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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...
62) Tess of the road
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 22
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"Tess Dombegh journeys through the kingdom of Goredd in search of the World Serpents and finds herself along the way"--
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Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 1
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As youngest daughter to the Spanish monarchs and crusaders King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Catalina, princess of Wales and of Spain, was promised to the English Prince Arthur when she was three. She leaves Spain at 15 to fulfill her destiny as queen of England, where she finds true love with Arthur (after some initial sourness) as they plot the future of their kingdom together. Arthur dies young, however, leaving Catalina a widow and ineligible...
64) The princess spy
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Hagenheim volume 5
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
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Margaretha hopes her newest suitor, Lord Claybrook, will be her one true love, but when an injured man is brought to Hagenheim Castle claiming to be an English lord who was attacked by Claybrook, Margaretha is drawn into a plot, not knowing who is telling the truth.
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Avaryan rising volume 4
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[1993]
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Judith Tarr returns to her created world of mages in this fourth volume of her Avaryan Rising series. The Sunborn's heirs have ruled the two empires for four generations, but the latest heir to the thrones of Endros and Asanion does not sit easily. Estarion saw his father die in the golden palace of Asanion, victim of mage-wrought poison and the enduring hatred of a conquered race. On the very day of his enthronement, after long years of regency,...
66) Kushiel's Dart
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Pub. Date
2002
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A massive fantasy tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new one. Here is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phedre no Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, and the arts of pleasure. Above all, she learns...
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The nightshade crown volume 1
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2023.
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"When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she's lived by one rule: don't let them find you. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city. Mortem, the magic born from death, is a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaire, and Lore's job running poisons keeps her in food, shelter, and relative security. But when a run goes wrong and Lore's power is revealed,...
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Song of ice and fire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 45
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Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdoms protective Wall. To the south, the kings powers are failing-his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the...
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Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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"An A through Z picture book introducing royalty from around the world, both real and make-believe. Topics such as Aurora, emperor, Grace Kelly, Princess, Ka'iulani, King Arthur, nobility, and tiara are included"--Provided by publisher.
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"The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early twelfth century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies. At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy...
71) A medieval feast
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[1983]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the preparation and celebration of a medieval feast held at an English manor house entertaining royal guests.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
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When the king and his closest allies are poisoned at a banquet, Freya finds herself on the throne and must uncover the identity of the murderers if she hopes to survive.The Girl of Fire and Thorns meets The Queen of the Tearling in this thrilling fantasy standalone about one girls unexpected rise to power.Freya was never meant to be queen. Twenty-third in line to the throne, she never dreamed of a life in the palace, and would much rather research...
73) Ember queen
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[Ash Princess volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 19
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"With Astrea under the rule of a new leader, Theo returns to fight for her land and her people. But her enemies are more powerful than ever before and, if she is to win once and for all, she must risk everything and everyone if she is to reclaim her throne"--
74) Starless
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2018.
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"Destined from birth to serve as protector of the princess Zariya, Khai is trained in the arts of killing and stealth by a warrior sect in the deep desert; yet there is one profound truth that has been withheld from him"--Book jacket.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 11
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A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kindgom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 26
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Sybella locates her fellow assassin and novitiate of the convent of Saint Mortain, only to discover that Genevieve has made a lethal mistake, and there are far-reaching consequences for loved ones entanged in French court intrigues.
77) The tournament
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When the feared sultan of the mid-16th-century Ottoman Empire issues a chess tournament challenge to European royals, a young Elizabeth I accompanies England's champion, only to witness a brutal murder amid dangerous court machinations.
78) Poison study
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[2007]
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Yelena, about to be executed, is offered the job of food taster to the Commander of Ixia, but politics and magic keep threatening her life.
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Dune novels. Caladan trilogy volume 1
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"Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad'Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner Jessica. Or how a Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor's favor, the ire of House Harkonnen, and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story."--Provided by publisher.
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2016.
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Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.
"Celaena Sardothien ha sobrevivido a mort�Ưferos combates y a la demoledora experiencia del desamor, pero a un costo indescriptible. Ahora debe viajar a una nueva tierra para enfrentar su m�Łs oscuro pasado, una verdad sobre su historia que podr�Ưa...