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A softcover first printing edition in very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are clean and bright throughout, free of marks or annotations. Empress was originally published in France as Impératrice by Albin Michel in 2003, winning the Prix des lecteurs du Livre de Poche in 2005. The first US hardcover edition was published by HarperCollins in 2006 and reissued in 2009. Written by Shan Sa, a Beijing-born author who writes in French, the novel brings to life the extraordinary story of Wu Zetian, who rose from imperial concubine to become the only woman in Chinese history to rule as Empress in her own right during the Tang Dynasty. Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter, an award-winning British translator, winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize, and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize.

A softcover edition in very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are clean and bright throughout. This is the American Touchstone edition, published by Touchstone (an imprint of Simon & Schuster, New York), 2006. The American edition shows cover art not found on UK printings. The Constant Princess brings to life the story of Catherine of Aragon from her early years in Granada, where the exquisite Moorish beauty of the Alhambra palace shaped the woman she would become, through her marriage to Prince Arthur and her determination to become Queen of England by marrying Henry VIII. Gregory is renowned for her meticulous historical research. Part of Gregory's acclaimed Tudor court series. Written by Philippa Gregory, the #1 New York Times bestselling English author, CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), and holder of a PhD from the University of Edinburgh

UK softcover edition in very good condition. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are free of creasing or marks throughout. A very good copy throughout. Doubleday paperback by Hiro Arikawa, first published in Japan in 2012 and in Great Britain in 2017, this edition reissued in 2019. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel, who also translates Haruki Murakami. Nana, a stray cat, narrates a road trip across Japan in a silver van with his owner Satoru, who is visiting old friends from his youth. Friendship, loss and memory shape the story, set against the changing seasons of the Japanese countryside.

A 1998 Allison & Busby softcover edition in fine condition. Covers are clean and square throughout, with no creasing to the spine. Pages are crisp and bright, free of marks or annotations. A tight, unmarked copy. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, London, in 1944, this Allison & Busby reprint was issued in Great Britain in 1998. Margaret Irwin was an English historical novelist recognised for well-researched and occasionally heart-breaking historical fiction. Young Bess is the first novel in her Elizabeth I trilogy, followed by Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948) and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953). The novel covers 1545-1553, following the young Princess Elizabeth from age 12 to 19, and focuses on the scandal surrounding her relationship with Thomas Seymour during the latter years of Henry VIII's reign. The novel was later adapted into a film starring Jean Simmons.

A trade paperback in very good condition, first edition, first printing, published by Headline Review (an imprint of Headline Book Publishing, a division of Hodder Headline), London, 2006. Covers are clean, the pages are unmarked throughout, with light age toning consistent with the book's age. The fifth novel by Irish author and journalist Mary Stanley, a story of secrets, self-discovery, and the walls we build to protect ourselves. When Esme Waters' carefully maintained life begins to crack, the truth she has hidden for years threatens everything she holds dear.

A trade paperback in very good condition, published by William Morrow, New York, 2018. Covers are clean and square with light shelf wear to the covers. The pages are clean and unmarked throughout. First edition, first printing. A New York Times bestselling historical novel by Hazel Gaynor, inspired by the true story of Grace Darling, the English lighthouse keeper's daughter celebrated across Britain for her part in rescuing survivors of the shipwrecked Forfarshire off the Northumberland coast in 1838. Told across a dual timeline.