She was taught to obey. Now she has learned to rebel.

12 year old Isabella, a French princess marries the King of England - only to discover he has a terrible secret. Ten long years later she is in utter despair - does she submit to a lifetime of solitude and a spiritual death - or seize her destiny and take the throne of England for herself?

This is the story of Isabella, the only woman ever to invade England - and win.

“This is phenomenal historical fiction that is highly recommended. Once you read Colin Falconer, you’ll want to read everything he has ever written as well as what he will craft in the future!”

- Crystal Book Reviews

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“A magisterial tale.” - UK Daily Mail

“Callous executions, one-eyed camel drivers, corruption, sin, a heart-wrenching love story, dark secrets, and life and death circumstances are revealed at a fast pace in each brief chapter.

The plot is rich and sure to keep the reader focused on turning the page to learn what happens next – and always to some shocking circumstance or pleasant surprise.

That’s what I loved most about this book – plenty of the odd and unusual to keep me fascinated throughout.It is the richness of the prose itself that truly made this historical era come alive.” -Historical Novel Review

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He gave up every woman in the world for just one.

He had everything a man might dream of; wealth, power and the choice of hundreds of the most beautiful women in his Empire.

Why then did he forsake his harem for the love of just one woman, and marry her in defiance of the centuries-old code of the Osmanlis?

This is the astonishing story of Suleiman, the one they called the Magnificent, and the woman he loved.

“A page-turner . . . This peek behind the walls of the seraglio will seduce lovers of large-scale historical fiction.” - Booklist

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To conquer a nation of one million men, it takes one woman …

The legendary Aztec civilization is here brought to life in blazing colour, tracing the story of the enigmatic Malinali who held for a moment the future of an entire country in her hands.

Contradictory, sensuous and fiercely intelligent, Malinali became the key to Cortes conquest of Mexico.

It is a story of impossible odds, unimaginable cruelty, extraordinary courage and craven betrayal.

‘His work takes the reader through a never-ending labyrinth of twists and turns. Get this book. It is a magnificent piece of work!’– History and Women

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the first Caesar was almost a woman … called Cleopatra

Some believed Caesar was about to instal himself as King of Rome and make Cleopatra his queen when he died in a pool of blood in the Forum.

She marries his successor, Marc Antony. Brash, irresistible and fatally unreliable, his hold on power soon slips away. As the tide turns against her, she plots a last, spectacular manoeuvre to save her children, her empire, and her place among the gods.

“This is the riveting story of Egypt’s last and greatest queen … creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman who thrived and triumphed in a world ruled by men.” - Publishers Weekly

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Loved, loved, loved this novel. Riveting! - Historical Novel Review

1205AD: Philip of Vercy returns to France after fighting in the Holy Land only to learn that his beloved wife is dead in childbirth. Soon after his young son fals ill and it seems that nothing can save him.

Until he hears of a healer deep in the south named Fabricia Berenger, a nun, who has the stigmata, open wounds to her hands and feet that bleed like the wounds of Christ. He travels south to find her.

But once in Languedoc, he is soon caught up in the bloody crusade the Pope’s soldiers are waging to eliminate the Cathar heretics.

He came on a simple errand of mercy. But after he meets Fabricia, nothing for him will ever be simple again.

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‘ … a rollicking historical tale of love and revenge rendered in rich detail by a master of the genre.’ - Booklover

Cameron McKenzie came halfway round the world to find the pearl that will make his fortune. Instead, his destiny leads him to Kate Flynn, older than her years and out of her time, dreaming of horizons broader than this Chinatown in the middle of nowhere.

Fiery and passionate, they are fated to collide. But the man who brings them together is the same man Cam has sworn to tear apart - Kate’s father.

There are pearls that lie in the Deeps for every man. Some he never finds; some he loses through no fault of his own. But there are some he never knows he has until the moment he tosses them away…

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“I’ve never read Colin Falconer before so I had no idea what to expect! Wow!” Booknerd

“this is a consuming read and utterly unforgettable” - Unshelfish

In any other circumstance but shipwreck, rape and murder, a man like Michiel van Texel would never have met a fine lady such as Cornelia Noorstrandt.

He was just a soldier, a sergeant in the Dutch East India company’s army, on his way from Amsterdam to the Indies to fight the Mataram. Such a woman was far above the likes of him.

But both their destinies intertwine far away from Holland, on some god-forsaken islands near the Great Southland. When their great ship, the Utrecht, founders far from home, surviving the Houtman Rocks is the least of their worries.

As they battle to survive and the bravest and the best reveal themselves for what they are, Cornelia’s only hope is a mercenary in a torn coat who shows her that a man is more than just manners and money.

He makes her one promise:

‘Even if God forsakes you, I will find you.’

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Seville, 1489.

The end of the Reconquista.

Diego Sanchis is Seville’s most famous painter; his tryptychs and murals fill every church in the city.

He is also ugly, angry, possibly Jewish and a dwarf.

Nobody but his father loves him and Diego likes it just that way.

Until one day he is asked to take on a new student.

Mercedes Goncalvez is the most beautiful young woman in the city, and her father is rich and powerful.

What could such a woman possibly see in him?

But there are many ways to see beauty.

And beyond the dungeons of the Inquisition; beyond betrayal and torture; and even as the guns pound the heavenly gardens of the Alhambra, and the Moors prepare to leave Spain forever, Diego finds true beauty among the ashes of his last hopes.

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A sweeping tale of courage, honor, and betrayal
in the army of Alexander the Great

Babylon, 323 BC. Alexander the Great has survived every effort to kill him. Restless, ruthless, he wonders which world to conquer next. He has a powerful new weapon—the war elephants he brought back from India. He also has a conquest in mind—the fabulous empire of Carthage.

As Alexander plots, a war elephant named Colossus violently lashes out against the soldiers who are tormenting him, and only one trainer has the courage to calm the massive beast. When Alexander notices the young man’s bravery, Gajendra begins a meteoric climb through the ranks of the Macedonian army, protected by the fierce but devoted Colossus.

As captain of the elephants, Gajendra is deeply loyal to Alexander, the great General who plucked him from obscurity. But as he sees how luxury and power have corrupted his champion, he faces a terrible choice: Just as Gajendra glimpses the ultimate prize, he realizes that in order to become the heir to Alexander’s throne and gain all he’s dreamed of, he must betray everything he loves…

Colossus is an epic tale of immense evil, pitiless gods and burning cities, of dwarves, priestesses and kings, and of the profound friendship between animal and master. It is the story of two men—one with boundless ambition, and one who reaches for undreamed-of power, all set against the warp of history as Alexander’s army approaches the gates of Rome.

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“They set out that day to sail for Vinland. Tromdur Svensson planned to be away for just three years. How the gods were laughing at him, at all of them, on that day.”

—from The Saga of Harald Half-Face.

1000 AD.

When the North Men from Ingolfsfell sail from their icy fjord in a single longboat, to establish a settlement across the great sea, they thought they would be gone for just three years. They had no name for the Atlantic then; and America they called ‘Vinland’, the place of meadows.

But a storm takes them off course to an island even the legendary Leif Erikson had never seen. These natives are not savages in skins; and they do not build their homes from hides.

They live instead in a great city, in the shadow of a looming volcano. And they do not hunt animals; they hunt men with white hair and blue eyes.

Their gods come from the skies, and the Apocalypse is … now.

“There is a river that gives us life. You may dam it; you may swim against it. But in the end, it will flow to the sea, with or without you.”

—from The Book of the Stars, a manuscript of unknown origin, written in Mayan glyphs circa 1000 AD and found in a Viking burial mound in Greenland, 2001

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