Author: Jean Plaidy Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780330258241 0330258249 |
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The fifth book in Jean Plaidy's Plantagenet saga tells the fascinating story of the hatred between two queens. 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 III... Blanche of Castile, serene and virtuous Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX... The two women hated each other on sight. Isabella would stop at nothing, not even murder, in her passion to destroy the French Queen...
This book is part of the "Plantagenet Saga" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Red Rose of Anjou" First published in 1982 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Sun in Splendour" First published in 1982 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Vow on the Heron" First published in 1980 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Edward Longshanks" First published in 1978 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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