Philippa

By Bertrice Small

Book Overview

In the third Friarsgate Inheritance novel, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small takes us back to the sensuality, drama, and intrigue of King Henry's sixteenth-century court to tell the story of the daughter of one of her most beloved characters. The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden change of fortune that sweeps the spirited beauty back to her place in the court of Queen Katherine of Aragon--and into the arms of Crispin St. Clair, the Earl of Witton. But when Philippa stumbles onto a plot to assassinate King Henry VIII, their very love is tested as they attempt to unmask those who are plotting to tear the royal court asunder.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451212991
• ISBN13: 9780451212993
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Philippa --fasicinating

Bertrice Small does it again. Philippa is everything and more. Super reading.

Bertrice Small - Master at Romance Novels

I have read about all of Ms. Small's novels and not one of them fails to entertain and captivate me. This book is no different.

Lovely Book

I really enjoyed the thrid instulment of the friarsgate inheritence series. I thought that it was a very sweet story and Crispin was such a wonderful man. He was patient and taught Philippa things that she never even dreamed existed.I found her to be kind of whiny at times, but it's also a big part of her innocence and her charm.It was hard for me to put this book down at night to go to bed! Overall, another success from Ms...

Nice Addition to The Friarsgate Inheritance Series

"Philippa" is the third novel in "The Friarsgate Inheritance Series," a series that started with "Rosamund," and continued with "Until You." Rosamund Bolton, Philippa's mother, was the featured player in the first two books, but now that she has arrived at the ripe old age of 30, married for the fourth time, and the mother of seven children, Ms Small turns her attention to Rosamund's oldest daughter. From her introduction...

heated historical romance

In 1519 Giles FitzHugh breaks off his betrothal to Phillipa Meredith, a Lady in Waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon, because he has decided to take holy vows instead. Stunned because she had expected to one day marry Giles, she informs him there will be no one else. Her mother Rosamund asks her uncle Sir Thomas Bolton to find a husband for his niece. Thomas selects an Earl, Crispin St. Clair as the groom. Crispin finds...