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  Disgrace and Favour , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 561min

  Disgrace and Favour is a novel of life on the border in the dying years of Elizabeth I's reign and of intrigue and immorality at the court of King James. It is the story of the Queen's cousin, Sir Robert Carey, who was disgraced for marrying without her consent, of his struggle to restore his fortunes under her successor, and his realisation that favour among the hazards of a decadent court was even less appealing than a hard but untrammelled life in exile on the Border. It is the story, too, of the hanging of Geordie Bourne; of the life and death of Prince Henry, most gifted of the Stuarts; of Robert Carr, the royal favourite who became the only first minister of a British monarch to be convicted of murder; of Frances Howard, the beauty of the age and twice a countess, on the state of whose maidenhead depended the government of the country; of the mysterious poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury in the Tower of London, and the meteoric career of George Villiers. Many of the other rich and bizarre characters of the age make an appearance in these pages. They are headed by the awesome queen who terrorised her courtiers and the far-from-majestic king who united Scotland and England and proclaimed himself God's vice-regent on Earth but displayed a strange variety of human weaknesses.Jeremy Potter served the Richard III Society as Chairman from 1971-1989. During his chairmanship, the Society launched several important initiatives, including the commissioning of a heroic statue of Richard III (on display in Castle Gardens, Leicester), the securing of royal patronage from H.R.H. Richard Duke of Gloucester, and the broadcast of a trial of Richard III, with Lord Elwyn-Jones, former Lord Chancellor, presiding. During his tenure, the Society also became active in sponsoring the publication of 15th-century source documents and works of current scholarship on the period. It also created the Richard III and Yorkist History Trust, which provides financial support for ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Cree. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009344/bk_adbl_009344_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Tamed by the Highlander , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 254min, (USK 18)

  When raiders fall upon Urquhart Castle, Elisabeth Grant, the daughter of the castle's lord - a highlander by birth but educated in the lowlands - is left defenseless when her cowardly father abandons her. At the last moment, her life and her maidenhead are saved from the raiders by Angus MacGregor, the proud highlander she had only hours earlier ordered locked in the pillory for his insolence toward her. Vowing that she will see her home rise from the ruins after the attack, Elisabeth resolves to stay as close to the castle as possible. With her father and his soldiers gone, however, she has nowhere to turn for protection except to the highlander who so recently rescued her. When Angus informs her that he has no interest in a ward or a servant, she impetuously offers to wed the uncouth yet undeniably brave and handsome highlander, whose firm words and strong arms both terrify and excite her. Angus agrees to marry Elisabeth on one condition: She will serve and obey him as a proper wife should, and if she fails in her duties she will be soundly spanked. She agrees to his condition, but when she surrenders to his touch one moment and defies him the next, his desire for her only grows fiercer. Though it quickly becomes clear she will not yield without a fight - and a taste of his leather strap upon her bare bottom - he soon discovers she is like no woman he has ever known, as being chastised until she is writhing and begging only increases her lust for him. But when her father returns to rebuild the ruins of Urquhart even as the threat of another assault on the castle looms, Angus wonders whether Elisabeth will abandon him and return to the life of a noble lady. Even if she stays by his side, will their newly forged bond be shattered in the heat of battle, or will their love and courage be enough to withstand the swords of the marauders? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter B. Brooke. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032402/bk_acx0_032402_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Maidenhead Adventure Trail One Can You Restore the Magic to the Butterflies In Ockwelland?

  Maidenhead Adventure Trail One Can You Restore the Magic to the Butterflies In Ockwelland?: ab 2.49 €

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