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The king's curse

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Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an ol...

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Main Author: Gregory, Philippa
Other Authors: Amato, Bianca
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2014]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Salisbury, Margaret Pole, > Countess of, > 1473-1541 > Fiction.
Ladies-in-waiting > England > History > 16th century > Fiction.
Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547 > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Fiction.
Nobility > Great Britain > History > 16th century > Fiction.
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Historical fiction > England.
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Summary:Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors.
Item Description:Title from web page.
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Duration: 22:00:00.
Physical Description:20 sound discs (1320 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781442369962
1442369965
Author Notes:Philippa Gregory was born in Nairobi, Kenya on January 9, 1954. She received a B.A. in history at Sussex University in 1982 and a Ph.D. in 18th-century literature from the University of Edinburgh in 1984. She has taught at numerous universities and was made a fellow of Kingston University in 1994.

Her historical novels include: Wideacre, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, The Constant Princess, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Other Queen, The White Queen, The Red Queen, The Lady of the Rivers and The White Princess. She has also written several contemporary fiction works including Perfectly Correct, The Little House and Zelda's Cut. She adapted her novel A Respectable Trade, about the slave trade in England, into a four-part series for BBC television. Her script won an award from the Committee for Racial Equality. She won the Feminist Book Fortnight Award in 1990 and the Romantic Novelist of the Year Award in 2002. Her book, The Other Boleyn Girl, won the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year award and was adapted into a major feature film in 2008 starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. The White Queen was adapted into an original cable series on the Starz nertwork in 2013 starring Max Irons and Rebecca Ferguson. Her title The Kings Curse made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. Her title, The Taming of the Queen, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. Her latest bestseller is Three Sisters, Three Queens.

Gregory also writes children's books, is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, a frequent broadcaster for radio and television, and runs a small charity that builds wells in schoolyards in Gambia.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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