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The Boleyn king

a novel
2013
Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by William?s mother, Anne Boleyn.

Shakespeare set free

teaching Hamlet, Henry IV, Part 1
2006

The other Boleyn girl

a novel
2003
Mary Boleyn comes to the court of King Henry VIII, where she falls for the dashing king, and begins to enjoy her growing role as unofficial queen, however, she soon realizes she is merely a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to turn towards her best friend and rival, her sister, Anne.

Agincourt

2010
After his time as a mercenary archer in France, young Nicholas Hook returns to England, despite the warrant for his arrest, where he is discovered by the King of England--Henry V--who recruits Hook into his army and marches back into France where he becomes the army's--and the King's--only hope.

Gilt

2013
In 1539, Kitty Tylney and her best friend Cat Howard--the audacious, self-proclaimed "Queen of Misrule"--both servants to the Duchess of Norfolk, move to the court of King Henry VIII, who fancies Cat, and when Cat becomes queen, Kitty must learn to navigate the complexities and dangers of the royal court.

My lady of Cleves

a novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
2008
A fictional account of Tudor England, centering on the life of Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

Henry the Fourth

2006
An annotated edition of Shakespeare's historical drama in which in in which King Henry IV grows increasingly ill as the rebellion rages on, and his son Hal struggles with the knowledge that he will soon have to wear the crown.

Henry VI, part 3

2009
The struggle for the throne continues, with the Yorkists temporarily on top but the Lancastrians planning a counterattack.

Henry IV

2006
Presents the conclusion of Shakespeare's drama, in which King Henry IV grows increasingly ill as the rebellion rages on, and his son Hal struggles with the knowledge that he will soon have to wear the crown; and includes an introduction, notes, a modern perspective essay, an annotated further reading list, and a key to famous lines.

Henry VI

2008
Presents part two of the trilogy on Henry VI by William Shakespeare, that charts the rise and fall of many of the court nobles and lords within Henry's kingdom; and contains explanatory and textual notes, plot summaries, critical commentaries, and introduction to Shakespearean language.

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