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The Queen's Secret
by Plaidy, Jean
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0709038038
- ISBN 13
- 9780709038030
- Seller
-
Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Robert Hale, 1989. slight wear to cover edges, some library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.
Synopsis
Katherine of Valois was born a princess, the daughter of King Charles VI of France. But by the time Katherine was old enough to know him, her father had come to be called "Charles the Mad," given to unpredictable fits of insanity. The young princess lived a secluded life, awaiting her father's sane moments and suffering through the mad ones, as her mother took up with her uncle and their futures became more and more uncertain. Katherine's fortunes appeared to be changing when, at nineteen, she was married to King Henry V of England. Within two years, she gave birth to an heir--but her happiness was fleeting. Soon after the birth of her son, she lost her husband to an illness. With Joan of Arc inciting the French to overthrow English rule, Katherine's loyalty to her adopted homeland of England became a matter of intense suspicion. Katherine had brought her dowry and borne her heir; what use was she to England? It was decreed that she would live out her remaining years alone, far from the seat of power. But no one, not even Katherine herself, could have anticipated that she would fall in love with and secretly marry one of her guardians, Owen Tudor--or that a generation later, their grandson would become the first king of the great Tudor dynasty.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Laura Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 026849
- Title
- The Queen's Secret
- Author
- Plaidy, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0709038038
- ISBN 13
- 9780709038030
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Plaidy Queen's Secret
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Laura Books
Biblio member since 2017
Georgetown, South Australia
About Laura Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- 12mo
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