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Fiona Buckley
Full Series List in Order
An Ursula Blanchard Mystery
1 - To Shield the Queen (Nov-1997)2 - The Doublet Affair (Nov-1998)
3 - Queen's Ransom (Jan-2000)
4 - To Ruin a Queen (Dec-2000)
5 - Queen of Ambition (Dec-2001)
6 - A Pawn for a Queen (Dec-2002)
7 - The Fugitive Queen (Dec-2003)
8 - The Siren Queen (Dec-2004)
9 - Queen Without a Crown (Jan-2012)
10 - Queen's Bounty (Aug-2012)
11 - A Rescue For A Queen (May-2013)
12 - A Traitor's Tears (Mar-2014)
13 - A Perilous Alliance (Oct-2015)
14 - The Heretic's Creed (Jan-2017)
15 - A Deadly Betrothal (Aug-2017)
16 - The Reluctant Assassin (Jun-2018)
17 - A Web of Silk (Jun-2019)
18 - The Scent of Danger (May-2020)
19 - Forest of Secrets (Jan-2021)
20 - Shadow of Spain (Jan-2022)
21 - Golden Cargoes (Aug-2022)
22 - The Net of Steel (Jan-2023)
23 - To Seize a Queen (May-2024)
Book List in Order: 30 titles
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To Shield the Queen
- Nov-1997
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In this compelling debut of her historical mystery series, Fiona Buckley introduces Ursula Blanchard, a widowed young mother who has become lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Armed with a sharp eye, dangerous curiosity, and uncanny intelligence, U...
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The Doublet Affair
- Nov-1998
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Now, the young, widowed lady-in-waiting is back, once again defending her mistress, Queen Elizabeth I--this time from a plot to overthrow the Queen and usurp her throne, a task that will test Ursula's sharp wits and investigative skills to the limits...
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Queen's Ransom
- Jan-2000
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The sharp-witted Lady of the Presence Chamber will need every ounce of her courage if she is to carry out her latest mission on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I without betraying her own heart.. Eager for a respite from intrigue and moral ambiguities U...
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To Ruin a Queen
- Dec-2000
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The fourth novel in the fascinating series featuring Ursula Blanchard, loyal subject of Queen Elizabeth I and sleuth extraordinaire, finds our heroine torn between love and duty as she investigates treason of the highest order. Desperately missing...
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Queen of Ambition
- Dec-2001
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Ursula Blanchard, loyal lady of the Queen's Presence Chamber and gifted sleuth, is at home amid the glittering complexities of the royal court. Now, Ursula has a new part to play in the service of her Queen -- a role that exposes her to hidden danger...
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A Pawn for a Queen
- Dec-2002
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A quiet life at Withysham with her young daughter is all that widowed Ursula Blanchard desires. But as the waiting woman and spy for Queen Elizabeth I, she forfeits her needs for the sake of those she is pledged to protect--even at her own peril... ....
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The Fugitive Queen
- Dec-2003
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It's 1568, and Mary, Queen of Scots, is Queen Elizabeth's captive. Forced to flee Scotland after her husband, Lord Darnley, dies mysteriously, Mary is now a "guest" at Bolton Castle in northern England, where she plots her escape and covertly pursues...
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The Siren Queen
- Dec-2004
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The year is 1569. Happily married and enjoying the life domestic, Ursula has her mind on family matters, not court treachery, as she begins to plan a betrothal for her young daughter Meg. When the powerful Duke of Norfolk extends an invitation fo...
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Queen Without a Crown
- Jan-2012
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November, 1569. Happily married to her third husband, Hugh Stannard, lady-in-waiting Ursula Blanchard is hoping to give up her undercover work for Queen Elizabeth l in order to enjoy domestic bliss. But when Hugh unwittingly endangers possession of h...
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Queen's Bounty
- Aug-2012
- / Historical Mystery
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The tenth gripping mystery to feature Ursula Blanchard, special aide to Queen Elizabeth I. Happily married to her third husband, Ursula Blanchard is rudely shaken on receipt of a threatening letter from the exiled Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberla...
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A Rescue For A Queen
- May-2013
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The eleventh enthralling adventure to feature Ursula Blanchard, reluctant spy in the service of Queen Elizabeth I. February, 1571. Ursula is once more plunged into affairs of the state when she escorts her foster daughter Margaret to the Netherlands ...
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A Traitor's Tears
- Mar-2014
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July, 1573. Recently widowed, Ursula Blanchard is living a quiet life on her Surrey estate, caring for her infant son. But her peaceful existence is shattered when Ursula's neighbour Jane Cobbold is found dead in her own flowerbed, stabbed through th...
