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Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. She wrote under many pen namesjean plaidy was one of her most popular pseudonyms, and was created when she lived near plaidy beach, in cornwall. Books by jean plaidy author of the lady in the tower. Buy the lady in the tower by jean plaidy online at alibris. This is the first jean plaidy book ive ever read that did not concern itself with a queen of england. I thorughly enjoyed reading this story about the life of anne boleyn.
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Young anne boleyn was not beautiful, but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Tudor saga is a historical fictional novel series that was written by victoria holt, a british novelist otherwise known as eleanor alice burford, jean plaidy and philippa carr, who lived between 1941 and 1993. But jean plaidy is always jean plaidy, writing as if shes telling a fairy tale but not sparing us any of the unsavory or unpleasant. Jean plaidy makes history intersting and the book is wellwritten and a joy to read. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, anne was sent. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the lady in the tower.
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