| Rivals for the Crown Contributor(s): Givens, Kathleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416509933 ISBN-13: 9781416509936 Publisher: Pocket Star OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Award-winning author Givens brings to life the passion, tumult, and political treachery of 14th-century Scotland, after a dynastic feud for the crown explodes into a war for Scottish independence. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Scottish |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 4.99" W x 6.79" (0.58 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Scottish |
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| Publisher Description: 1290: Turmoil erupts when the seven-year-old queen of Scotland perishes en route to claim the crown. Two bitter foes -- John Balliol and Robert Bruce -- emerge as possible successors, but England's Edward I has his own designs on Scotland. In London, Edward has expelled all Jews from his kingdom. Rachel de Anjou is heartbroken to leave behind her best friend, Isabel de Burke, and travel with her family to the Scottish border town of Berwick. Danger is everywhere, but the tall, dark Highlander Kieran MacDonald presents a risk of a different sort. Isabel, appointed as lady-in-waiting to Edward's queen, Eleanor, is soon immersed in a world of privilege and peril where she attracts the notice of two men -- Henry de Boyer, an English knight, and Rory MacGannon, a Highland warrior and outlaw. Isabel and Rachel are soon reunited in Berwick, but as the enmity between Scotland and England reaches its violent peak, each woman must decide where her loyalty -- and her destiny -- lies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Givens, Kathleen: - Kathleen Givens is the author of the critically acclaimed historical novels Kilgannon, The Wild Rose of Kilgannon, The Legend, and The Destiny. She is the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's coveted RITA Award for Best Historical Romance. Her new novel of the Scottish Highlands, Rivals for the Crown, is forthcoming in paperback from Pocket Books. An ardent traveler, reader, and student of history, she lives in Southern California, but is always ready to roam the Highlands. Visit her website at www.kathleengivens.com. |
