Period Queen

Reducere. Two scenes from the life of Queen Isabel of Portugal, a peacemaker of the Middle Ages. Illustrations include portraits of Isabel, a period painting...

Swashbuckling tales from the author of }Horrible Histories{, including new readers' notesto help extended learning of the time period.

Reducere. Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, of England, only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, the work is an aff...

DescriptionWho is the most outrageous--Trixie Mattel or Divine? Who is the funniest--Coco Peru or Lily Savage? Enter the world of huge hair, sparkl...

Reducere. This is the extraordinary story of Queen Goharshad, a 15th century monarch, who many historians now believe was the most powerful woman in world hi...

Reducere. Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall's "Our Island Story" is a history of England up to Queen Victoria's death, with some myths and legends mixed in. Marsh...

Number 1 bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues her series }The Cousins' War{ with Jacquetta Woodville, mother of the White Queen. A number ...

Description Typological reading, a strategy for biblical exegesis developed in ancient times and practiced through the medieval period, was alive a...

Reducere. What was it like to be a woman in the biblical period? It depended, in part, on who you were: a queen, a judge, a primary wife, a secondary wife, a...

Reducere. Later, toward the end of his career, Dumas wroteThe Red Sphinx, another direct sequel to The Three Musketeers that begins, not twenty years later, ...

Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman. Victori...

Reducere. "Gaslamp Fantasy, " or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike....

William sets out for Jerusalem as part of a deathbed request to retrieve a set of woven silks of sacred significance to the Order of the Templars. ...

Jet, a hard, black, shiny gen, closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewellery and trinkets for generations, but during the Victorian pe...

Reducere. This is the extraordinary story of Queen Goharshad, a 15th-century monarch, who many historians now believe was the one of the most powerful women ...

Ladies, meet your four period superpowers Just like the seasons, there are four phases that keep coming around. Once you learn this self-awareness,...

Reducere. Did you ever wonder what it was like to live in England during the time of Queen Elizabeth I? Travel back to the 16th century and come face-to-face...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book utilizes a new harmonized chronology for the reigns of the thirty-eight kings and one queen who ruled during the period of the...

Reducere. Not unlike the elusive figure played by Greta Garbo, the real Queen Christina stood among the most flamboyant and controversial figures of the seve...

The Ancient Ways of Wessex tells the story of Wessex's roads in the early medieval period, at the point at which they first emerge in the historica...

With flash, the lake was based in a shimmering light, and before him stood the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "I am the Swan Queen, " she s...

DescriptionThe true story of the daring escape of Mary, Queen of Scots' from the island castle in Loch Leven is well-known throughout Scotland and ...

Reducere. Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, of England, only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, the work is an aff...

Reducere. Erudite, wide-ranging, a work of dazzling scholarship written with extraordinary flair, Civilizations redefines the subject that has fascinated his...

This history title from Ladybird is the ideal homework help book for primary school children who are learning about the Victorians at school. Packe...

This is a revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers shows that it was the integrat...

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book i...

Reducere. In 1527 England was in the throes of violent political upheaval as Henry VIII severed all links with Rome. His daughter, Queen Mary, was even more ...

The Train Book traces the history and role of trains from the first steam engines to diesel engines and then to today's high-speed bullet trains.Yo...

Reducere. The life of Elizabeth represents, in English history, the longest and most spectacular period of a change in society. That change began before her....

Reducere. Que determina que un pais sea rico o pobre? Como se explica que, en condiciones similares, en algunos paises haya hambrunas y en otros no? Que pape...

Reducere. DescriptionDebra Bayani, author of Jasper Tudor: Godfather of the Tudor Dynasty, and artist Dmitry Yakhovsky have come together to create this beau...

DescriptionIn 1798, when Napoleon invades Rome, Cardinal Henry Stuart, the last direct heir of the royal House of Stuart, is forced to flee south t...

Reducere. After a prolonged period of peace, the Sacred Fairy Scrolls entrusted to Clonfert House in Ireland are about to come under siege from an evil tribe...

Reducere. Designated the ``Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction`` for authoring five landmark novels beginning in 1957, Ann Bannon's work defined lesbian fiction fo...

Reducere. Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythi...

DescriptionA biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal ...

DescriptionNewcomers to Rousseau's works and those who are familiar with his writings will find something to surprise them both in this wide variet...

Reducere. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the...

Reducere. Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories,...

Description'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature ...

This book offers a nuanced and multifaceted collection of essays covering a wide range of concerns, concepts, presidential doctrines, and rationali...

This means jettisoning the yearning to find the 'true meaning' of Shakespeare's texts--as Shakespeare wrote at a time when poetry was not meant to ...

Reducere. A practical guide to Dr. John Dee's angelic magic - Contains instructions for performing Enochian magic meditations - Examines John Dee's original ...

It is hard to imagine a more male-dominated field in the nineteenth century than sea navigation. This was the high-point of the British Empire and ...

DescriptionThis edited collection of new essays focuses on Bess of Hardwick, one of the most extraordinary figures of Elizabethan England. She was ...

A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period t...

A Child's History of England is a classic fiction novel by Charles Dickens. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the firs...

Reducere. The brief period covered by The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators witnessed the violent transition of the Roman state from a republican c...

She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power - 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the in...

Reducere. The letters of Empress Frederick shed light on German politics and society during the late 19th century, and the outlook Germany's royal family hel...

Reducere. This children's history of the British Isles begins with the early tribal legends of Albion, and takes us through the Roman period, the Dark Ages, ...

Reducere. George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received...

Reducere. Philadelphia's kingpin is a queen with a tragic past, this is her story of survival and strength from the beginning... Just as every superhero has ...

Reducere. George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received...

Reducere. The true story of the bastard son who made himself a king and the woman who melted his heart.The stirring history of William the Conqueror, Duke of...

Reducere. Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who ...

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Ki...