A man born an heir, but raised a bastard. . .A woman with the proof to put him on the throne. . .A love endangered by the intrigue of Elizabeth's court. . .Richard Granville, an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, has always wanted to be king of England, but a bastard cannot inherit that position. So, he contents himself by serving his half-sister Queen Elizabeth. When her enemies approach with claims of his rights to the throne and with a plot to put him there, he is tempted. . . oh so tempted.Sharon Reynolds, a museum curator on holiday in present day England, discovers proof of a legitimate male heir to Henry VIII and is shocked to be thrown back through time with that proof. Believing she was sent back to right the wrongs done to Henry VIII's rightful heir, she searches for the man who should be king. Unfortunately, by the time she uncovers his identity and must decide whether or not to give him the evidence that would put him on the throne, she has fallen in love with him.Danger, intrigue and deception surround them as they struggle to find the path that fate means for them. . . and their love. Can their love help them survive in Elizabethan England or will Richard forever remain the queen's man?
Sharon Kay Penman's The Queen's Man is the first book in her bestselling medieval mystery series featuring Justin de Quincy Epiphany, 1193: the road out of Winchester was hidden by snow, and Justin de Quincy was making slow progress when he ...
John Medina is a living legend with the CIA, a shadowy specialist in Black Ops, those operations that are never openly funded, and the details of which never see the light of day.
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A swashbuckling mystery set in England in the year 1193 traces the investigation of Justin de Quincy, the trusted confidant of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, into the disappearance of Eleanor's son Richard Lionheart and the rumors concerning a ...
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He stopped in front of him, peered down into his eyes, and then started to lick his face. At the same time he crooned high and then ... THORNDYKE'S DIARY: ENTRY 16 I took it like a spike between the eyes. My anger was enough to carry me ...
He is also patron of West Sussex County Scouts. In June 2003, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Services to the Scout Movement. Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, was appointed to his position in April 2010.
Includes BONUS short story *****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award***** '[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does ...
A swashbuckling mystery set in England in the year 1193 traces the investigation of Justin de Quincy, the trusted confidant of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, into the disappearance of Eleanor's son Richard Lionheart and the rumors concerning a ...
AND ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN is a frank, poignant reading experience, an ambitious memoir that explores the psychological profile of a woman throughout her life with husbands, boyfriends and acquaintances.