The most enchanting, folklore-flavored fantasy yet from Hugo Award-winning author C.J. Cherryh. Lost on a journey, the young Prince Tamas encounters the witch's apprentice, Ela. The land is at the mercy of warring goblins--but Ela possesses a shard of the Goblin Queen's enchanted mirror, and she plans to use it against the Queen.
When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. But Mary has also seen the King's fickle nature and how easily he discards those who were once close to him. . .
In this new biography of one of the most intriguing figures of early modern European history, Retha Warnicke, widely regarded as the leading historian on Tudor queenship, offers a fresh interpretation of the life of Mary Stewart (Stuart), popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary became Queen of Scotland at six days old, was crowned Queen of France at seventeen on the death of her husband Francis II, and was the cousin and rival of Elizabeth I, who ultimately had her executed for treason. A devout Catholic, who lived during an era of intense religious discord, Mary’s turbulent life was characterized by treachery, violence and tragedy.
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The Heretic Queen
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. .
