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9780345511898 | Ballantine Books, September 25, 2012, cover price $28.00

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Product Description: Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about Mary Boleyn has been fostered through garbled gossip, romantic fiction, and the misconceptions repeated by historians...read more
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9780345521330 | Ballantine Books, October 4, 2011, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas.

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Product Description: Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion powerful enough to ignite the world...read more
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Hardcover:

9780345511874 | 1 edition (Ballantine Books, July 13, 2010), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Amazon.

Paperback:

9780345511881 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, April 19, 2011), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France.

Miscellaneous:

9780345521958 | Ballantine Books, July 13, 2010, cover price $26.00

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Miscellaneous:

9780385669788 | Doubleday of Canada, July 13, 2010, cover price $26.00

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Product Description: Nearly five hundred years after her violent death, Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, remains one of the world's most fascinating, controversial, and tragic heroines. Now acclaimed historian and bestselling author Alison Weir has drawn on myriad sources from the Tudor era to give us the first book that examines, in unprecedented depth, the gripping, dark, and chilling story of Anne Boleyn's final days...read more
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Hardcover:

9780345453211 | 1 edition (Ballantine Books, January 5, 2010), cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Nearly five hundred years after her violent death, Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, remains one of the world's most fascinating, controversial, and tragic heroines.

Miscellaneous:

9780345519788 | Ballantine Books, January 5, 2010, cover price $28.00

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Product Description: England, 1536. Home to the greatest, most glittering court in English history. But beneath the dazzling facade lies treachery ...Elizabeth Tudor is daughter to Henry VIII, the most powerful king England has ever known. She is destined to ascend the throne, and deferred to as the King's heiress, but that all changes when her mother Anne Boleyn - Henry's great passion and folly - is executed for treason...read more
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9781410407481 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 18, 2008), cover price $30.95 | About this edition: England, 1536.
9780345495358 | 1 edition (Ballantine Books, April 29, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England s most intriguing and powerful queen.
9780091796723 | Gardners Books, April 3, 2008, cover price $20.95

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9780099493822 | Gardners Books, June 4, 2009, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: England, 1536.
9781594133176 | Large print edition (Large Print Pr, December 17, 2008), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England s most intriguing and powerful queen.
9780345495365 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, November 25, 2008), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which recounted the riveting tale of the doomed Lady Jane Grey, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England’s most intriguing and powerful queen.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739368503 | Unabridged edition (Random House, April 29, 2008), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Following the tremendous success of her first novel, Innocent Traitor, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England s most intriguing and powerful queen.

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Product Description: Acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life the extraordinary tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain. Born in the mid-fourteenth century, Katherine de Roët was only twelve when she married Hugh Swynford, an impoverished knight...read more
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9780345453235 | Ballantine Books, January 27, 2009, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Acclaimed author Alison Weir has been prolific with her books on English royalty covering everything from the Houses of York and Lancaster to the reigns of the Tudors and beyond.

Paperback:

9780345453242 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, January 5, 2010), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life the extraordinary tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain.
9780771088582 | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, October 27, 2009, cover price $23.99 | About this edition: In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England.

Miscellaneous:

9780345512918 | Ballantine Books, January 27, 2009, cover price $17.00

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Product Description: In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress and later the wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster...read more
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9780771088575 | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, October 28, 2008, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England.

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Product Description: Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction. She has chosen as her subject the bravest, most sympathetic and wronged heroine of Tudor England, Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger...read more
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Hardcover:

9780786294596 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 20, 2007), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction.
9780345494856 | Ballantine Books, February 27, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the great-niece of Henry VIII, follows her turbulent life against the backdrop of Tudor power politics and religious upheaval, from her youth, to her nine-day reign as Queen of England, to its tragic aftermath.

Paperback:

9781594132414 | Large print edition (Large Print Pr, December 26, 2007), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction.
9780345495341 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, November 6, 2007), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the great-niece of Henry VIII, follows her turbulent life against the backdrop of Tudor power politics and religious upheaval, from her youth, to her nine-day reign as Queen of England, to its tragic aftermath.

Prebinding:

9781439560303 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life's ambition to write historical fiction.

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Product Description: Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisors...read more
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9780345405333 | Ballantine Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romantic intrigues of Elizabeth I

Paperback:

9780345425508, titled "The Life of Elizabeth I" | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, November 1, 1999), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Presents an exhaustively researched biography that reveals the personality, private life, and romantic intrigues of Elizabeth I

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9781439500132, titled "The Life of Elizabeth I" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Amazon.com Review: The royal family may have its problems these days, but as Alison Weir reminds us in this cohesive and impeccably researched book, the nobility of old England could be both loveless and ruthless. Weir, an expert in the period and author of a book on Henry's VIII wives, focuses on the children of Henry VIII who reigned successively after his death in 1547: Edward VI, Mary I ("Bloody Mary") and Elizabeth I...read more
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9780345391186 | Ballantine Books, July 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Recounts the lives of Henry VIII's heirs and the intrigues that arose from their struggle to ascend their father's throne

Paperback:

9780345407863 | Ballantine Books, July 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Recounts the lives of Henry VIII's heirs and the intrigues that arose from their struggle to ascend their father's throne

Prebinding:

9781439502136 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Amazon.

