Best House of Stuart Biographies and Histories

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After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England
After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,012 ratings
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Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s
Restoration London : Everyday Life in the 1660s 4.10 avg rating β€” 726 ratings
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The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,424 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley
Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley 4.05 avg rating β€” 5,888 ratings
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Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown
Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown 3.85 avg rating β€” 635 ratings
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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain
The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain 3.69 avg rating β€” 713 ratings
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The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France
The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France 3.92 avg rating β€” 2,693 ratings
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Arbella: England's Lost Queen
Arbella: England's Lost Queen 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,885 ratings
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The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,814 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19,447 ratings
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The Stuarts
The Stuarts 3.66 avg rating β€” 87 ratings
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The Stuarts in Italy, 1719 - 1766: A Royal Court in Permanent Exile
The Stuarts in Italy, 1719 - 1766: A Royal Court in Permanent Exile 3.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (Stuart Saga, #1; Mary Stuart, #1)
The Royal Road to Fotheringhay (Stuart Saga, #1; Mary Stuart, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,876 ratings
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William's Wife (Queens of England, #10)
William's Wife (Queens of England, #10) 3.70 avg rating β€” 411 ratings
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain
The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain 3.83 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria
A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria 3.78 avg rating β€” 400 ratings
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The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650 - 1744
The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650 - 1744 3.77 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration
Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration 3.98 avg rating β€” 756 ratings
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Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating β€” 6,654 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating β€” 17,292 ratings
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Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I
Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,517 ratings
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The Winter Queen: The Story of Elizabeth Stuart
The Winter Queen: The Story of Elizabeth Stuart 3.77 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History) 3.84 avg rating β€” 286 ratings
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Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James l
Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James l 3.71 avg rating β€” 331 ratings
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The Merry Monarch's Wife (Queens of England, #9)
The Merry Monarch's Wife (Queens of England, #9) 3.84 avg rating β€” 675 ratings
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The Captive Queen of Scots (Stuart Saga, #2; Mary Stuart, #2)
The Captive Queen of Scots (Stuart Saga, #2; Mary Stuart, #2) 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,187 ratings
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The Loves of Charles II The Wandering Prince, A Health Unto His Majesty, and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord(Stuart Saga, #4-6)
The Loves of Charles II The Wandering Prince, A Health Unto His Majesty, and Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord(Stuart Saga, #4-6) 3.95 avg rating β€” 540 ratings
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 46,125 ratings
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Charles I: A Life of Religion, War and Treason: A Life of Religion, War and Treason
Charles I: A Life of Religion, War and Treason: A Life of Religion, War and Treason 3.86 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
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Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family
Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family 3.26 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
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Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible
Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible 3.78 avg rating β€” 249 ratings
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King James, VI of Scotland, I of England
King James, VI of Scotland, I of England 3.54 avg rating β€” 175 ratings
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The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II
The Countess and the King: A Novel of the Countess of Dorchester and King James II 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,070 ratings
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Marie Stuart
Marie Stuart 4.21 avg rating β€” 5,510 ratings
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Maria Stuart
Maria Stuart 3.46 avg rating β€” 10,097 ratings
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Conceit
Conceit 3.40 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King
Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King 3.85 avg rating β€” 585 ratings
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Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
by: John Guy
3.94 avg rating β€” 5,224 ratings
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Cromwell
Cromwell 3.57 avg rating β€” 159 ratings
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King James' Aversion (Royal Sagas #3)
King James' Aversion (Royal Sagas #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 203 ratings
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Kingdom's End (Royal Sagas #4)
Kingdom's End (Royal Sagas #4) 4.29 avg rating β€” 169 ratings
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Cavalier Queen
Cavalier Queen 3.50 avg rating β€” 189 ratings
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Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War
Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War 3.30 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
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Painted Ladies: Women At The Court Of Charles II
Painted Ladies: Women At The Court Of Charles II 4.52 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Nell Gwynne: A Passionate Life
Nell Gwynne: A Passionate Life 3.35 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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ROYALTY RESTORED - London Under Charles II
ROYALTY RESTORED - London Under Charles II 4.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England
Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England 3.69 avg rating β€” 210 ratings
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A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration
A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration 3.89 avg rating β€” 398 ratings
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,301 ratings
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Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil War
Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil War 3.68 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Ladies In Waiting: From The Tudors To The Present Day
Ladies In Waiting: From The Tudors To The Present Day 3.67 avg rating β€” 316 ratings
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Waverley
Waverley 3.44 avg rating β€” 5,952 ratings
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The Darling Strumpet
The Darling Strumpet 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,864 ratings
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The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I
The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I 4.52 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
