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Royal Mysteries

Author : Timothy Venning
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526780526
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Royal Mysteries written by Timothy Venning and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the true crime tales surrounding the British royal family during the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. Royal murder mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. Here are some of the Middle Ages’ most haunting and horrific episodes. Based on the latest historical research and historiography, and authentic and rare sources, including archaeology and DNA evidence, these are wonderful tales of pathos, tragedy, suffering, and romance. This is history for specialists and general readers—and sceptics. The famous and also less well-known mysteries, which may be new to readers, surrounding British Royalty, are included from around the 11th to the 15th centuries. The murder mysteries show personal and individual tragedy but are also a vehicle for historical analysis. William II—William Rufus—was he murdered or killed accidentally by a “stray arrow,” allowing brother Henry to seize the throne, or was it God’s punishment for William’s irreligious living and persecution of the church? Or was Edward II murdered at the instigation of Queen Isabella—“she-wolf of France”—and her lover, Roger Mortimer, who assumed the throne? Did he survive to live peaceably in Italy? Richard II resembled Edward II, as a rather inadequate figure, and was deposed by his rival, Henry IV. Did he die, and if so, was it murder or suicide? Was Edward IV a bigamist? Mystery, if not murder, but wrapped in dynastic rivalry and sex scandal, and usurpation of the throne. The “Princes in the Tower” and who killed them if anyone? A beguiling mystery for over 500 years with their usurping uncle Richard III’s guilt contested by “Ricardians.”

Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period

Author : Timothy Venning
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399054333
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period written by Timothy Venning and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tudor period is familiar to British public in reading and viewing in books, TV series and film - the list is endless, from Shakespeare and Fletcher in the 1600s to Hilary Mantel et al, and involving internationally famous authors and actors. This is backdrop to the 'Royal Mysteries' which reflect aspects of enduring modern interest. These include royal family drama, sex, scandal, violence, tragedy, murder both judicial and from personal rivalry. The period is dominated and overshadowed by the gigantic and brutal figure of Henry VIII , the 'British Stalin', with his six wives with two got rid of by judicial murder. Royal Mysteries occur throughout the period. The battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 did not end the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII's claim was disputed by Pretenders, and following the unresolved disappearance of the 'Princes in the Tower', Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck with considerable and allegedly Yorkist support. Then came Anne Boleyn, who to many, including modern writers and top historians, a religious reformer, idealist and gifted woman, ruthlessly put down and maligned and executed by the brutal Henry VIII and victim of manipulating figures like Cromwell in a royal court full of 'spin' and 'fake news'. And the stories Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots are similarly packed with mystery and scandal. Elizabeth's possible suitor and potential husband was Robert Dudley and his ailing wife died in suspicious circumstances. And the long saga of Elizabeth and Mary involved Mary's tangled affairs involving murder and conspiracy to replace Elizabeth on the English throne.

Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens

Author : Andrea Penrose
Publisher : Wrexford & Sloane Mystery
ISBN 13 : 1496732510
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens written by Andrea Penrose and published by Wrexford & Sloane Mystery. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA Today bestseller! “[Penrose] mixes well-thought out mysteries, early forensic science, great details of the era and a slow burning attraction creating a compulsive read.” —The New York Public Library A thrilling new mystery novel from the acclaimed author of Murder at Queen’s Landing, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Anne Perry! In the fifth installment of Andrea Penrose’s acclaimed, atmospheric mystery series, the upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight of the season, if they can first untangle—and survive—a web of intrigue and murder involving the most brilliant scientific minds in Regency London… One advantage of being caught up in a whirl of dress fittings and decisions about flower arrangements and breakfast menus is that Charlotte Sloane has little time for any pre-wedding qualms. Her love for Wrexford isn’t in question. But will being a wife—and a Countess—make it difficult for her to maintain her independence—not to mention, her secret identity as famed satirical artist A.J. Quill? Despite those concerns, there are soon even more urgent matters to attend to during Charlotte and Wrexford’s first public outing as an engaged couple. At a symposium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, a visiting botanist suffers a fatal collapse. The traces of white powder near his mouth reveal the dark truth—he was murdered. Drawn into the investigation, Charlotte and the Earl learn of the victim’s involvement in a momentous medical discovery. With fame and immense fortune at stake, there’s no shortage of suspects, including some whose ruthlessness is already known. But neither Charlotte nor her husband-to-be can realize how close the danger is about to get—or to what lengths this villain is prepared to go . . .

Murder Key

Author : H. Terrell Griffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977404711
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Murder Key written by H. Terrell Griffin and published by . This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Her Royal Spyness

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101207361
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Her Royal Spyness written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST ROYAL SPYNESS MYSTERY! The New York Times bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries turns her attentions to “a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers.”* London, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the English throne, is flat broke. She's bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed. London is a place where she'll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH—oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name...

