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For a queen's love : the stories of the royal wives of Philip II / Jean Plaidy.

by Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993.

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Three Rivers Press, 2010.

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction.

Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993. Tudor novels ; 10.

9780307346223 (trade pbk.)

0307346226 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

The Spanish bridegroom.

1st trade pbk. ed.

302 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published in Great Britain as The Spanish Bridegroom by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1954.

Includes an excerpt from A favorite of the queen.

To restore the power of Spain and bring England back to the iron embrace of Holy Church, the young Phillip agrees to marry Mary Tudor. Set against the glittering courts of sixteenth century Europe, the Spain of the dreaded Inquisition and the tortured England of Bloody Mary, this powerful novel traces the story of Phillip II - and of the women who came to know this cold-blooded monster only as a devoted father and sensual lover.

Historical fiction.

Biographical fiction.

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