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News of Thomas a 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. Eleanor is determined to seek vengeance, so, with King Philip of France, she encourages her sons to conspire, both against their father and each other.

Much embattled, the old eagle Henry struggles to fend off both rebellion and the plots of his aggressively circling offspring …

‘Miss Plaidy does full justice to the trials of Henry II’s last years. The demands of the vast Angevin Empire provide strong dramatic material which she handles with her usual skill.’ Sunday Times

‘It is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form … both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantagenets.’ Daily Mirror

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Contents

Cover

About the Book

Title

About the Author

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I News of Murder

II Princess Alice

III The King and Queen

IV Castles for John

V The King’s Penance

VI The Rebellious Cubs

VII The King’s Choice

VIII The Queen comes to Court

IX The Young King

X The King’s Strategy

XI The Lady of Godstow

XII The Court of France

XIII Berengaria

XIV The Devil’s Strain

XV The Painting on the Wall

XVI The Curse of Heraclius

XVII The Fatal Joust

XVIII Philip and Richard

XIX The Death of the Eagle

Bibliography

Jean Plaidy, one of the pre-eminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy’s novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.

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Praise for Jean Plaidy

‘A vivd impression of life at the Tudor Court’

Daily Telegraph

‘One of the country’s most widely read novelists’

Sunday Times

‘Outstanding’ Vanity Fair

‘Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting’

Observer

‘Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity’ Guardian

‘Plaidy has brought the past to life’ Times Literary Supplement

‘One of our best historical novelists’ News Chronicle

‘An excellent story’ Irish Press

‘Spirited … Plaidy paints the truth as she sees it’

Birmingham Post

‘Sketched vividly and sympathetically … rewarding’

Scotsman

‘Among the foremost of current historical novelists’

Birmingham Mail

‘An accomplished novelist’ Glasgow Evening News

‘There can be no doubt of the author’s gift for storytelling’

Illustrated London News

‘Jean Plaidy has once again brought characters and background vividly to life’ Everywoman

‘Well up to standard … fascinating’

Manchester Evening News

‘Exciting and intelligent’ Truth Magazine

‘No frills and plenty of excitement’ Yorkshire Post

‘Meticulous attention to historical detail’ South Wales Argus

‘Colourful … imaginative and exciting’

Northern Daily Telegraph

‘Effective and readable’ Sphere

‘A vivid picture of the crude and vigorous London of those days’ Laurence Meynell

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The Tudors

Uneasy Lies the Head

Katharine, the Virgin

Widow

The Shadow of the

Pomegranate

The King’s Secret Matter

Murder Most Royal

St Thomas’s Eve

The Sixth Wife

The Thistle and the Rose

Mary Queen of France

Lord Robert

Royal Road to Fotheringay

The Captive Queen of Scots

The Medici Trilogy

Madame Serpent

The Italian Woman

Queen Jezebel

The Plantagenets

The Plantagenet Prelude

The Revolt of the Eaglets

The Heart of the Lion

The Prince of Darkness

The French Revolution

Louis the Well-Beloved

The Road to Compiegne