Ursula Blanchard mysteries
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To shield the queen: a mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 1
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The doublet affair: a mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 2
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Queen's ransom: a mystery at Queen Elizabeth's court : featuring Ursula Blanchard , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 3
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To ruin a queen: an Ursula Blanchard mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 4
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Queen of ambition: an Ursula Blanchard mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 5
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A pawn for a queen: an Ursula Blanchard mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's court , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 6
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 7
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2003.
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English
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 8
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2004.
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277 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 9
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English
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Happily married to her third husband, Hugh Stannard, lady-in-waiting Ursula Blanchard is hoping to give up her undercover work for Queen Elizabeth l in order to enjoy domestic bliss. But when Hugh unwittingly endangers possession of his ancestral home, Ursula is forced to take on a seemingly hopeless - but handsomely paid - private assignment, which the Queen spots is the perfect cover for a covert investigation into a group of rebel barons plotting...
10) Queen's bounty
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 10
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2012.
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234 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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After receiving a threatening letter from the Countess of Norhumberland, Ursula Blanchard, special aide to Queen Elizabeth I, witnesses a series of strange events in her household and is soon accused of being a witch.
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 11
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2013.
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Ursula, traveling to the Netherlands to escort her foster daughter to meet her suitor, also investigates whether or not a wealthy Italian banker is plotting to put Mary, Queen of Scots on the English throne.
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 12
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"July, 1573. Recently widowed, Ursula Blanchard is living a quiet life on her Surrey estate, caring for her infant son. But her peaceful existence is shattered when Ursula's neighbour Jane Cobbold is found dead in her own flowerbed, stabbed through the heart with a silver dagger - and Ursula's manservant Brockley is arrested for the crime. Determined to prove Brockley's innocence, Ursula seeks help from her old mentor Lord Burghley. But when a second...
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 13
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2015.
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January, 1576. Widow Ursula Blanchard is in no position to refuse when Sir Francis Walsingham decides she must wed Count Gilbert Renard in order to build a strategic alliance with the French. Soon after the count arrives at her country home to pay court, one of Ursula's household staff is found dead. An accident - or something more sinister?
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 14
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2016.
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218 pages ; 23 cm.
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Ursula Blanchard must acquire a mysterious medieval manuscript in the latest enthralling historical adventure. February, 1577. Sir William Cecil has a dangerous new mission for Ursula Blanchard. He has asked her to visit Stonemoor House on the bleak Yorkshire moors, the home of a group of recusant women led by Abbess Philippa Gould. In their possession is an ancient book, and the Queen's advisor, Dr John Dee, is eager to get hold of it. However, while...
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 15
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2017.
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215 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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"July, 1579. Called upon to help a family friend who is horrified at the return of her errant husband after an absence of thirty years, little does Ursula realize that her involvement in the Harrison family's domestic dramas will lead to a case of cold-blooded murder. Matters become even more complicated when Ursula is summoned to court to assist in negotiations for Queen Elizabeth's possible engagement to the Duke of Alencon. The proposed marriage...
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 16
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2018.
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216 pages ; 23 cm.
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"March, 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of Alenc̦on, a French Catholic twenty years her junior. The prospect of the match is causing unrest throughout the kingdom. Ursula however has more immediate matters to worry about when her 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding. If she is ever to see him again, Ursula must undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission - and commit an act...
17) A web of silk
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 17
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2019.
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217 pages ; 23 cm.
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"August, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbor, Giles Frost, who is rumoured to be spying for King Philip of Spain. Arriving at Knoll House on the pretext of teaching his two daughters embroidery, Ursula's secret mission is to feed false information to Frost to pass on to the Spanish. Walsingham has assured Ursula that she'll be in no danger. But events take a decidedly sinister...
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 18
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2020.
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English
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"February, 1586. When the queen's spymaster learns that Ursula is to visit her relatives in Devon, he asks her to find out what has happened to two of his local agents. On arrival in the small village of Zeal Aquatico, Ursula discovers that both spies in question have met with mysterious - and fatal - accidents. Or is there more to it than that?"--Back cover.
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 19
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2021.
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232 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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"May, 1586. Ursula and her retinue return home from a lengthy trip to discover she has an unexpected visitor. Etheldreda Hope is a simple countrywoman who has come to Ursula with disturbing tales of strange goings-on in her rural village. Fearing that Etheldreda's reports of mysterious forest rites indicate a possible conspiracy to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in favour of her cousin, Mary Stuart, the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, orders...
20) Shadow of Spain
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Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 20
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2021.
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215 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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"March, 1588. With England in a state of high alert as King Philip of Spain amasses a vast fleet of warships ready to invade, Queen Elizabeth and her advisors seek a possible alliance with the Duke of Parma, Governor of the Netherlands. But their plans suffer a major setback when one of their most reliable spies is found murdered in the Hertfordshire countryside, shot dead by a crossbow bolt as he was transporting secret correspondence between the...
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Golden cargoes , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 21
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The net of steel , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 22
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To seize a queen , Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 23
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