A Royal Affair

Author : Allison Montclair
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250178401
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A Royal Affair written by Allison Montclair and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair’s delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary to handle the growing demand. Unfortunately, they don't yet have the necessary means. So when a woman arrives—a cousin of Gwen's—with an interesting and quite remunerative proposition, they two of them are all ears. The cousin, one Lady Matheson, works for the Queen in "some capacity" and is in need of some discreet investigation. It seems that the Princess Elizabeth has developed feelings for a dashing Greek prince and a blackmail note has arrived, alluding to some potentially damaging information about said prince. Wanting to keep this out of the palace gossip circles, but also needing to find out what skeletons might lurk in the prince's closet, the palace has quietly turned to Gwen and Iris. Without causing a stir, the two of them must now find out what secrets lurk in the prince's past, before his engagement to the future Queen of England is announced. And there's more at stake than the future of the Empire —there is their potential new office that lies in the balance.

The Windsor Knot

Author : SJ Bennett
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063050021
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Windsor Knot written by SJ Bennett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” – New York Times Book Review “[A] pitch-perfect murder mystery… If The Crown were crossed with Miss Marple…, the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit.” – Ruth Ware, author of One by One The bestselling first book in a highly original and delightfully clever crime series in which Queen Elizabeth II secretly solves crimes while carrying out her royal duties. It is the early spring of 2016 and Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her 90th birthday celebrations. But the preparations are interrupted by the shocking and untimely death of a guest in one of the Castle bedrooms. The scene leads some to think the young Russian pianist strangled himself, yet a badly tied knot leads MI5 to suspect foul play. When they begin to question the Household’s most loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they’re looking in the wrong place. For the Queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since her teenage years as “Lilibet.” Away from the public eye and unbeknownst to her closest friends and advisers, she has the most brilliant skill for solving crimes. With help from her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, a British Nigerian officer recently appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, the Queen discreetly begins making inquiries. As she carries out her royal duties with her usual aplomb, no one in the Royal Household, the government, or the public knows that the resolute Elizabeth won’t hesitate to use her keen eye, quick mind, and steady nerve to bring a murderer to justice. SJ Bennett captures Queen Elizabeth’s voice with skill, nuance, wit, and genuine charm in this imaginative and engaging mystery that portrays Her Majesty as she’s rarely seen: kind yet worldly, decisive, shrewd, and, most important, a superb judge of character.

Longboat Blues

Author : H. Terrell Griffin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468519549
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Longboat Blues written by H. Terrell Griffin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A burned-out trial lawyer is conscripted to aid his friend, whose girlfriend's body was found on his balcony.

Bertie

Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1641290498
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Bertie written by Peter Lovesey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Prince of Wales Mysteries collects all three of Peter Lovesey's charming and thrilling Bertie adventures in a single volume for the first time. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales--Bertie, as he's known--is the eldest son of Queen Victoria, and future King Edward VII. Bertie is a pleasure seeker, always searching out the best meals, the most beautiful women, and the most lavish parties. As Prince Regent, Bertie is expected to behave like a proper royal and avoid scandal. Instead, his love of excitement leads him to a decidedly unprincely hobby: sleuthing. Bertie is not the best detective, but that does not stop him from trying to solve every case that crosses his path, including the feverish suicide of the greatest jockey of the century, the mysterious death of a member of the royal hunting party, and the murder of the son-in-law of an old friend.

All the Queen's Men

Author : SJ Bennett
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063051168
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book All the Queen's Men written by SJ Bennett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” — New York Times Book Review on The Windsor Knot Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to the bestseller The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace. At Buckingham Palace, the autumn of 2016 presages uncertain times. The Queen must deal with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, a new female prime minister, and a tumultuous election in the United States—yet these prove to be the least of her worries when a staff member is found dead beside the palace swimming pool. Is it truly the result of a tragic accident, as the police think, or is something more sinister going on? Meanwhile, her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, is on the trail of a favorite painting that once hung outside the Queen’s bedroom and appears to have been misappropriated by the Royal Navy. And a series of disturbing anonymous letters have begun circulating in the palace. The Queen’s courtiers think they have it all ‘under control’, but Her Majesty is not so sure. After all, though the staff and public may not be aware, she is the keenest sleuth among them. Sometimes, it takes a Queen’s eye to see connections where no one else can.

A Royal Pain

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781440629525
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book A Royal Pain written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Georgiana finds herself in a heap of royal trouble in the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness Mystery series. London, 1932. Poor Lady Georgiana—thirty-fourth in line to the throne—has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest, even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain her. Then there's the matter of the body in the bookshop and the princess's unwitting involvement with the Communist party. It's enough to drive a girl mad...

