The Conqueror
Autor Georgette Heyeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 ian 2006
'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'Fabulously witty' Stephen Fry
'Incisively witty, quietly subversive' Joanne Harris
'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans
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Born the illegitimate son of the future Duke of Normandy, William must fight the King of France to regain his Duchy.
Spurned in love by the lovely Princess Matilda, William argues hard to make her his bride.
Thwarted by the Saxon Earl Harold of a promise of the throne of England, William the Conqueror sails to Hastings to claim the King's crown and sceptre for his own.
Written in Heyer's inimitable style, The Conqueror dives deep into William's complex character, his ruthless ambition and both the physical and mental battles he must endure in order to claim King Harold's crown and sceptre for his own.
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Readers love The Conqueror ...
***** 'I enthusiastically recommend this novel! Heyer's writing is impeccable and her research is without a doubt one of the best.'
***** 'This was always my favourite of GH's historicals.'
***** 'Loved this book and am now looking to read more Heyer historicals.'
***** 'I first read this novel many years ago and enjoyed it this time as much as I did the first time.'
***** 'Overall the Conqueror is the best of Georgette Heyer's pre-Georgian novels.'
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780099490920
ISBN-10: 0099490927
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Dorling Kindersley - DK
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0099490927
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Dorling Kindersley - DK
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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Also available soon in Arrow by Georgette Heyer:
June 2005
A Civil Contract (ISBN 0099474441)
The Spanish Bride (ISBN 009947445X)
Lady of Quality (ISBN 0099474468)
False Colours (ISBN 0099476339)
April Lady (ISBN 0099476347)
Sprig Muslin (ISBN 0099476355)
October 2005
The Toll-Gate (0099476363)
The Quiet Gentleman (0099476371)
Pistols for Two (ISBN 009947638X)
Royal Escape (ISBN 0099476398)
Cousin Kate (ISBN 0099490951)
Masqueraders (ISBN 0099476436)
Jennifer Kloester: Georgette Heyer's Regency World (William Heinemann)
January 2006
My Lord John (ISBN 0099476428)
Simon the Coldheart (ISBN 0099490943)
Beauvallet (ISBN 0099490935)
Descriere
William the Bastard, base-born son of the Duke of Normandy, must fight the King of France to regain his Duchy.Thwarted by the Saxon Earl Harold of a promise of the throne of England, William the Conqueror sails to Hastings to claim the King's crown and sceptre for his own.