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Tag: Marie de Guise

Elizabethan Period

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Marie de Guise

November 22 will forever be remembered as the day a president was shot and killed, but I really prefer to remember births instead of deaths, and on this day in 1515, we had a good birthday: that of Marie de Guise, wife of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Marie was born at Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine into the powerful Guise family, … Continue reading Marie de Guise

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When her doting parents die unexpectedly, Astra Davies, a witty, clever 1930s socialite finds herself hard up and guarding family secrets from a vengeful aristocrat. Will she manage to pull herself back from the brink of social and financial disaster and find happiness with the extremely irresistable (but complicated) Earl of Dunreaven? You’ll have to read it to find out!

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