The Royal Wulff Murders

Author : Keith McCafferty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101560347
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Wulff Murders written by Keith McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel in the clever and fast-paced Sean Stranahan Mystery Series. When a fishing guide reels in the body of a young man on the Madison, the Holy Grail of Montana trout rivers, Sheriff Martha Ettinger suspects foul play. It's not just the stick jammed into the man's eye that draws her attention; it's the Royal Wulff trout fly stuck in his bloated lower lip. Following her instincts, Ettinger soon finds herself crossing paths with Montana newcomer Sean Stranahan. Fly fisher, painter, and has-been private detective, Stranahan left a failed marriage and lackluster career to drive to Montana, where he lives in an art studio decorated with fly-tying feathers and mouse droppings. With more luck catching fish than clients, Stranahan is completely captivated when Southern siren Velvet Lafayette walks into his life, intent on hiring his services to find her missing brother. The clues lead Stranahan and Ettinger back to Montana's Big Business: fly fishing. Where there's money, there's bound to be crime.

Royal Mysteries and Pretenders

Author : Stanley Burke-Roche Poole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal Mysteries and Pretenders written by Stanley Burke-Roche Poole and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wine of Violence

Author : Priscilla Royal
Publisher : Medieval Mysteries
ISBN 13 : 9781464208522
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Wine of Violence written by Priscilla Royal and published by Medieval Mysteries. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs like smoke over the land. Even in the small priory of Tyndal on the remote East Anglian coast, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevraud long for a return to tranquil routine. Their hopes are dashed, however, when the young and inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress over someone of their own choosing. Nor are Eleanor's own prayers for a peaceful transition answered. Only a day after her arrival, a brutally murdered monk is found in the cloister gardens, and Brother Thomas, a young priest with a troubled past, arrives to bring her a more personal grief. Now she must not only struggle to gain the respect of her terrified and resentful flock but also cope with violence, lust and greed in a place dedicated to love and peace.

God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0440000130
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married woman in her lovely new home. She suggests to her dashing husband, Darcy, that they have a little house party, but when Darcy receives a letter from his aunt Ermintrude, there is an abrupt change in plans. She has moved to a house on the edge of the Sandringham estate, near the royal family, and wants to invite Darcy and his new bride for Christmas. Aunt Ermintrude hints that the queen would like Georgie nearby. Georgie had not known that Aunt Ermintrude was a former lady-in-waiting and close confidante of her royal highness. The letter is therefore almost a royal request, so Georgie, Darcy, and their Christmas guests: Mummy, Grandad, Fig, and Binky all head to Sandringham. Georgie soon learns that the notorious Mrs. Simpson, mistress to the Prince of Wales, will also be in attendance. It is now crystal clear to Georgie that the Queen expects her to do a bit of spying. There is tension in the air from the get-go, and when Georgie pays a visit to the queen, she learns that there is more to her request than just some simple eavesdropping. There have been a couple of strange accidents at the estate recently. Two gentlemen of the royal household have died in mysterious circumstances and another has been shot by mistake during a hunt. Georgie begins to suspect that a member of the royal family is the real target but her investigation will put her new husband and love of her life, Darcy, in the crosshairs of a killer.

Royal Flush

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101104910
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Royal Flush written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Georgiana must outwit two clever hunters who are after the Prince of Wales in the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness Mystery series. Scotland, 1932. Back home until a little London scandal blows over, minor royal Lady Georgiana Rannoch has two equally important objectives. Queen Mary wants Georgie to keep the divorced, American, and entirely unsuitable Wallis Simpson from seducing the Prince of Wales, while Scotland Yard wants her to stop one of the members of the shooting party at Balmoral from turning their sights from the quails to His Royal Highness...

Non Extinct: A Royal Antigen Mystery

Author : Leigh Pulliam
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1640030115
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Non Extinct: A Royal Antigen Mystery written by Leigh Pulliam and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story in the 1980's, a virtually unknown woman (whose name has been changed to Leia Martin) became the first person to test positive of the old royal antigen since the 1950's and the only person known to test positive for it in the United States of America. From an undisclosed Kentucky medical office, Leia's blood was sent to the Mayo Clinic and later to Switzerland for testing. Leia herself denied having any kinship to royalty from the very beginning. It turned out to be a positive royal antigen, thus making her related to the bloodlines of England's Queen Victoria. It's viewed as extraordinary and mysterious since it's been extinct for many years. Thus, she becomes suspect of having a hidden royal family ancestry. Thus, she becomes trapped in a dangerous spy ring with foreigners...