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The Fifth Queen is Ford Maddox Ford’s masterful trilogy of historical fiction centered on Katharine Howard, a young girl of a proud, noble, and impoverished family who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his controversial fifth Queen.
In this first volume, Katherine arrives at the King's court to find its dimly lit corridors vibrating with corruption and fear, as unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power maneuver for advantage. Clever, beautiful, and outspoken, Katherine soon becomes caught in a web of intrigue and romance as she fights for political and religious change.
Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding. His sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII, first published in 1908, echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people’s lives.
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Set in Malory's England during the Wars of the Roses, this acclaimed winner of a remarkable nine awards tells the true story of two star-crossed lovers - Richard of Gloucester and Lady Anne Neville - before they become King and Queen of England. A stirring tale of romance and intrigue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous.
- De Cinders en 11-07-13
De: Sandra Worth
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The Outlaw of Torn
- De: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Edgar Rice Burroughs tells us the story of the lost English prince, Richard, whom fate turns into an outlaw preying on the nobility of England. With tons of adventure, cross, and double cross, this tale will keep you engrossed from beginning to end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good story ,Good read Good classic
- De Mary en 05-15-16
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The Little Duke
- The Childhood History of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy
- De: Charlotte Yonge
- Narrado por: David Thorn
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Based on historical fact, full of intrigue and chivalry at a time when Normandy was not part of France, this is the romantic childhood history of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy. After his father was assassinated, when he was just nine years old, he is kidnapped and imprisoned by Louis of France, who wanted to annex Normandy. But thanks to the bravery and daring of Richard's loyal squire and knight, Osmond de Centeville, he makes good his escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Makes Learning History Unforgettable!
- De Harriet en 07-31-12
De: Charlotte Yonge
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A Vision of Light
- A Margaret of Ashbury Novel, Book 1
- De: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 120
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Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and only the threat of starvation persuades Brother Gregory, a Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the task. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old fashioned heroine
- De Margaret en 06-22-13
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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
- De: Robin Maxwell
- Narrado por: Suzan Crowley
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Robin Maxwell’s debut novel introduces Anne Boleyn and her daughter, Elizabeth: one was queen for a thousand days, the other for more than 40 years. Both were passionate, headstrong women, loved and hated by Henry VIII. At the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign, her mother’s private diary is given to her by a mysterious lady. In reading it, the young ruler - herself embroiled in a dangerous love affair - discovers a great deal about her much maligned mother.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Best Tudor Novels Availalbe
- De Bonnie-Ann en 03-02-13
De: Robin Maxwell
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The Black Rose
- De: Thomas B. Costain
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De Jean en 03-09-13
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Cathedral
- De: Ben Hopkins
- Narrado por: Malk Williams, Sophie Roberts
- Duración: 19 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art and earthly desire. At the centre of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 13th and 14th centuries in the fictional town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. From the bishop to his treasurer, from local merchants to lowly stonecutters, the fate of everyone, both Gentile and Jew, is affected by the slow rise of Hagenburg’s cathedral.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting description of life in the Middle Ages
- De leongork en 06-30-21
De: Ben Hopkins
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The Autobiography of Henry VIII
- De: Margaret George
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 41 h y 18 m
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Margaret George's novel brings into focus the larger-than-life King Henry VIII, monarch of prodigious appetites for wine, women, and song.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfection!
- De Amy M. Walts en 10-20-07
De: Margaret George
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 11 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity. Duke Orsino is in love with the noblewoman Olivia. She, however, has fallen for his servant Cesario, who is actually Viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves Orsino: Confusion is rife. Meanwhile, Olivia's arrogant steward Malvolio is cruelly tricked by her uncle Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and the maidservant Maria into believing his mistress loves him.
