Showing results for "French" in Medieval

Les rumeurs vont bon train au sein des rues d'Easthaven. Il est dit que la nouvelle reine, fraîchement couronnée, souhaite redorer l'image de certains nobles de la cour dont la réputation a été entachée par leur vie de débauche. Farell Harrys est beau, riche et mystérieux. Il refuse le mariage et entend bien profiter des filles de joie, des jeux et de l'alcool, ces vices que l'ancien roi lui permettait jusque-là. Pourtant, la décision prise par la nouvelle souveraine risque bien de ruiner l'avenir auquel il aspirait.

A Sunday Times Bestseller England’s Forgotten Queens ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale.’ -The Times Her children or her crown France, 1399: The Duke of Brittany is dead and his widow, Joanna of Navarre, has inherited control of...

The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon temps—a different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband. Now a widow, the elegant Diane is called back to Court, where the King's obvious interest marks her as an enemy to the King's favorite, Anne d'Heilly. The Court is soon electrified by rumors of their confrontations. As Anne calls on her most venomous tricks to drive Diane away, Diane finds an ally in the one member of Court with no allegiance to the King's mistress: his teenage second son, Henri.

Trapped by fate, Kara fears what their union will be like—especially its consummation. But luckily, much to her relief, what her "husband" needs is a mother's care and not a lover's touch. Yet nearby is an older man, her husband's trusted older half-brother, who longs for Kara with a true heart. Ian's deep attraction to Kara grows into scandalous desire and as he struggles to put it aside, his flaming passion only grows stronger, a passion which puts him, Kara, and his half-brother Henry in ever-increasing danger.

Lady Anne, the illegitimate daughter of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce, patiently awaits her wedding day at Rancoff Castle when Tor Henneson, Rancoff's bastard son raised by his Vik mother in the north, storms the castle moat and breaks down the gate, demanding his due. What he wants from the father who cast him aside is coin rather than comfort—something Rancoff has always denied him. Rancoff puts him off and rejects his demands and while days turn to weeks and then months, the towering young man opens his eyes to his long-denied Highlander heritage.

Elen Burnard is determined to reclaim the land that was stolen from her family one hundred years ago by the Forrests of Rancoff Castle. When her sister is kidnapped by her adversary's brother, Lady Dunblane leads her men in heated pursuit—bringing home as her prize the Lord of Rancoff himself. Now all that remains is to barter Forrest Munro's life for her sister's safe return. But first she must overcome her unexpected emotions. Desire stirs Elen's virgin heart as she feels the heat of him.

Le destin hors du commun d'Ingeburge au cœur des secrets de la cour et des grands faits du royaume de France aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles. Une vie tragique, romanesque, liée pour le pire à son époux, le roi Philippe Auguste, mais qui révèle une personnalité pleine de force, et qui sera transcendée par un amour impossible avec un chevalier troubadour. 15 août 1193, en la cathédrale d’Amiens. Une foule en liesse découvre une belle princesse danoise, Ingeburge, sacrée reine du plus puissant royaume d’Europe par son union avec Philippe Auguste.

Les Vikings déferlent sur les mers pour tout piller sur leur passage. Pictavia n'est pas épargnée. Pour sauver son royaume, le roi n'a d'autre choix que conclure un pacte avec les envahisseurs du nord. Quelques années plus tard, de grandes voiles assombrissent les côtes pour reprendre cette princesse picte qui leur a été promise. Unique héritière du trône, Nola ne sait pas encore qu'elle doit épouser un homme qu'elle ne connaît pas. Enlevée par ces barbares, elle va devoir apprendre à vivre avec ce Viking qui ne cesse de la tourmenter.