Four Sisters, All Queens (2 page)
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Authors: Sherry Jones
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Historical, #Biographical
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Sherry Jones
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First Gallery Books trade paperback edition May 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Sherry, 1961–
Four sisters, all queens / Sherry Jones. — 1st Gallery Books trade paperback ed.
p. cm.
1. Marguerite, Queen, consort of Louis IX, King of France, 1221–1295—Fiction. 2. Eléonore, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 4–1291—Fiction. 3. Beatrice, of Provence, Queen of Sicily, consort of Charles I, King of Naples, 1234–1267. 4. Sanchia, of Provence, Queen, consort of Richard, King of the Romans, 1225–1261—Fiction. 5. Europe—History—476–1492—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3610.O6285F68 2012
813'.6—dc23 2011044484
ISBN 978-1-4516-3324-5
ISBN 978-1-4516-3325-2 (ebook)
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