Hortense Beauharnais finds herself rubbing shoulders with royalty as her mother remarries to become Napoleon Bonaparte's wife. Despite attempts to retain her individuality, Hortense finds herself married to Napoleon's brother Louis, but her heart is with Charles de Flahaut, a gallant young officer.

Presents a personal chronicle of Isabella of Spain.

Product Description: "It was in the first week of October in the year 1391 that I first came face to face with the man who owned me... the man whose lightest word was to us, his villeins, weightier than the King’s law or the edicts of our Holy Father...read more

Product Description: Sir Godfrey Tallboys was a knight-errant, famous for his success at tourneys, but far from wealthy. In an attempt to make his fortune he left his wife Sybilla and travelled to Spain to fight a minor crusade against the Moors. But treachery lurked in that far distant land and soon Sir Godfrey became a prisoner, a helpless slave in a hostile country...read more

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Product Description: FIRST EDITION. May 1973 mass market paperback, Norah Lofts (The House at Sunset). The story follows young Charlotte Cornwall, and her unhappy family that does not get along for quite a few reasons. When Charlotte's younger half-brother is murdered, she is implicated...read more

Product Description: Forced to flee Revolutionary France after the brutal guillotining of her beloved father, Isabella de Savigny arrives at Nethergate, the Suffolk house of her cousin, hoping for sympathy and succour. Instead, as a poor relation, she is forced to live the life of a servant and suffer the casual cruelty of lady's maid Martha Pratt...read more