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Author : Julia Fox
language : en
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Release Date : 2011
Sister Queens written by Julia Fox and has been published by George Weidenfeld & Nicholson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Great Britain categories.
'Sister Queens' retells a familiar story in a completely fresh way. It's a gripping tale of love, of sacrifice, of the demands of duty, and of the conflict between ambition and loyalty. Katherine (better known as Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first queen) and Juana, daughters of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, were sister queens. While their royal birth conferred entry into a world of privilege and plenty, as it did for their two siblings, Isabella and Maria, it came with a devastating personal price-tag. Since monarchs operated within an international as well as a domestic setting, it was inevitable that Ferdinand and Isabella would use their children as dynastic pawns, but daughters, unlike sons, were expendable. They might be happy, they might not. It was largely a matter of chance. Isabella and Maria, married to Portuguese princes, both died young and far from home. And when they too were sent as brides to foreign shores, Katherine and Juana were to need all their courage, resolve and inner strength as they faced the harsh realities of life in a male-dominated world.
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Author : Julia Fox
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2012-01-31
Sister Queens written by Julia Fox and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-31 with History categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior included keeping her beloved late husband’s coffin beside her for years. But historian Julia Fox, whose previous work painted an unprecedented portrait of Jane Boleyn, Anne’s sister, offers deeper insight in this first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, the daughters of Spain’s Ferdinand and Isabella, whose family ties remained strong despite their separation. Looking through the lens of their Spanish origins, Fox reveals these queens as flesh-and-blood women—equipped with character, intelligence, and conviction—who are worthy historical figures in their own right. When they were young, Juana’s and Katherine’s futures appeared promising. They had secured politically advantageous marriages, but their dreams of love and power quickly dissolved, and the unions for which they’d spent their whole lives preparing were fraught with duplicity and betrayal. Juana, the elder sister, unexpectedly became Spain’s sovereign, but her authority was continually usurped, first by her husband and later by her son. Katherine, a young widow after the death of Prince Arthur of Wales, soon remarried his doting brother Henry and later became a key figure in a drama that altered England’s religious landscape. Ousted from the positions of power and influence they had been groomed for and separated from their children, Katherine and Juana each turned to their rich and abiding faith and deep personal belief in their family’s dynastic legacy to cope with their enduring hardships. Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, duty, and sacrifice—a remarkable reflection on the conflict between ambition and loyalty during an age when the greatest sin, it seems, was to have been born a woman.
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Author : Julia Fox
language : en
Publisher: Random House LLC
Release Date : 2011
Sister Queens written by Julia Fox and has been published by Random House LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents a dual portrait of Henry VIII's first queen and her sister, the wife of Philip of Burgundy, evaluating their roles as dynastic pawns while considering how their legendary lives reflect the turbulent age in which they lived.
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Author : Julia Fox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Sister Queens written by Julia Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Great Britain categories.
The first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sources
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Author : Sophie Perinot
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-03-06
The Sister Queens written by Sophie Perinot and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with Fiction categories.
Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love? Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king. Can Eleanor stop competing with her sister and value what she has, or will she let it slip away? The Sister Queens is historical fiction at its most compelling, and is an unforgettable first novel.
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Author : Julia Fox
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-12
Sister Queens written by Julia Fox and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-12 with History categories.
The first dual biography of Katherine and Juana of Aragon, based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sources Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first bride, has become an icon: the betrayed wife, the revered Queen, the devoted mother, a woman callously cast aside by a selfish husband besotted by his strumpet of a mistress. Her sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the most powerful man in Renaissance Europe, is still more of a legend. She is 'Juana the Mad', the wife so passionately in love with her husband that she could not bear to be parted from him even by death, keeping his coffin by her side for year upon year. They were Sister Queens - the accomplished daughters of Ferdinand and Isabella, the founders of a unified Spain. A gripping tale of love, sacrifice, the demands of duty and the conflict between ambition and loyalty - at a time when even royal women had to fight for their positions in society - Julia Fox's vibrant new biography teems with life. Linked not only by blood but by cruel experience, their dual stories enrich our understanding of them both, casting a searchlight onto the turbulent age in which they lived.
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Author : Mary McGrigor
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-01-07
The Sister Queens written by Mary McGrigor and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-07 with History categories.
Isabella de Valois was 3 years old when, on a hot August day in 1392, her father suddenly went mad. Less than four years later, she was married by proxy to the English King Richard II and arrived in England with a French retinue and her doll's house. Richard's humiliating deposition and brutal murder by his cousin, the future Henry IV, forced Isabella's desperate return to France where she found her country fatally divided. Isabella's sister, Catherine de Valois, became the beautiful young bride of Henry V and is unique in history for being the daughter of a king, the wife of a king, the mother of a king and the grandmother of a king. Like her sister, Catherine was viewed as a bargaining chip in times of political turmoil, yet her passionate love affair with the young Owain Tudor established the entire Tudor dynasty and set in motion one of the most fascinating periods of British history. The Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, exile and conflict in a time when even royal women had to fight for survival.
Sister Queens The Lives And Reigns Of Mary And Elizabeth Band 15 Emerald Collins Big Cat
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Author : Duffy Parry
language : en
Publisher: Collins
Release Date : 2015-09-21
Sister Queens The Lives And Reigns Of Mary And Elizabeth Band 15 Emerald Collins Big Cat written by Duffy Parry and has been published by Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-21 with Great Britain categories.
Find out about the lives of these two queens, joined together by their family bond, but with hugely different beliefs. Discover what early life was like for Princesses Mary and Elizabeth under the turbulent rule of their father Henry VIII, how they got on with each other, and their individual reigns in this fascinating dual biography. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
Three Sisters Three Queens
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Author : Philippa Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-08-09
Three Sisters Three Queens written by Philippa Gregory and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with Fiction categories.
Brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, Katherine of Aragon forges a unique sisterhood with the king's sisters, Margaret and Mary, that is shaped by rivalries, wars, betrayal, widowhood, motherhood, passion, and secrets.
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Author : Philippa Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-02-21
Three Sisters Three Queens written by Philippa Gregory and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-21 with Fiction categories.
Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions, an interview with the author, and book club enhancement suggestions.