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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Queen's agent The Queen's agent J. P. D. Cooper Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, bu… OL16473751W
The Stuart court in exile and the Jacobites The Stuart court in exile and the Jacobites Edward T. Corp,Eveline Cruickshanks xxiv, 167 p. : 24 cm OL18340110W
Victoria & Abdul Victoria & Abdul Shrabani Basu,Tim Bevan,Stephen Frears,Lee Hall Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. OL19729406W
Elizabeth I and her circle Elizabeth I and her circle Susan Doran This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources--including privat… OL20005162W
The Journals and Letters The Journals and Letters Fanny Burney Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her even… OL2251989W
Memoirs of the Court of George III Memoirs of the Court of George III Michael Kassler "Memoirs of the Court of George III presents annotated and indexed editions of four works whose authors associated with the court in different ways. Charlotte Papendiek and several members of her fam… OL22946766W
Tudor placemen and statesmen Tudor placemen and statesmen Narasingha Prosad Sil "Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories studies the lives of four courtiers of the second rank to illustrate the operation of Tudor government contending with the declining yet influenti… OL3286669W
Henry VIII Henry VIII Alison Weir "Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent - and dangerous - courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed,… OL497244W
Faithful handmaid Faithful handmaid Hester Davenport "Drawing on Fanny Burney's letters and journals of the time, Davenport explores the events of King George III's court, and Burney's place within it. She became Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte … OL5876030W
At her majesty's request At her majesty's request Walter Dean Myers Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary. OL98244W