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The Follies of the King
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Edward II's first act on coming to the throne is to recall Piers Gaveston from exile, and the new king's devotion to the shrewd and avaricious young man soon becomes a scandal. It is assumed that when Edward marries one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe his inclinations will change, but nothing can make him swerve from his attachment to Gaveston, who is clearly making the most of royal favour. The new Queen Isabella, accustomed to adulation, is bitterly humiliated; and she is not a woman to forget.
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- By Cheryl H. on 29-09-19
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The Follies of the King
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 13-04-09
- Language: English
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Royal Road to Fotheringay
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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At just six days old, Mary Stuart became Queen of Scots. At just six years old, she was betrothed to the Dauphin Francois, the future King of France. Reluctantly leaving Scotland, Mary is raised in the decadent French court in preparation for becoming the Queen of France. But her reign with Francois is short-lived. Widowed at 18 years old, Mary is once again forced to leave her home to return to Scotland. Now a Catholic queen in a Protestant country, Mary must rule with caution and choose her next husband prudently.
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Brilliant
- By Claire on 03-04-21
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Royal Road to Fotheringay
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 08-12-08
- Language: English
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The Passionate Enemies
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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The death of the King’s son aboard the doomed White Ship, left the ageing Henry I again without an heir. Henry’s daughter, the Empress Matilda, could not succeed her father while her own German husband still lived – but she could hope. Henry’s nephew, the affable, charming Stephen was also looking towards the English throne.
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Passionate enemies - fascinating history
- By Mary Collin on 25-04-15
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The Passionate Enemies
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: The Norman Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-05-14
- Language: English
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The Hammer of the Scots
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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The news of Henry III's death reached his son Edward on the long road home from the Holy Land. Now he was England's king and a man fit for his destiny. Through all the years of his reign, through stark personal tragedy and chill forebodings as his son grew into a weak, corrupted price, Edward I strove to weld a nation united from England, Scotland and Wales.
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A mellow jaunt through Edward's family life
- By JPA on 07-11-18
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The Hammer of the Scots
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 7
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-09-09
- Language: English
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The Lady in the Tower
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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One of history's most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn was irresistible to kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to marry well and raise the family's fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations when King Henry VIII swore he would put aside his loyal queen to make Anne his wife.
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Another excellent book by Jean Plaidy
- By Elspeth on 24-02-19
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The Lady in the Tower
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 18-07-08
- Language: English
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The Queen's Husband
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Victoria and Albert have been destined for one another since birth. However, the passive Albert is well aware that marriage to a quick-tempered, demonstrative woman like Victoria could result in unnecessary scenes and stormy court feuds. And he is right. The young queen, as well as having to endure her constant pregnancies, is in perpetual revolt against anyone encroaching on her position – and Albert is doing just that. Despite attempts on her life and political crises
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Again a joy …
- By H.A.B. on 29-07-22
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The Queen's Husband
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Queen Victoria, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-03-13
- Language: English
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The Battle of the Queens
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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The first half of the 13th century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they are beautiful, yet different in all other ways. Isabella is a medieval Helen of Troy, flamboyant and passionate - wife to King John and mother to Henry III. Blanche of Castile, serene and virtuous, is Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX. The two women hated each other on sight. Isabella will stop at nothing, not even murder, in her passion to destroy the French queen.
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Brilliant
- By Cheryl H. on 10-08-19
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The Battle of the Queens
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 5
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-12-08
- Language: English
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The Captive Queen of Scots
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
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Scotland has been torn apart by civil war, and the young and passionate Catholic Mary Queen of Scots is in the hands of her enemies. Under duress, Mary abdicates in favour of her son, James VI, and flees to England for safety, boldly seeking refuge with her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. But Elizabeth has never trusted the ambitious Catholic queen and has Mary imprisoned.
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this book was fantastically well read
- By Carla B. on 07-06-17
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The Captive Queen of Scots
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-04-08
- Language: English
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The Lion of Justice
- Norman Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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The death of The Conqueror left three sons to inherit his power and his wealth. Normandy for Robert, England for Rufus, and for Henry, the youngest, 5,000 pounds of silver. The three were natural rivals. The feckless Robert lost his Norman dukedom in an orgy of impulsive extravagance. Red-haired Rufus scandalized the court with his perverse sexuality and contempt for the Church. And Henry - cleverest of all - awaited his chance to fulfill his father’s prophecy and assume the mantle of The Lion of Justice.
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Bringing history to life
- By Mary Collin on 22-03-15
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The Lion of Justice
- Norman Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: The Norman Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-02-14
- Language: English
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The Revolt of the Eaglets
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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News of Thomas à Becket’s martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom, and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised, Henry’s position is precarious: punished at the Pope’s insistence for his part in Becket’s death, he now also has an enemy in his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, after her discovery of his longstanding infidelity with Rosamund Clifford.
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A dynamic story, but let down by the narration
- By N A J L on 04-07-22
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The Revolt of the Eaglets
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-12-10
- Language: English
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The Bastard King
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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William the Conqueror is destined to succeed his father as the Duke of Normandy but questions about his legitimacy mean he consistently faces challenges from potential usurpers in the Duchy to retain the title. He marries Matilda, the equally intelligent and ambitious daughter of the King of Flanders, and together they have many children. In 1066, he crosses the channel from Normandy to England and seizes the crown from King Harold, Edward the Confessor's popular successor.