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A Perilous Alliance
- Oct-2015
- / Historical Mystery
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Widow Ursula Blanchard is urged to remarry for the sake of Queen and Country in this latest enthralling historical adventure January, 1576. After three husbands, widow Ursula Blanchard has no desire to marry again. However, she is not in a positio...
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Late Harvest
- Jun-2016
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This passionate West Country smuggling saga set in the early 19th-century is an intriguing departure for Tudor mystery writer Fiona Buckley. Exmoor, 1800. When farmer’s daughter Peggy Shawe meets the charismatic Ralph Duggan, son of a so-called ...
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The Ruthless Yeomen
- Aug-2016
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Isabel of Northfield should be content. Her lot in life is a decent one: Her parents, though villeins, work a fair living from the land of their Norfolk lord, and her modest dowry is enough to earn her husband a holding of his own.But the flames of d...
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The Heretic's Creed
- Jan-2017
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Ursula Blanchard must acquire a mysterious medieval manuscript in the latest enthralling historical adventure. February, 1577. Sir William Cecil has a dangerous new mission for Ursula Blanchard. He has asked her to visit Stonemoor House on the ble...
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West of Sunset
- Mar-2017
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WEST of SUNSETis the compelling saga of three families who come to England to start a new life and their struggle to accept -- and be accepted by -- an alien culture.Mohan Lal Bhatia and his wife Leela arrive first, Hindus who mean to bring Indian fa...
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The Dowerless Sisters
- Mar-2017
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When their businessman father dies suddenly, leaving his affairs in disarray and his family in dire financial straits, it seems that sisters Charlotte and Victoria have little choice but to accept the support offered by their stuffy, authoritarian Un...
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A Deadly Betrothal
- Aug-2017
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Queen Elizabeth’s proposed engagement to a Catholic Duke is causing turmoil throughout the kingdom in the gripping new Ursula Blanchard mystery. July, 1579. Called upon to help a family friend who is horrified at the return of her errant husban...
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The Reluctant Assassin
- Jun-2018
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When Ursula’s young son is kidnapped, she is lured into an impossible dilemma. March, 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of Alençon, a French Catholic twenty years her junior. The prospect of the ma...
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A Web of Silk
- Jun-2019
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Ursula’s quiet life on her Surrey estate is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a new neighbour in this absorbing Tudor mystery. August, 1582. The queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbou...
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The Scent of Danger
- May-2020
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Ursula's visit to her Devon relatives leads to murder, mayhem and a possible plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots in the latest Ursula Blanchard Tudor mystery. February, 1586. When the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, learns that Ursula is ...
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Forest of Secrets
- Jan-2021
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Ursula travels deep into the New Forest to investigate rumours of a plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in this gripping Tudor mystery. May, 1586. Ursula and her retinue return home from a lengthy trip to discover she has an unexpected visitor. Et...
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Shadow of Spain
- Jan-2022
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As King Philip of Spain prepares to invade England, Ursula heads to Brussels on a desperate mission in this compelling Tudor mystery. March, 1588. With England in a state of high alert as King Philip of Spain amasses a vast fleet of warships ready ...
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Golden Cargoes
- Aug-2022
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The queen's half-sister, Ursula Stannard, returns to solve another Tudor mystery in this page-turning tale of suspicious riches, murder and hidden treasures - can she find the golden cargoes?May 1589. Being the queen's half-sister and occasional sec...
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The Net of Steel
- Jan-2023
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Ursula Stannard faces the ultimate test in this gripping Tudor mystery. How far is she prepared to go to protect those dearest to her and save her own life?April, 1590. Ursula Stannard, the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, has just le...
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To Seize a Queen
- May-2024
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Queen Elizabeth's half-sister and secret agent Ursula Stannard takes on a dangerous new mission involving mysterious disappearances and murder in Cornwall in this gripping Tudor mystery. 1594. Ursula Stannard is attending on her half-sister, Queen...
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The Robsart Mystery
Rich characterization and sumptuous historical detail combined with a limpidly clear narrative style to make this Elizabethan detective story about the mysterious death Amy Robsart a page-turner with special warmth and charm....
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Women of Ashdon
Like many young women in fifteenth- century England, Susannah Whitmead is sent away from home to be educated. Born of yeomen, Susannah's mother wants her only daughter to be raised a lady. But Susannah, who finds life at Hurleigh House to be horribly...