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The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2) 4.27 avg rating β€” 25,023 ratings
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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,339 ratings
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Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638 - 1660
Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638 - 1660 4.02 avg rating β€” 241 ratings
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Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating β€” 23,060 ratings
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Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses
Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses 3.71 avg rating β€” 357 ratings
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The King's General
The King's General 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,705 ratings
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Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country
Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,660 ratings
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The French Mistress
The French Mistress 3.88 avg rating β€” 669 ratings
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The King's Favorite
The King's Favorite 3.81 avg rating β€” 652 ratings
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Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, 1630–1714
Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, 1630–1714 4.08 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (The History of England, #3)
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (The History of England, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2,394 ratings
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The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventheenth-Century England
The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventheenth-Century England really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Stuart England
Stuart England 3.19 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
An Instance of the Fingerpost 3.94 avg rating β€” 26,659 ratings
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The Civil Wars after 1660: Public Remembering in Late Stuart England (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 17)
The Civil Wars after 1660: Public Remembering in Late Stuart England (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 17) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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The Caroline Captivity of the Church: Charles I and the Remoulding of Anglicanism 1625-1641 (Oxford Historical Monographs)
The Caroline Captivity of the Church: Charles I and the Remoulding of Anglicanism 1625-1641 (Oxford Historical Monographs) liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Virgin Earth (Tradescant, #2)
Virgin Earth (Tradescant, #2) 3.73 avg rating β€” 6,415 ratings
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The Stuart Age: England 1603-1714
The Stuart Age: England 1603-1714 3.72 avg rating β€” 129 ratings
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The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken: The Church of England and Its Enemies, 1660-1730
The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken: The Church of England and Its Enemies, 1660-1730 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Jacobitism and the English People, 1688–1788
Jacobitism and the English People, 1688–1788 4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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A Monarchy Transformed: Britain, 1603 - 1714
A Monarchy Transformed: Britain, 1603 - 1714 3.77 avg rating β€” 495 ratings
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Politics under the Later Stuarts: Party Conflict in a Divided Society, 1660-1715
Politics under the Later Stuarts: Party Conflict in a Divided Society, 1660-1715 3.75 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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A Brief History of Britain 1660-1851
A Brief History of Britain 1660-1851 3.66 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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English Society, 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien Regime
English Society, 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien Regime 3.65 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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Janet Kennedy, Royal Mistress: Marriage and Divorce at the Courts of James IV and V
Janet Kennedy, Royal Mistress: Marriage and Divorce at the Courts of James IV and V 3.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Visible and Apostolic: The Constitution of the Church in High Church Anglican and Non-Juror Thought
Visible and Apostolic: The Constitution of the Church in High Church Anglican and Non-Juror Thought really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace
The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,275 ratings
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Cromwell
Cromwell 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,003 ratings
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Traitor to the Crown: The Untold Story of the Popish Plot and the Consipiracy Against Samuel Pepys
Traitor to the Crown: The Untold Story of the Popish Plot and the Consipiracy Against Samuel Pepys 3.90 avg rating β€” 84 ratings
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Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius
Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius 3.86 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
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The Italian Secretary
The Italian Secretary 3.24 avg rating β€” 5,734 ratings
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Culloden
Culloden
by: Phil Sked
3.78 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
87.
England Under the Stuarts
England Under the Stuarts 3.60 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
88.
Life in a 17th-Century Coffee Shop
Life in a 17th-Century Coffee Shop 3.78 avg rating β€” 89 ratings
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Royal Sisters: The Story of the Daughters of James II (A Novel of the Stuarts)
Royal Sisters: The Story of the Daughters of James II (A Novel of the Stuarts) 3.81 avg rating β€” 449 ratings
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The Three Crowns: The Story of William and Mary (Stuart Saga, #7)
The Three Crowns: The Story of William and Mary (Stuart Saga, #7) 3.76 avg rating β€” 534 ratings
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The Slimy Stuarts
The Slimy Stuarts 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,522 ratings
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A Health Unto His Majesty (Stuart Saga, #5; Charles II, #2)
A Health Unto His Majesty (Stuart Saga, #5; Charles II, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 368 ratings
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The Last of the Stuarts: The Three Crowns/The Haunted Sisters/The Queen's Favourites (Stuart Saga, #7-9)
The Last of the Stuarts: The Three Crowns/The Haunted Sisters/The Queen's Favourites (Stuart Saga, #7-9) 4.23 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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The Wandering Prince (Stuart Saga, #4; Charles II, #1)
The Wandering Prince (Stuart Saga, #4; Charles II, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
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Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier
Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier 3.98 avg rating β€” 275 ratings
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The Murder in the Tower (Stuart Saga, #3)
The Murder in the Tower (Stuart Saga, #3) 3.88 avg rating β€” 689 ratings
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Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion
Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
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The Thistle and the Rose (Tudor Saga, #8)
The Thistle and the Rose (Tudor Saga, #8) 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,914 ratings
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The King's Falcon (Roundheads and Cavaliers, #3)
The King's Falcon (Roundheads and Cavaliers, #3) 4.19 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
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Garland of Straw (Roundheads and Cavaliers, #2)
Garland of Straw (Roundheads and Cavaliers, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 420 ratings
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