Books by Robin Maxwell and Complete Book Reviews
Robin Maxwell, Author . Arcade $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-55970-563-9
In yet another zesty retelling of English history, Maxwell (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn; The Queen's Bastard) chronicles the sexual development of Elizabeth I—known as the Virgin Queen—during her volatile teenage years....
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Robin Maxwell, Author . Morrow $24.95 (393p) ISBN 978-0-06-009142-2
Two powerful women of indomitable will—Elizabeth I and the sea-loving Irish pirate, Grace O'Malley—collide in this vivid but ungainly historical drama. Maxwell (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
, etc.) introduces the fabulous queen...
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Robin Maxwell, Author . Morrow $24.95 (308p) ISBN 978-0-06-058051-3
Anglophile Maxwell (The Wild Irish
) fictionalizes another curious episode from English history with her spirited, colorful fifth novel, about the unexplained disappearance of princes Edward and Richard of York, who vanished without a trace from the
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Robin Maxwell, Author . NAL $14 (355p) ISBN 978-0-451-22209-1
The author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
and The Queen's Bastard
returns with a look at the future queen of England before Henry VIII comes into her life. When Anne is nine, her father is sent to France by Henry to conduct state affairs,
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Robin Maxwell, Author . NAL $15 (448p) ISBN 978-0-451-22580-1
Maxwell (Mademoiselle Boleyn
) re-creates Renaissance Italy in splendid detail, but fails to deliver a convincing narrative in her tale of da Vinci's mother, Caterina, an apothecary's daughter who is schooled from an early age in the art...
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Robin Maxwell, Author Arcade Publishing $30 (288p) ISBN 978-1-55970-375-8
This is a wonderfully juicy historical novel so convincing that it's difficult to believe it is the author's first. Just as the newly crowned Elizabeth I is about to become amorously involved with a power-hungry nobleman, an old friend of her mother'
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Robin Maxwell, Author Arcade Publishing $24.95 (448p) ISBN 978-1-55970-475-5
Maxwell's second novel (after The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn) breathes extraordinary life into the scandals, political intrigue and gut-wrenching battles that typified Queen Elizabeth's reign--as seen through the eyes of Arthur Dudley, the man who...
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Robin Maxwell, Author . NAL $15 (338p) ISBN 978-0-451-22915-1
Maxwell (Signora da Vinci
) tries in vain to flesh out one of the most famous love stories ever told. Her Renaissance Juliet is an 18-year-old Florentine, the educated daughter of Capello Capelletti, a silk trader whose business foibles have led him
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Robin Maxwell. Tor, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3358-2
On a scientific expedition with her father into the rainforests of Gabon, Africa, paleoanthropology student Jane Porter is rescued from a leopard attack and nursed back to health by Tarzan, a remarkable (and remarkably attractive) wild man. The...
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