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The Stolen Queen

The Stolen Queen

Autor*in: Hilton, Lisa

Jahr: 2015

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 300 S.

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The year is 1199, and King Richard the Lionheart is dead, leaving his brother John to inherit both his French and English lands. Young Isabelle of Angoulême is betrothed to the son of her father's enemy, Hugh de Lusignan, and taken to his castle to be educated, where she is initiated into the 'Old Religion'. Isabelle is then told that she is to be married not to Hugh de Lusignan but to King John of England, in a complex and treacherous plot to gain the English succession. The Lusignans envisage an empire ruled by their young puppet queen, which will eventually oust Christianity and restore the Old Religion to Europe. But when Isabelle takes matters into her own hands, passions will rage and dynastic fortunes will rise and fall. Set against the vivid backdrop of the great political struggles of medieval Europe,The Stolen Queen will delight lovers of intrigue and adventure.
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Lisa Hilton is the author of four historical biographies and two historical novels,The House with Blue Shutters, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Fiction Prize, andWolves in Winter. She has made several historical programmes for television and is a regular art and book reviewer. She lives in London.

Titel: The Stolen Queen

Autor*in: Hilton, Lisa

Verlag: Perseus Book Group

ISBN: 9781782394075

Kategorie: Belletristik & Unterhaltung, Romane & Erzählungen

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