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In Lilibet, master biographer Carolly Erickson turns her skill at writing un-put-downable narrative to telling the remarkable story of Elizabeth II, Queen of England.
With her customary psychological insight, historian Erickson traces the queen's gilded but often thorny path from her overprotected girlhood to her ascension to the throne at twenty-five to her personal and national difficulties as queen.
Lilibet shows us an Elizabeth we thought we...
3) Anne Boleyn
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192 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
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An analysis of the volatile court life and challenges during the youth and early reign of Elizabeth I discusses her attempted seduction by Thomas Seymour, the overwhelming support that favored her sister, and the scandals that prompted the creation of her "Virgin Queen" persona.
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Power, pageantry, and pride
Queen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, covering one fourth of the earth's land surface, reigning over subjects on every continent, and exercising undisputed mastery of the oceans in between. She was the "Grandmother of Europe," with descendants occupying the thrones of half a dozen nations, and more to come. The very era in which she lived already bore her name. In June 1897, her proud and...
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ix, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, map ; 25 cm
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Tremlett delivers the first major biography in nearly half a century of the Spanish Queen of Henry VIII--the woman who changed the face of Tudor and European history.
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176 pages : illustrations (some color). color maps ; 24 cm.
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Presents a brief biography of the Tudor Queen, Elizabeth I, whose strong sense of responsibility to her subjects made her a much loved ruler during the forty-five years of her reign. Includes photographs.
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xxi, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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An unadulterated look at "Bloody Mary"--elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England's first and most murderous queen--argues that history has treated the much-maligned monarch unfairly.
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