Author:Jean Plaidy

With Spain now united, Ferdinand looked to his daughters to further his ambitions. All too often, Isabella found herself torn between his brilliant plans and her love for her children. During the last years of Isabella's reign it seemed there was a curse on the royal house which struck at the children of the sovereigns.
Tragedy followed tragedy - the Infanta Isabella, a broken-hearted widow; Juana, driven to madness by her husband's philandering; and the sorrow of parting with young Catalina, destined to become Katharine of Aragon, wife to Henry VIII and Queen of England ...
Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there
—— Matt Bates, WHSmith TravelJean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.
—— Julia Moffat, RNAFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting
—— ObserverJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianOutstanding
—— Vanity FairOne of the country's most widely read novelists
—— Sunday TimesA delight from a master of acutely observed social comedy.
—— John Preston , Sunday Times Seven MagazineMix Bridget Jones with Charlotte from Sex and the City and you've got Emma, the charming heroine of The Baby Trail, and a funny, feisty guide through the realities and hilarities of twenty-first century baby-making. A terrific read ...
—— Jennifer WeinerMorrison writes about endless sex without missing a beat, partly because his warm, witty, poignant novel is as much about 21st-century consumption as its is consummation
—— MetroSeedy and undeniably erotic, this is the best book on sex since John Updike's Couples
—— ArenaAs dirty a debut as Adam Thirlwell's brilliant Politics.... And just as funny and thought-provoking
—— Daily SportA daring, poetic, provocative, cleansing novel
—— De VolkskrantI constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language
—— Simon BrettQuite simply, the master of comic writing at work
—— Jane MooreTo pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment
—— John Julius NorwichCompulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!
—— Lindsey DavisThe Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon
—— Kathy LetteWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben Elton