Hilary Mantel
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""If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?" England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness...
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"The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the...
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Scarlet Pimpernel series volume 3
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A suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, the daring Scarlet Pimpernel bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. Meanwhile, Sir Percy Blakeney and his estranged wife Marguerite St. Just are caught up in a nefarious scheme to uncover the Scarlet Pimpernel's true identity.