Eleanor of Aquitaine's story deserves to be legendary. She is an icon who has fascinated readers for over 800 years. But the real Eleanor remains elusive
- until now. Based on the most up-to-date research award-winning novelist Elizabeth Chadwick brings Eleanor's magnificent story to life as never before unveiling the real Eleanor. Young golden-haired & blue-eyed Eleanor has everything to look forward to as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly in the summer of 1137 her childhood is over. Forced to marry the young prince Louis of France she barely adjusts before another death catapults them to being crowned King & Queen of France. Leaving everything behind Eleanor must face the complex & vivacious French court. She is only 13. Barely out of childhood & forced to deal with great scandals fraught relationships & forbidden love at every turn Eleanor finally sees what her future could hold if she could just seize the moment. Overflowing with scandal politics sex triumphs & tragedies The Summer Queen is the first novel in a stunning new trilogy.
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Store all of your important documents in this hard wearing home-file decorated with roses allowing it to sit nicely in any room of your home. With a metal handle secure locking system & concertinaed sections inside your papers & documents are sure to be kept safe tidy & tear free. ...

This fantastic pencil case with 4 pockets & a mirror in the front flap can easily double up a cosmetics bag. There are 3 zipped pockets in total one large two small & one standard mesh pocket to use for a variety of items. The outside of this pencil case is a wipe clean pale blue fabric decorated with pink roses & small white flowers whilst the inside is a contrasting pink. Approximate size of this case is 11 x 10.5 x 7 (widest point of base) cm. ...

Keep all of your jewellery & small items safe in this set of six drawers. With one large drawer two medium & three small there is sure to be a drawer just the right size for each one of your treasured possessions. The pink rose decoration means it will brighten up any room of your house & add a touch of summer to your days. ...

Lucy & her best friends forever Jules & Tilda are going on holiday together & are thrilled that their fave mag is holding a competition to find backing dancers for its beach party in the very same town! Can they strut their stuff onstage & win? ...

Step into the miniature world of the hedgerow in this beautiful new edition of this classic picture book following a summer in the lives of the mice of Brambly Hedge. It was such a hot summer. They sky was deep blue & the sun never faltered. All along Brambly Hedge the mice did their best to keep cool. Poppy Eyebright sought refuge in the mossy shadows of the mill wheel; Dusty Dogwood took to walking by the banks of the cooling stream. Dusty & Poppy spent more & more time together so no one was at all surprised when they announced their engagement. They decided on a very unusual setting for the wedding ceremony but even they didn't realise just how unusual it was prove to be! ...

A skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified & the horrific discovery hits the headlines.. . Fourteen-year-old Graham Marshall went missing during his paper round in 1965. The police found no trace of him. His disappearance left his family shattered & his best friend Alan Banks full of guilt.. . That friend has now become Chief Inspector Alan Banks & he is determined to bring justice for Graham. But he soon realises that in this case the boundary between victim & perpetrator between law-guardian & law-breaker is becoming more & more blurred.. . Move over Ian Rankin
- theres a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author.
- Independent on Sunday"."

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Summer the Holiday Fairy has got her work cut out. Jack Frost has moved to Rainspell Island for the summer & it's a very different place to when Rachel & Kirsty visited in the first series. Now there are no tinkling ice-cream vans or sailing boats. There's not even any sand on the beach! Jack Frost has taken it all to build his giant sandcastle. There are three special shells that control the holiday atmosphere. Summer the Holiday Fairy needs Rachel & Kirsty's help to get them back. ...

Kit Butler cool & dangerous is one of Londons most infamous bachelors & marriage is the last thing on his mind. Desperate to thwart his fathers matchmaking Kit needs a bride.. .fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth.. .A year after being abandoned at the altar Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet sparks fly
- & a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kits intended if he agrees to provide a passionate adventurous unforgettable summer. When summer ends she will break off the engagement rendering herself unmarriageable & leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectly
- until Kit does the unthinkable: he begins to fall in love. A summer to remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his.. .for better for worse for the rest of their lives?

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The hotly anticipated wedding of Iris Devonshire ravishing teenage daughter of celebrity couple Mia & Leo is to be held in the gardens of their grand Palladian pile alongside the Thames. But Mia & Leo worry that she's rushing into the marriage. Just ask their best friends since college Simon & Laney de Montmorency whose relationship is on the rocks again
- & they've already married each other twice. On the big day Iris's hellraiser fiance Dougie Everett is not the only one flying high. As Iris rides up the aisle on a white stallion a hot air balloon appears over the woods heading straight for the ceremony. Its arrival is about to transform the lives & loves of some of the wedding guests for ever. The Summer Wedding is a sizzling summer comedy set against the beautiful backdrops of the Chilterns Spain Africa & LA.
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