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William the conqueror
- By Mrs. M. Kirk on 24-06-15
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The Bastard King
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: The Norman Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 01-12-13
- Language: English
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The Plantagenet Prelude
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his 15-year-old daughter, Eleanor. But such a position for an unmarried woman puts the whole kingdom at risk. So on his deathbed William made a will that would ensure his daughter’s protection: he promised her hand in marriage to the future King of France. Eleanor grows into a romantic and beautiful queen, but she has inherited the will of a king, determined to rule Aquitaine using her husband’s power as King of France. Her
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An incredible woman
- By Hilary on 13-04-13
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The Plantagenet Prelude
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 19-03-12
- Language: English
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Epitaph for Three Women
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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On the death of Henry V, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. In Lancastrian England and war-torn France, there are three women whose lives are to have a marked effect on the future. Katherine de Valois, haunted by an unhappy childhood, finds love in an unexpected quarter and founds the Tudor dynasty; Joan of Arc leaves her village pastures on the command of heavenly voices; and Eleanor of Gloucester is drawn into a murder plot and becomes the centre of a cause celebre.
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Epitaph for Three Women
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 12
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-09-11
- Language: English
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Louis the Well-Beloved
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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France eagerly awaits the day the young king, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers. The country hopes Louis will bring back glory and prosperity to France. However, he is too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting and gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. Soon the king is introduced to the pleasures of mistresses, and a succession of lovers follows.
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Sychophantic Narrator
- By Cally on 03-03-17
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Louis the Well-Beloved
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: The French Revolution (Plaidy), Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-03-15
- Language: English
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The Red Rose of Anjou
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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When Henry VI becomes king, it is soon clear that he would be more suited to a quiet life. Richard, Duke of York, is convinced that he would make a better king and has more right to the crown. But Margaret of Anjou, Henry’s new French wife, is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne. Most powerful of all is the Earl of Warwick, and with his support of Richard of York the War of the Roses begins.
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The Red Rose of Anjou
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 13
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-09-12
- Language: English
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The Sun in Splendour
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Reckoned by those about him to be the most handsome man in the country, Edward IV has risen to the throne with the help of Warwick, the kingmaker. But even Warwick’s trusted advice cannot convince the king to ignore his passion for the beautiful widow Elizabeth Woodville – and when she refuses to become his mistress the two are married. Beloved of the people, Edward proves himself to be a strong king. Despite his mistresses, Elizabeth is loyal to the illustrious king, provding him with many children....
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disappointed
- By retrophotouk on 20-08-22
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The Sun in Splendour
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Plantagenet Saga, Book 14
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-12-11
- Language: English
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Castile for Isabella
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Fifteenth-century Spain is rent with intrigue and threatened by civil war. Here, the young Isabella becomes the pawn of her half-crazed mother and a virtual prisoner at the licentious court of her half-brother, Henry IV. At just sixteen years old, is she already fated to be the victim of the Queen's revenge, the Archbishop's ambition and the lust of lecherous Don Pedro Girón?
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Ruined by the narrator
- By Chris on 22-03-16
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Castile for Isabella
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Isabella and Ferdinand Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 23-10-09
- Language: English
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The Captive of Kensington Palace
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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The young Princess Victoria, strictly confined within the boundaries of Kensington Palace, is being moulded for her awesome future as Queen of England. Surrounded by her dolls and closely guarded by her domineering mother and faithful governess, she slowly becomes aware of the bitter conflicts that surround her. The jealous and scheming Duke of Cumberland is a constant threat to her rightful accession …her mother’s sinister friend, Sir John Conroy, makes her uneasy … and the bickering between her mother and the king seems never-ending.
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Again AMAZING EXPERIENCE
- By H.A.B. on 21-07-22
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The Captive of Kensington Palace
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Queen Victoria, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-08-12
- Language: English
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The Road to Compiègne
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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No longer the well-beloved, Louis XV is becoming ever more unpopular - the huge expense of his court and decades of costly warfare having taken their toll. As the discontent grows, Louis seeks refuge in his extravagances and his mistress, the powerful Marquise de Pompadour. Suspicions, plots and rivalry are rife as Louis’ daughters and lovers jostle for his attention and their own standing in Court.
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Fascinating & BRILLIANT…
- By H.A.B. on 07-01-24
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The Road to Compiègne
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: The French Revolution (Plaidy), Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 16-07-15
- Language: English
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Mary, Queen of France
- The Tudor Princesses
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Princess Mary Rose is the youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and one of the few people whom he adores unconditionally. She is the golden child of the Tudor family and is granted her every wish. Except when it comes to marriage. Locked in a political showdown with France, Henry decides to offer up his pampered sister to secure peace between the two mighty kingdoms, and she is unwillingly sent to France to marry the ailing King Louis.
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Mary, Queen of France
- The Tudor Princesses
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Tudor Saga, Book 9
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-11-07
- Language: English
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