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3 out of 5 stars
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If you be not mad, be gone
- De Darwin8u en 08-24-17
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The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots
- De: Carolly Erickson
- Narrado por: Rebekah Germain
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fiction being the key word
- De Bonnie-Ann B en 09-25-09
De: Carolly Erickson
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Katherine
- A Novel
- De: Anya Seton
- Narrado por: Lorna Bennett
- Duración: 29 h y 50 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 180
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Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets—Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II—who rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king’s son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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my favorite novel brought to life
- De Heather en 10-04-23
De: Anya Seton
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The King's Witch
- A Novel
- De: Tracy Borman
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 369
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In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents’ country estate, where she has learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. She is happy to stay at home when King James of Scotland succeeds to the throne. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs - punishable by death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’ve read hundreds of historical fiction books....
- De K&T en 08-03-18
De: Tracy Borman
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Lorna Doone
- De: R. D. Blackmore
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 29 h y 42 m
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First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of 17th-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones, where he is discovered by the beautiful Lorna.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LORNA DOONE
- De Lisa en 02-07-19
De: R. D. Blackmore
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The Dragon Waiting
- De: John M. Ford
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 54
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In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary.... A female Florentine physician.... An ageless Welsh wizard.... And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester - and make him Richard III.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read not listen.
- De Anna Marie en 08-08-21
De: John M. Ford
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King Lear
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Paul Scofield, Rachel Roberts, Cyryl Cusak, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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I am a man more sinned against than sinning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A true classic
- De Stanley Hauer en 07-09-08
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
- De: Emmuska Orczy
- Narrado por: Harriet Stevens
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Rumor has it that the Scarlet Pimpernel has super powers which aid him in evading capture along with his team of men. The Scarlet Pimpernel lives a double life, one as an English aristocrat, wealthy, and popular among society's elite, and another at night when he becomes a superhero and master of disguise to the French nobles he has vowed to save. To others, such as the revolutionists, he is something darker, and dangerous - a vigilante who must be captured and stopped at once.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The story is delightful, the reader is not
- De KBsMomma en 04-01-22
De: Emmuska Orczy
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Betrayed
- De: Bertrice Small
- Narrado por: Jessica Bright
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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When Fiona Hay offers Angus Gordon her virtue in exchange for a dowry for her sisters, she so intrigues the rogue that he demands a higher payment: She will be his mistress. Thus begins a battle of wills and sensual delights. Destiny soon draws the ardent lovers into the turbulent court of King James. But soon the king's political schemes force Fiona away from the man she loves...and into the arms of a wild and passionate highlander, The MacDonald of Nairn. Will this coldhearted and callous betrayal forever destroy Fiona's chance at happiness?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet Sweet Redemption!
- De ➷➹➸❥HFB🔹🔹🔹 en 10-30-23
De: Bertrice Small
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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
- De: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrado por: Keith Moore, Toby Leonard Moore, Colin McPhillamy, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Author Peter Ackroyd has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Whitbread Novel of the Year, and the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s immortal work, this retelling of The Canterbury Tales follows a party of travelers as they tell stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, satire, and humor, the tales help pass the time during their journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Mitchell Drimmer en 02-25-15
De: Peter Ackroyd
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Fifth Queen
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Total3 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Jill
- 10-27-11
same queen, different story
All history has said Howard was a foolish, uneducated teenager who did her best with an obese King with a reeking wound on his leg. Clearly involved with men closer to her own age and in her cousin especially.This author has her the most learned, saintly of women. Wise beyond her years and dedicated to bringing England back to the Catholic faith, deeply in love with Henry, who is large but not disgustingly so and whose leg is now healed. The language was sounding very old England and traditions, etc were good. But this is a view of this queen the likes of which no one has heard.
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- Resipsa44
- 09-01-11
Narration - The Worst!
I have attempted to listen to this book but have to stop each time. I've restarted and stopped at least 4 times. The issue with this book is not the story but the narration. The narrator speaks so quickly and since the dialogue, in the book, is written in "Olde English" it is extraordinary difficult to understand the narration.I believe that this is a book that has to be read. Also, the book is historically very inaccurate although it is a novel.
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