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41) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...
42) The other queen
Author
Series
Tudor novels (Philippa Gregory) volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
438 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife,...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army. She and her shrewd advisors must act to safeguard the lives of her people. When the dashing seafarer Walter Raleigh captures her heart, Elizabeth is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. A tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies, and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xx, 393 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"... this popular history explores daily life in Queen Elizabeth's England, taking us inside the homes and minds of ordinary citizens as well as luminaries of the period, including Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Drake. Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, Mortimer relates in delightful (and occasionally disturbing) detail everything from the sounds and smells of sixteenth-century England...
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"Two star-crossed assassins in Elizabethan England must go undercover as actors in one of William Shakespeare's plays in a plot to kill the queen"--
In the early sixteen-hundreds, two star-crossed assassins, nineteen-year-old Toby and seventeen-year-old Kit, go undercover as actors in a Shakespeare play in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth.
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
London, 1582: Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey, a talented and well-educated woman of independent means, is recruited by Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, to be lady-in-waiting to Lady Mary, a cousin of the queen. With her talent in languages and knowledge of ciphers and codes, she will be integral to the spymaster as an intelligence gatherer, being able to get close to Lady Mary just at the time when she is being courted by Russia's...
49) The tutor
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A "novel about love, passion, and ambition that imagines the muse of William Shakespeare and the tumultuous year they spend together"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
322 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Description
Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Crowned at twenty-five, she was already a wife and mother as she began her journey towards becoming a queen. As Britain lifted itself out of the shadow of war, the new monarch faced her own challenges. Her mother doubted her marriage; her uncle-in-exile derided her abilities; her husband resented the sacrifice...
51) Martyr
Author
Series
John Shakespeare series volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
388 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator and brother of William Shakespeare, follows a trail of illicit passions and family secrets, as he attempts to uncover a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior.
52) Scorpions' nest
Author
Series
Kit Marlowe mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
Christopher Marlowe infiltrates the English College to find Catholic traitor Matthew Baxter, who he suspects is hiding there, and soon discovers that several violent deaths have taken place on campus.
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Series
Ursula Blanchard mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1997
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p. cm.
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
x, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Description
Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating relationship in that historic era may well be that between...
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Series
Giordano Bruno novels volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When several of the queen's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon her personal astrologer, John Dee, and Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes. While Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears that something far more sinister is at work.
56) Elizabeth
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (200 min. ; 100 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the most important rulers in history, Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time when England was under threat of annexation from abroad and collapse from within. When she died after a reign of 45 years, she left behind a nation protected by the greatest navy on earth and in the midst of a cultural explosion she made possible. This series explores the life and rule of the woman who gave her name to an era. A blend of dramatic re-creations and...
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Pub. Date
2010
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Description
At the end of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity, but also never to get legally married. The U.S. government gave them a choice: either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackles her fears of marriage.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 210 pages, 44 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
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