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Vainglory (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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Vainglory (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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Vainglory begins in France in 1429, the year of the Siege of
Orleans, as Victoire de Gloriole regains possession of the family
castle from the English following the Battle of Agincourt. Having
consolidated his position by marrying a beautiful Englishwoman,
Victoire sets out to rebuild a dynasty and a castle. However some
years on, he finds himself without a legitimate heir, and at war
with a family of scheming cousins. From Joan of Arc and the 15th
century wars with the English through to Catherine de Medici and
the slaughter of the Huguenots, Vainglory tells the story of a
power-hungry family who will let nothing and no one get in their
way. Cleverly plotted and beautifully written, it is a historical
novel of rare class. Geraldine McCaughrean has written 167 books
and plays for both adults and children. The books include Peter Pan
in Scarlet, one of the most talked about and successful children's
titles of 2006. She has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread
Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's
Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times), the Blue
Peter Book of the Year Award and the Blue Peter Special Book to
Keep Forever Award. She has also had more titles short-listed (six,
including one winner and one Highly Commended) for the Carnegie
Medal, than any other author, the latest being The Death Defying
Pepper Roux."
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