Headline Elizabeth of York. The Last White Rose Уэйр Элисон

Принцесса, родившаяся во время войны между двумя семьями • Первенец королевского дома Йорков, Елизавета мечтает надеть корону. Но в Англии королевы не правят • Когда ее любимый отец, король Эдуард, внезапно умирает, его брат захватывает власть. Два юных принца исчезают в башне. Еще один претендент на корону, выскочка-наследник конкурирующего дома Ланкастеров. Брак с этим Генрихом Тюдором объединил бы их враждующие семьи - и помог бы Елизавете взойти на трон, который, как она знает, принадлежит ей по праву • Нас ждет славная новая эра. Теперь Елизавета должна мудро выбирать своих союзников, поскольку она борется за то, чтобы стать матерью и королевой новой великой династии • Елизавета Йоркская • Первая королева Тюдоров • Ее история • Книга на английском языке

В романе "Елизавета Йоркская. Последняя Белая роза" Элисон Уэйр показывает, как складывалась жизнь знатных женщин при дворе. Как, будучи заложницами своего положения, они тем не менее могли влиять на ход истории • Английская принцесса Елизавета появилась на свет в разгар Войны Алой и Белой розы - династических распрей между Ланкастерами и Йорками. Старшая дочь королевского дома Йорков, она мечтает о короне. Но внезапно умирает Эдуард IV, отец принцессы, и в ее судьбе наступают резкие перемены. Клан Алой розы стремится захватить власть, безжалостно уничтожая других претендентов на престол. Два юных принца, братья Елизаветы, убиты в Тауэре. Враги все ближе. Они желают посадить на трон выскочку из дома Ланкастеров, Генриха Тюдора. Переломить ситуацию в пользу Йорков мог бы удачный брак принцессы Елизаветы

The captivating life of Margaret Douglas - a life of scandal, political intrigue and royal romance that spanned five Tudor reigns • Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Some thought Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, should be queen of England • She ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, and was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal - twice - by falling in love with unsuitable men • Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London three times, once under sentence of death. Her husband and son were brutally murdered, she warred with two queens, and proved instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson

By a riverbank in Africa, two lovers meet for the first time. They make a promise to meet again the next day, same time, same place, but only one of them shows up • This sounds like the beginning of a love story, but it's more than that, for this breathtaking tale takes the reader into the heart of a vibrant world, a complex and intriguing civilisation of warriors and kings, philosophers and artists, parents and lovers. A world and culture which is about to end for, glimpsed on the horizon, seen but unsuspected, beautiful ships with white sails are waiting

From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change • One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover. Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land • Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love • As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew

One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover • Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love • As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew

 В • этом издании читателям предлагаются неадаптированный оригинальный текст и • классический перевод заключительной повести из волшебной эпопеи "Хроники • Нарнии" • Чтение текста в оригинале позволит значительно усовершенствовать знание • английского, а перевод на русский язык поможет разрешить возникающие по ходу • чтения вопросы и трудности. Для углубления знаний английского и облегчения • понимания текста предлагаются упражнения • Книга будет интересна и полезна всем, кто знает и изучает английский язык с • преподавателем или самостоятельно

Foremost and beloved historian Alison Weir is writing six stunning novels about the Six Queens of Henry VIII drawing on new research • Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen is the first in a spellbinding six novel series about Henry VIII's Queens. Alison takes you on an engrossing journey at Katherine's side and shows her extraordinary strength of character and intelligence. Ideal for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick • A Spanish princess. Raised to be modest, obedient and devout. Destined to be an English Queen • Six weeks from home across treacherous seas, everything is different: the language, the food, the weather. And for her there is no comfort in any of it. At sixteen years-old, Catalina is alone among strangers • She misses her mother

It's the whirlwind affair that has everyone talking • Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. An entire night of flirting with a gorgeous man at a hotel bar could change her mind though - until she discovers that he's hotshot junior senator Max Powell • Max's determination to win Olivia over proves him to be sweet, funny, and noble - not just some privileged white politician she assumed him to be. Dating in secret is fun at first, but when they finally go public, the intense media scrutiny results in the exposure of Olivia's rocky past, criticism of her job, and questions about her suitability as a trophy girlfriend • Olivia knows what she has with Max is special, but is it strong enough to survive the heat of the spotlight?

1965. A young white female student becomes involved in the fight for civil rights in North Carolina, falling in love with one of her fellow activists, a Black man, in a time and place where an interracial relationship must be hidden from family, friends and especially the reemerging Ku Klux Klan. As tensions rise in the town, she realises not everyone is who they appear to be • 2010. A recently widowed architect moves into the home she and her late husband designed, heartbroken that he will never cross the threshold. But when disturbing things begin to happen, it's clear that someone is sending her a warning. Who is trying to frighten her away, and why? • Decades later, past and present are set to collide in the last house on the street

Everyone remembers their first kiss. But what about the last? • 1961. Journalist Rosamund Bailey is ready to change the world. When she meets explorer and man about town Dominic Blake, she realises she has found the love of her life. Just as happiness is in their grasp, the worst happens, and their future is snatched away • 2014. Deep in the vaults of a museum, archivist Abby Gordon stumbles upon a breathtaking find. A faded photograph of a man saying goodbye to the woman he loves. Looking for a way to escape her own heartache, Abby becomes obsessed with the story, little realising that behind the image frozen in time lies a secret altogether more extraordinary