A sumptuous historical novel from author of "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "The Queen's Fool".

The Virgin's Lover

From the bestselling author of THE WHITE QUEEN, now a hit BBC TV production - the last three novels of her Tudor Court series: THE QUEEN'S FOOL, THE VIRGIN'S LOVER and THE OTHER QUEEN

 THE QUEEN'S FOOL is a stunning novel set in the Tudor court, depicting the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister Elizabeth, played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion. Elizabeth's bitter struggle to claim the throne she believes is hers by right, and the man she desires almost more than her crown, is watched by her 'fool': a girl who has been forced to leave her homeland of Spain, as a Jew fleeing the Inquisition. In these dangerous times, a woman must choose between ambition. and love.

 THE VIRGIN'S LOVER is a sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, who has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. As the pressure grows for Elizabeth to marry, her preference is clear, but he is unavailable. But what if the unthinkable were to happen. In a blend of passion, personalities and politics, this is a stunning novel of the Tudor court and a country divided.

 In the final book of the Tudor Court series, THE OTHER QUEEN is a dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal. Mary, Queen of Scots, is fighting to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth's trusted accomplice, Bess of Hardwick. Bess is a self-made woman, a shrewd survivor. She is newly married to her fourth and most distinguished husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury. But what marriage can withstand the charms of Mary? Or the threat of rebellion that she always carries?

 With her characteristic combination of superb storytelling and authentic historical background, Philippa Gregory brings to life this period of great change, in a riveting tale of betrayal, loyalty, politics and passion.

Philippa Gregory 3-Book Tudor Collection 2 - The Queen’s Fool, The Virgin’s Lover, The Other Queen

Historical fictionFrom the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII, and the one woman who destroyed two of his queens. Gregory is a UK top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback.

Boleyn inheritance

Historical fictionThe terrific, free-standing sequel to the historical bestseller Earthly Joys, as John Tradescant the Younger witnesses the English Civil War and its aftermath from his position as royal gardener. Philippa Gregory is now one of the most successful historical novelists writing today.

Virgin Earth

En 1536, Henry VIII, roi d'Angleterre, a fait décapiter pour adultère, inceste et haute trahison sa deuxième épouse, Anne Boleyn, qui n'a pas enfanté l'héritier mâle qu'il espérait.Quelques jours plus tard, il épouse Jane Seymour, qui lui donnera un fils - le futur Edouard VI - mais décèdera en couches en 1537. Moins de trois ans plus tard, il se marie avec Anne de Clèves dans le cadre d'une alliance avec les Protestants. Mais, incapable de consommer son mariage, il décide d'en obtenir l'annulation pour convoler avec la très jeune Katherine Howard, nièce de l'ambitieux Thomas, duc de Norfolk.Malgré la vigilance de Jane Boleyn, sa dame d'atour alliée du duc, la nouvelle reine noue une liaison avec Thomas Culpepper. En 1542, cette infidélité causera sa perte. Elle aussi subira le sort réservé à sa cousine Anne six ans plus tôt..Trois épouses, trois destins tragiques...Avec brio, Philippa Gregory nous plonge dans les arcanes de la cour, où machinations, intrigues et complots pour accéder ou conserver le pouvoir se succèdent, et dont les femmes sont souvent les premières victimes...

L'héritage Boleyn

Another sweeping novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author.

 A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening pioneer of his day, yet a man of humble birth: John Tradescant's story is a mirror to the extraordinary age in which he lives.

 As gardener and confidante to Sir Robert Cecil, Tradescant is well placed to observe the social and political changes that are about to sweep through the kingdom. While his master conjures intrigues at Court, Tradescant designs for him the magnificent garden at Hatfield, scouring the known world for ever more wonderful plants: new varieties of fruit and flower, the first horse chestnuts to be cultivated in England, even larches from Russia.

 Moving to the household of the flamboyant Duke of Buckingham, Tradescant witnesses at first hand the growing division between Parliament and the people; and the most loyal of servants must find a way to become an independent squire.

Earthly Joys

The sequel to THE PRINCESS RULES sees rebel princess, Princess Florizella, going on even more adventures, but this time, she also has a little brother in tow.

 Once upon a time, there was a princess who broke all the rules, and dared to be different.

 So when that same princess - Florizella - finds a baby boy delivered by stork to her parents' palace, she is shocked to discover that he will one day be king and inherit her kingdom! For every prince is given a permit which allow them to do whatever they like in the same way that every princess is given a set of rules that they have to live by.

 As soon as Princess Florizella's brother is big enough to have adventures, she takes him all over the land, fighting pirates, wrestling with a sea serpent and rehoming a woolly mammoth.

 Can Florizella prove that girls having rules and boys having permits isn't right? And that princes and princesses, and girls and boys, should be anything that they want to be.

It’s a Prince Thing

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.

 Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife.

 An arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah's protection, Frances enters the world of the Bristol merchants and finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum and slaves.

 Once again Philippa Gregory brings her unique combination of a vivid sense of history and inimitable storytelling skills to illuminate a complex period of our past. Powerful, haunting, intensely disturbing, this is a novel of desire and shame, of individuals, of a society, and of a whole continent devastated by the greed of others.

A Respectable Trade

Historical fictionThis is a tremendous historical novel of the early 1600s, as seen through the eyes of John Tradescant, gardener to the great men of the age. A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening pioneer of his day, yet a man of humble birth: John Tradescant's story is a mirror to the extraordinary age in which he lives.

The Virgin's Lover

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