The Three Crowns

Jean Plaidy's robust historical novels, which range from the intrigues of fifteenth-century Rome through turbulent Tudor and Stuart England to the terrors of the French Revolution, have enthralled readers for over twenty years.The Three CrownsBorn leader and brilliant soldier William of Orange thought the English court a hotbed of vice and conspracy-Charles II with his mistresses, the Dukes of Monmouth and York ambitious for the throne.William wanted no reluctant bride, but the three corwns of England, Scotland and Ireland were worth a little sacrafice. He would marry the fifteen year old Mary bring her back to Holland and teach her who was master.All England rejoiced. Only Mary wept. She knew married people were rarely happy....