The Loves of Charles II (155 page)

The Sixth Wife
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Dangerous court intrigue and affairs of the heart collide as renowned novelist Jean Plaidy tells the story of Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six queens.

Katharine of Aragon
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The story of Henry VIII and the House of Tudor begins with the story of his first wife, Katharine of Aragon. This book combines Jean Plaidy’s three short novels about Katharine’s life into one volume for the first time in paperback.

Royal Road to Fotheringhay
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The haunting story of the beautiful—and tragic—Mary, Queen of Scots, as only legendary novelist Jean Plaidy could write it.

In the Shadow of the Crown
0-609-81019-7
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In this dark and fascinating tale, Jean Plaidy brings to life the story of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, whose long road to the throne was paved only with sorrow. Written as a memoir, in Mary’s own voice, it is a gripping account of a tragic life.

Queen of This Realm
0-609-81020-0
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Jean Plaidy presents Elizabeth I in all the many stages of her dramatic life, from bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father to monarch who launched England into the time of its greatest glory.

The Thistle and the Rose
0-609-81022-7
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Margaret—Princess of England, but Queen of Scotland—finds herself torn between loyalty to the land of her birth and to that of her baby son, now king of the Scots.

Mary, Queen of France
0-609-81021-9
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The story of Princess Mary Tudor, a celebrated beauty and born rebel who would defy the most powerful king in Europe—her older brother, Henry VIII.

The Lady in the Tower
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Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I, was one of history’s most complex and alluring women. Her fascinating, tragic story comes to vivid life in Jean Plaidy’s classic novel.

The Rose Without a Thorn
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Born into an impoverished branch of the noble Howard family, young Katherine is brought by fate into the court of Henry VIII, where she soon catches the eye of the unhappily married king. But her bliss is short-lived as rumors of her wayward past force her destiny to take another turn.

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Historical fiction from the Crown Publishing Group

The Wandering Prince
copyright © 1956, 1971 by Jean Plaidy
A Health Unto His Majesty
copyright © 1956 by Jean Plaidy
and renewed in 1984 by Eleanor Hibbert
Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord
copyright © 1957, 1973 by Jean Plaidy

Reader’s Guide copyright © 2005 by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. The excerpt is from
Murder Most Royal
, to be published in 2006 by Three Rivers Press.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Originally published as three separate works in hardcover in Great Britain by Robert Hale, London, in 1956 and 1957.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plaidy, Jean, 1906—1993
The loves of Charles II: the Stuart saga/Jean Plaidy.—1st American pbk. ed.
1. Charles II, King of England, 1630—1685—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—
History—Charles II, 1660—1685—Fiction. 3. Catherine, of Braganza,
Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638—1705—Fiction.
4. Cleveland, Barbara (Villiers) Palmer, Duchess of, 1641—1709—Fiction.
5. Great Britain—Kings and rulers—Fiction. I. Title: Loves of Charles the
Second. II. Title: Wandering prince. III. Title: Health unto His Majesty.
IV. Title: Here lies our sovereign lord. V. Title.
PR6015.I3A6 2005
823′.914—dc22      2005005922

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