an enemy in his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, after her discovery of his longstanding infidelity with Rosamund Clifford. Eleanor is determined to seek vengeance, so, with King Philip of France, she encourages her sons (Richard & John) to conspire, both against their father and each other. Much embattled, the old eagle Henry struggles to fend off both rebellion and the plots of his aggressively circling offspring..". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18685

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0399124950 Plantagenet Fiction::Historical

PLAIDY, JEAN; ELEANOR HIBBERT (PSEUD)

The Three Crowns

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399118926. DJ and boards have light shelfwear present, front pastedown has sticker residue bottom corner, some scuffing of DJ. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine ; Stuart Saga #5; 8.40 X 6.10 X 1.40 inches; 363 pages; "An historical narrative portraying the strange alliance between Mary, the daughter of James II and Anne Hyde, and her cousin and husband William of Orange, an ambitious man determined to gain the three crowns of Britain". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18679

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0399118926 Stuart William of Orange Fiction::Historical

TRANTER, NIGEL G.

Price of a Princess

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340558997. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Price-clipped with remainder dot on top page edges, slight yellowing of pages as is common in British publications.. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 5.5 X 1.25 X 9 inches; 232 pages; " After young James the Third's accession to the Scottish throne, the ambitious Boyd family of Kilmarnock seized power. Although James's sister, Mary, was at first unwilling to marry Thomas Boyd, she eventually learned to love him. When Thomas was sent to the Danish court, Mary discovered a talent for diplomacy. In exchange for Princess Margaret of Denmark marrying her brother, she persuaded the Danes to hand over the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scottish dominion. But when the Boyd regime was finally toppled, Mary's position became severely compromised.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20854

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0340558997 Mary Stewart James the Third Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

The Guardian a Tale of Andrew Murray

Toronto: Viking, 2014. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670068489. Some water damage to back of dustjacket ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Guardians #3; 9.06 X 5.98 X 1.81 inches; 546 pages; "From Jack Whyte, the master of the sweeping historical epic, comes the continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland by defying the might and power of Edward Plantagenet, the king of England, who called himself the Hammer of the Scots. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic commoner in medieval British history and the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick, would perfect the techniques of guerrilla warfare developed by Wallace and use them to create his own place in history as the greatest king of Scots who ever lived. In the spring of 1297, the two men meet in Ayr, in the south of Scotland, each having recently lost a young wife, one in childbirth and the other by murder. Each is heartbroken but determined in his grief to defy the ambitions of England and its malignant king, whose lust to conquer and consume the realm of Scotland is blatant and unyielding. Their combined anger at the injustices of the invading English is about to unleash a storm in Scotland that will last for sixteen years—and destroy England’s military power for decades—before giving rise to a new nation of free men.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18555

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0670068489 scotland Robert Bruce Edward Plantagenet Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

Knights of the Black and White

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2006. 1st; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670045136. Slight edge wear to DJ and book ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Number line 1-10, bright, solid book ; Templar Trilogy Book One; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 548 pages; "Readers of Whyte's Camulod series (eight novels set during the Arthurian period) will be very excited to jump into this, the first of a projected trilogy chronicling the birth of the Knights Templar. The novel begins in 1088, as Hugh St. Clair, a French nobleman, joins a mysterious society known as the Order. Soon Hugh is hip deep in the blood and gore of the First Crusade, which so scars him that he dedicates the rest of his life to serving God. But things don't go exactly according to plan, and soon Hugh is part of an elite band of monks whose religious devotion is matched by their skill at hand-to-hand combat. Whyte, a master at painting pictures on an epic-sized canvas, pulls the reader into the story with his usual deft combination of historical drama and old--fashioned adventure.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17367

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0670045136 Knights Templar Holy Land