The Queen From Provence: (The Plantagenets: book VI): a wonderfully evocative and beautifully atmospheric novel bringing the Pla

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The sixth book in Jean Plaidy's marvellous Plantaganet series Marguerite, eldest daughter of the Count of Provence, had married a king of France - and now her sister Eleanor is determined to make just as grand a match.Good fortune and wily cunning bring her Henry of England. A good and generous husband but a weak king, he rules a nation that still remembers his cruel and foolish father, King John. As Henry showers gifts on his new bride his extravagance forces him to levy ever greater taxation on the land, and the spectre of revolt soon looms against him. For Simon de Montfort, the adventurer who will give England its first true parliament, the house of destiny is at hand.

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

It's hard to better Jean Plaidy ... both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantaganets * Daily Mirror * Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama * New York Times * Ful-blooded, dramatic, exciting * Observer * Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity * Guardian * Jean Plaidy's books are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history * Daily Express *