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A portrait of the notorious and charismatic English queen Isabella of France describes her marriage to the English king Edward II, the king's homosexual affairs, her flight back to France, and her alliance with her husband's arch-enemy, Roger Mortimer, with whom she launched a revolution that forced Edward II to abdicate and placed her son Edward III on the throne. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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Hardcover:

9780345453198 | Ballantine Books, October 11, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A portrait of Queen Isabella describes her marriage to Edward II, the king's homosexual affairs, her flight back to France, and her alliance with her husband's arch-enemy, Roger Mortimer, with whom she launched a revolution.

Paperback:

9780345453204 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, December 26, 2006), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the notorious and charismatic English queen Isabella of France describes her marriage to the English king Edward II, the king's homosexual affairs, her flight back to France, and her alliance with her husband's arch-enemy, Roger Mortimer, with whom she launched a revolution that forced Edward II to abdicate and placed her son Edward III on the throne.

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The best-selling author of Henry VIII reexamines an array of source material to describe the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Darnley, and to investigate the 1567 murder of Lord Darnley, to assess the potential involvement of Mary, and to provide a solution to this four-hundred-year-old mystery. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:

9780345436580 | Ballantine Books, April 1, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Reexamines the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Darnley, and investigates Darnley's 1567 murder to assess Mary's possible involvement and to solve this four-hundred-year-old mystery.

Paperback:

9780812971514, titled "Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Murder of Lord Darnley" | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, February 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The best-selling author of Henry VIII reexamines an array of source material to describe the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Darnley, and to investigate the 1567 murder of Lord Darnley, to assess the potential involvement of Mary, and to provide a solution to this four-hundred-year-old mystery.

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Amazon.com Review: Combining the pace and descriptive quality of a novel with the authority of a textbook, Alison Weir's study of the revered and reviled Eleanor of Aquitaine should be valuable to anyone with an interest in medieval European history...read more
By Jill Tanner (narrator) and Alison Weir
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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781402533945 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, August 1, 2003), cover price $107.00 | About this edition: Amazon.

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Hardcover:

9788434466647 | Ariel, March 1, 2003, cover price $48.95

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Examines the king's remarkable influence on the laws, customs, culture, and politics of his kingdom and profiles the diverse courtiers, artists, and scholars who surrounded Henry VIII. (view table of contents)
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Hardcover:

9780345436597 | Ballantine Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Examines the king's remarkable influence on the laws, customs, culture, and politics of his kingdom and profiles the diverse courtiers, artists, and scholars who surrounded Henry VIII.

Paperback:

9780345437082 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, November 1, 2002), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Examines the king's remarkable influence on the laws, customs, culture, and politics of his kingdom and profiles the diverse courtiers, artists, and scholars who surrounded Henry VIII.

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A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons. (view table of contents)
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Hardcover:

9780345405401 | Ballantine Books, February 1, 2000, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons.

Paperback:

9780345434876 | Ballantine Books, April 1, 2001, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons.

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Profiles the oft-married English monarch and the women that came to define him through marriage, detailing their little-known histories and personalities. Reprint. (view table of contents)
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9780802114976, titled "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" | Grove Pr, March 1, 1992, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, diplomatic reports, and other records of the Tudor period to reveal the lives of the six extraordinary women who married Henry VIII

Paperback:

9780802136831 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, April 1, 2000), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Profiles each of Henry VIII's six wives, describing their backgrounds, personalities, relationship to the king, and ultimate demise, and shows how each reflected the perceptions of women and marriage at the time.
9780345380722 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, March 1, 1993), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Profiles the oft-married English monarch and the women that came to define him through marriage, detailing their little-known histories and personalities.

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In a shaped board book, youngsters can join Bear and his friends on a tour of the Big Blue House where fun objects in each cozy room are labeled to allow for name association.
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9780689826023 | Board book edition (Simon Spotlight, May 1, 1999), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Labeled illustrations provide the names of household objects

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The author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII presents a fictional chronicle of the chaotic, fifteenth-century wars between the English dynasties of Lancaster and York, offering a compelling portrait of the figures involved. Reprint.
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9780345391179 | Ballantine Books, August 1, 1995, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the struggles of the Lancaster and York families to control the British monarchy, while offering profiles of such figures as Katherine of Valois, Elizabeth Wydville, and Margaret of Anjou

Paperback:

9780345404336 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, July 1, 1996), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the struggles of the Lancaster and York families to control the British monarchy, while offering profiles of such figures as Katherine of Valois, Elizabeth Wydville, and Margaret of Anjou

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A heavily researched reconstruction of the events of 1483 considers whether or not Richard III actually killed the boy king Edward V and his younger brother. By the author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Reprint.
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9780345383723 | Ballantine Books, January 1, 1994, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Offers a solution to the centuries-old mystery of the fate of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother, who were believed killed by their uncle, Richard III

Paperback:

9780345391780 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, August 1, 1995), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Offers a solution to the centuries-old mystery of the fate of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother, who were believed killed by their uncle, Richard III

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At bedtime the clouds, moon, treetops, and other friends outside wish Peter a good night
By Deborah Kogan Ray (illustrator) and Alison Weir
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Library:

9780525444640 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1989, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: At bedtime the clouds, moon, treetops, and other friends outside wish Peter a good night

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Offers brief biographical sketches of women influential in politics, education, social reform, religion, literature, art, science, medicine, business, exploration, and sports
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9780517539828 | Outlet, October 1, 1983, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: Offers brief biographical sketches of women influential in politics, education, social reform, religion, literature, art, science, medicine, business, exploration, and sports

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