Harpercollins The Queen's Resistance Ross Rebecca

Can she tread a dangerous line between love and duty? • Raven-haired and fiercely independent, Joan Guildford has always remained true to herself. As lady-in-waiting and confidante to Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII, Joan understands royal patronage is vital if she and her husband, Sir Richard, are to thrive in the volatile atmosphere of court life • But Tudor England is in mourning following the death of the Prince of Wales, and within a year, the queen herself. With Prince Henry now heir to the throne, the court murmurs with the sound of conspiracy. Is the entire Tudor project now at stake or can young Henry secure the dynasty? • Drawn into the heart of the crisis, Joan’s own life is in turmoil, and her future far from secure. She faces a stark choice – be true to her heart and risk everything, or play the dutiful servant and watch her dreams wither and die

1553. Король Эдуард находится на смертном одре, и будущее династии Тюдоров опасно пошатнулось • Изгнанная из Испании инквизицией, Ханна Грин прибывает в неспокойное королевство. Она идентифицирована как провидица и принесла присягу на службу Роберту Дадли, сыну защитника короля Эдуарда и ключевой фигуре при дворе. Ее задача: присматривать за принцессой Марией, забытой наследницей • Хватка Мэри за корону хрупка. Елизавета, сводная сестра Марии, готова занять английский трон. Оказавшись втянутой в соперничество между дочерьми Генриха VIII, Ханна должна проложить свой путь через коварный двор, если хочет выжить • Книга на английском языке • A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory • I would have been a fool indeed to tell the truth in this court of liars… • 1553

Пылкая история об интригах, обмане, правде и выживании • Бриенна была рождена вне брака и сослана своей благородной семьей в Дом Магналии — пансионат для тех, кто хочет изучать Живопись, Музыку, Драматургию, Интригу и Науку. Бриенна должна выбрать одну из этих страстей и усердно тренироваться, чтобы отточить мастерство в надежде, что однажды она окончит школу, и её выберет богатый покровитель • Выпускной приближается, и Бриенна становится ближе к своему умному (и красивому) наставнику Картье. Он чувствует, что она что-то скрывает, но Бриенна предпочитает никому не рассказывать о том, что её тревожат воспоминания о предках — воспоминания, раскрывающие тайны прошлого, сулящие беду в настоящем • Зреет заговор с целью свергнуть короля–узурпатора и восстановить законную монархию, и воспоминания Бриенны являются ключом к успеху

Сможет ли она переступить опасную грань между любовью и долгом? • Черноволосая Джоан Гилдфорд всегда оставалась верна своим принципам и стремилась сохранить свою независимость. Будучи фрейлиной и доверенным лицом королевы Елизаветы, жены Генриха VII, Джоан понимает, что королевское покровительство играет ей на руку, поскольку она и ее муж сэр Ричард хотят процветать в изменчивой атмосфере придворной жизни • Но после смерти принца Уэльского Англия находится в, а через год умирает и сама королева. Принц Генрих становится наследником престола, и по двору поползли слухи о готовящемся заговоре. Стоит ли на кону всё племя Тюдоров, или юный Генрих сможет сохранить династию? • Жизнь оказавшейся в эпицентре событий Джоан теперь полна волнений, а её будущее далеко не безоблачно

A secret mission… • 1939. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Alfred Kendall is tasked with carrying out a minor mission for the British Intelligence Service. Travelling to Prague, he takes his troubled young son, Hugh, as cover • A terrible choice… • When Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, Alfred is given an ultimatum by the Czech Resistance. They will arrange for him to return to England, but only if he leaves his son Hugh behind as collateral • A young boy stranded in Nazi terrain… • Hugh is soon taken under the wing of a Nazi colonel – Helmuth Scholl. But even though Scholl treats Hugh well, his son, Heinz, is suspicious of this foreigner. And as the war across the continent intensifies, they are set on a path that will ultimately lead towards destruction…

Reprinted for the first time in almost 90 years, this original novelisation of the very first Agatha Christie film is a unique record of the Queen of Crime’s movie debut and a bold attempt to turn one of her favourite short stories into a thrilling silent movie • Who poisoned the cruel and sinister Professor Appleby? Derek Capel, his neighbour, in love with the Professor’s wife, Eleanor? Vera, the house-parlourmaid, Appleby’s mistress? Or was it Eleanor Appleby herself? All three could be reasonably suspected of a motive which would prompt them to poison the most hateful villain who ever crossed the pages of fiction • The first ever Agatha Christie film was a 1928 black and white silent movie, loosely based on her first ‘Harley Quin’ story

A glamorous ship • During a New Year’s Eve party on a large, luxurious cruise ship in the Caribbean, the ship’s dancer, Lola, goes missing • Everyone on board has something to hide • Two weeks later, the ship is o ut of service, laid up far from land with no more than a skeleton crew on board. And then more people start disappearing… • No one is safe • Why are the crew being harmed? Who is responsible? And who will be next? • Find out in the twisty new thriller from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper

She is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her beauty and charitable works, resented by her former husband and his mother, the Queen of England. When a bomb explodes aboard her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon • Gabriel’s target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of death who sells his services to the highest bidder. Fortunately Gabriel does not pursue him alone; at his side is Christopher Keller, a British commando turned professional assassin who knows Quinn’s murderous handiwork all too well • And though Gabriel does not realize it, he is stalking an old enemy—a cabal of evil that wants nothing more than to see him dead

The thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen, from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride. 'A thrilling story' Take a Break • Even the greatest of queens have rules - to break them would cost her dearly… • King Henry V's new French Queen, Catherine, dazzles the crowds in England but life at court is full of intrigue and her loyal companion, Mette, suspects that the beautiful Eleanor Cobham, protegee of the Duke of Gloucester, is spying for him • Catherine believes herself invincible as she gives birth to an heir, then tragically King Henry is struck down by fever. Unable to outwit those who seek to remove the new king from her care, Catherine retires from court, comforted by the King's Harper, Owen Tudor • At the secluded manor of Hadham a smouldering ember bursts into flame and Catherine and Owen Tudor become lovers

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER. There are stories about people who want to live forever. This is not one of those stories. This is a story about someone who wants to stop... Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Obviously no one believes him. So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live... which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die

The ups and down of three plucky factory girls, set in Britain’s best loved wrapped chocolate factory • The Quality Street Factory is fizzing with the news that the King and Queen and the two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, are going to visit the Mackintosh Factory where the country’s favourite wrapped chocolate is made. The factory floor is heady with excitement but plans are dealt a blow when a much loved staff member is the victim of a poisoning incident • Everyone is under suspicion, which only adds to Reenie Calder’s woes, anxious that her new promotion has only made her stick out even more like a sore thumb. Can she and her friends, Mary and Diana, get their heads together and find the malicious troublemaker before something unthinkable happens?

The disturbing new thriller from the king of southern gothic • When he was a prosecuting attorney Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown - Natchez, Mississippi - that Penn will face his most dangerous threat • Urged by old friends to restore the town to it's former glory, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in it's quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez has turned to casino gambling. Five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market like props from Gone With the Wind. But one boat isn't like the others. Rumour has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas. And with them comes an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport, and the dark vices that go with it