Meridon af Philippa Gregory (Bog)

A "New York Times" bestselling master of historical fiction and his co-author deliver a powerful story of a young Puritan woman who, as civil war tears England asunder in 1643, will risk everything to find love and a secret fortune. Forlag: HarperCollins Udgivelsesår: 2003 Sider: 565 Sprog: Engelsk

"'Sometimes I have the feeling I'm going to turn out to be something queer when I grow up. Mathilda is so ordinary, she makes me feel special. I am not like her. I want to be different, I don't know how. Mathilda hates to be different. I am different already.' Millicent King, 26 November 1914 "'There was nothing ordinary about this woman. Indeed, I now wonder if there is any such thing as an ordinary life at all.' Margaret Forster, Introduction to "Diary of an Ordinary Woman Millicent King is an 'ordinary' woman living through extraordinary times in this brilliantly conceived piece of fictional memoir writing. Diary of an Ordinary Woman is the edited diary of fictional woman Millicent King (1901-1995). From the age of 13, on the eve of the Great War, Millicent King keeps her journals in a series of exercise books. The diary records the dramas of everyday life in an ordinary English famil

A sumptuous wedding feast, two advantageous marriages and a blessing from the golden king. Forlag: HarperCollins UK Udgivelsesår: 2009 Sider: 18 Sprog: Engelsk

England i 1500-tallet er en scene med kamp om folkets kærlighed, tronen og tro. En ung synsk kvinde, Hannah, bliver en vigtig del af kampen, men til gengæld må hun ofre sin egen personlighed Titel: The queen's fool Forfatter: Philippa Gregory Forlag: HarperCollins Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 490 Sprog: Engelsk

An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters. Forfat

I Tudor-tiden må Maria Stuart, dronning af Skotland, flygte fra oprørere og søger tilflugt hos sin kusine Elizabeth I i England. Som nærmeste arving til den engelske trone efter den barnløse Elizabeth er hun både gæst og fange. Maria er ambitiøs, politisk klog og charmerende, og hendes tilstedeværelse skaber uro ved hoffet, hvor ingen kan vide, om hun er ven eller rival. Fortællingen skildrer, hvordan Maria, hertugen af Shrewsbury og hans hustru Bess bliver brikker i kampen om magt, ægteskaber og alliancer i et England præget af religiøse og politiske konflikter. Intriger, kærlighed og forræderi væves sammen i historien om den “anden dronning”, der truer Elizabeths position. Type: Paperback Historisk roman af Philippa Gregory om Maria Stuart og Elizabeth I i Tudor-tidens England. Den unge skotske dronning Maria Stuart må flygte fra sit land og søger beskyttelse hos sin kusine, dronning E

Smukke Catherine Everleigh forsøger ihærdigt at drive familiens auktionshus videre på trods af sin brors underslæb. Men en enlig kvinde har ingen rettigheder i 1880'ernes London uanset hvor klog, hun end er Titel: Isdronningen Genre: romantik Sammendrag: Catherine Everleigh har lært at holde mænd på afstand, men for at bevare kontrollen over sin arv må hun indgå en alliance med Nicholas O’Shea. Han ønsker respektabilitet og en plads i det fine selskab, mens hun har brug for hans styrke og indflydelse. Deres proformaægteskab udvikler sig til en lidenskabelig og kompliceret relation, hvor kærlighed og ambition flettes sammen i det victorianske Londons dramatiske miljø. Type: Paperback