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Pub. Date
[2017]
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In the year 520 AD, during the bloody battle of Camlann, King Arthur, aided by his legendary sword Excalibur, lands a fatal blow to his traitor son Mordred. Arthur's dying wish to his loyal knight, Sir Bedivere, is to return Excalibur, the source of is powers, to the Lady in the Lake. Nineteen years later, an older Sir Bedivere finds himself in jail after trying to free Arthur's son, Owain, from the town guards when he is caught stealing from Lord...
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"Diana's Boys revealed the powerful bond between the teenaged princes, and how it strengthened even more in the wake of their mother's tragic death. Now, twenty years later, Queen Elizabeth II is in her mid-nineties, Prince Charles is in his seventies, and all eyes are turned increasingly toward William and Harry again. Christopher Andersen picks up where he left off, covering everything that has happened to the brothers as they have grown up, gotten...
346) Gilt
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Pub. Date
[2012]
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Kitty Tylney has always lived int he shadow of her best friend, Cat. The Cat worms her way into the court of King Henry VIII - and into the king's heart. When Cat makes her best friend part of her inner circle at court, Kitty is thrust into a glittering new life of fabulous gowns, opulent parties, and dashing men vying for her attention. But Kitty soon discovers that beneath the golden veneer lurks a worold of secrets and lies, trysts and back-door...
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2017.
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"The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from the role of concubine to become the only queen in Ottoman history In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by warriors at age twelve from her Ruthenian homeland, and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople. Suleiman became besotted with her, and forsook...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
This entertaining program captures all the emotion, excitement, and style of England's royal weddings since 1923, including the ceremonies of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles and Diana, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and many, many more! Presenter Sophie Raworth (BBC News) goes behind the pomp and circumstance of the weddings to offer viewers a glimpse of a world few of us will ever encounter.
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Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Mare Barrows blood is red-the color of common folk-but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince-the friend-who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other...
352) W./E
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
In 1998, lonely New Yorker Wally Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Winthrop's research reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought.
353) The lion in winter
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
354) The Lion in winter
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Plantagenet King Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, manipulate their three grown sons in an intrigue to decide which son will succeed Henry as king.
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