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By Jane Resh Thomas. 1998
Discusses Elizabeth from her birth in 1533 to her death in 1603 within the social and political context of the…
time in which she ruled. The author looks at the personal aspects of the queen's life, including why she never married. For junior high readers. 1998.By Cynthia Heald. 1986
Society beckons us to suceed-to achieve excellence in our appearance, our earing power, our family life. God Himself beckons us…
to be women of excellence. But what exacly is He asking? 1986.By Paul James. 1987
By Régine Pernoud. 1965
" La postérité n'a retenu de cette personnalité féminine hors pair que d'avoir abandonné la couronne de France pour celle…
d'Angleterre, oubliant qu'Aliénor d'Aquitaine fut deux fois reine et mère de deux rois, menaça le pape et gouverna avec maîtrise et clairvoyance. R. Pernoud a voulu, en historienne, retracer sa vie dans un style romanesque. " -- 4e de couv.By Henri Troyat. 2004
Quand, en 1881, Alexandre III succède à Alexandre II, qui vient d'être assassiné, c'est un jeune homme traumatisé et donc…
peu enclin aux réformes qui arrive au pouvoir. Persuadé que le libéralisme de son père a fait le lit de la violence, Alexandre III va s'employer à restaurer l'autocratie dans toute sa rigueur. S'il laisse le souvenir d'un esprit étroit, il a cependant à son actif la création du chemin de fer qui traverse les grandes plaines russes jusqu'aux neiges sibériennes, de même qu'une gestion habile de la politique extérieure après avoir détaché la Russie de ses alliances avec l'Allemagne, il oeuvre au rapprochement avec la France. Au centre d'une époque troublée, cet être assez fruste, qui fut l'avant-dernier tsar de Russie, apparaît, grâce à la plume d'Henri Troyat, dans toutes ses contradictions. Tour à tour autoritaire et indulgent, énergique et indécis, ce souverain méconnu chercha tout au long de son règne à servir son pays et non sa légende.By Bruce S Feiler. 2002
At a time when conflicts among three of the world's major religions - Islam, Judaism, and Christianity - are in…
the global spotlight, the author presents a biography of the one man who unites them: Abraham. Tellingly, the story of the sacrifice of Isaac plays a pivotal role in key holidays of all three faiths, and yet they can't agree on which son Abraham tried to kill. Abraham is revealed as an historically elusive man who embodies three religions, and as a character who has shape-shifted over the millennia to serve the clashing goals and dogma of each one. 2002.By W. Phillip Keller. 1978
Drawing from his experience as a professional sheep rancher, Keller leads readers verse by verse through this beloved portion of…
Scripture offering unique insights into the love the Good Shepherd bestows. c1978.By François, Église Catholique. 2015
Loué sois-tu (Laudato si'), tel est le titre de l'encyclique du Pape François sur l'écologie et le respect de la…
création. Le discours du Pape se situe au niveau éthique et pastoral et confirme le souci manifesté depuis le début de son pontificat pour deux concepts-clé : l'urgence de la sauvegarde de la création et la lutte contre ce qu'il appelle la culture du déchet. 2015.By Shrabani Basu. 2017
'Victoria & Abdul' examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the…
empire and his influence over Queen Victoria at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen. It was a controversial relationship that led to near revolt in the royal household and one that survived the best attempts to destroy it. 2017.By Jean P Sasson. 1993
Although names and identifying circumstances have been changed to protect the life of "Sultana", this is the true story of…
a present-day Saudi Arabian princess. It is a harrowing tale, depicting riches beyond our wildest dreams, and the grim realities of life in a country where women have few rights, and men's sex, money, and power reign supreme. 1993.By John C. G Röhl, David M Hunt, Martin Warren. 1999
Based on the theory that King George III suffered from the rare blood disease, Porphyria - an inherited disorder, this…
book use advances in DNA sequencing to examine how it may have affected his descendants, including the present British royal family, and its possible consequences.By Sharada Dwivedi, Charles Allen. 1998
By Lucien Daudet. 2010
Une biographie d'Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920), épouse de Napoléon III et impératrice de 1853 à 1870. L'ouvrage évoque sa période…
d'exil en Angleterre, revient sur les moments clés de sa vie et met en exergue sa personnalité. -- 4e de couv.By Robert Atwell. 1998
Based on the saint's day calendars of the Church of England, Atwell provides a selection of readings written by or…
about the saints, including hymns, sermons, treatises, letters, journals, prayers, and poems. Christian men and women from the last two millennia are included, from Clement of Alexandria and Hippolytus of Rome to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Evelyn Underhill. 1999.By Andrew Morton. 2004
When Andrew Morton's biography, "Diana: her true story", was first published, it caused a media frenzy, severely jolted the Royal…
Family and the Palace hierarchy, and shook the British Establishment to its foundations. Later revealed as having been written with the Princess's full cooperation, this world bestseller is now seen as the nearest thing to her official biography. Yet it was not the full story, nor could it have been, given the circumstances at the time. Friends, advisers and colleagues, more than six years after her death, feel a far greater freedom in speaking of her than once they did.By Margaret Cundiff. 2000
Margaret Cundiff finds the final chapters of St John's Gospel "exciting, compelling, demanding...Jesus raises his friend to life, then starts…
on the road to Calvary, which for him is death, then life. The road he takes is the road we must take, towards our own death; and if we accept his gift, it is the road to life."By John Fraser. 2012
Fraser explores the endurance and allure of the Crown in Canada, looking at the Crown’s evolution from the Age of…
Deference to the era of celebrity to the present popular revival. Examines the differences between tribal monarchy and constitutional monarchy, the key roles of the governor general and the lieutenant governor, and the media’s insatiable appetite for the Royal Family. Finally, he speculates on the future reign of Charles, Prince of Wales, and pays homage to Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee. c2012.By Giles Tremlett. 2017
In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. She…
faced the challenge of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddled with crime, corruption, and violent political factionism. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon was crucial to her success, bringing together two kingdoms. Her pivotal reign was long and transformative, uniting Spain and setting the stage for its golden era of global dominance. By the time of her death in 1504, Isabella had laid the foundations not just of modern Spain, but of one of the world's greatest empires. 2017.By Laurie Coulter, Hugh Brewster. 2001
True stories of twelve real princesses reveal what life is like behind the palace walls. Among them: Queen Victoria, who…
ascended the throne at age 18, and Hawaii's Princess Ka`iulani, whose mother on her death bed declared that Ka`iulani would never be queen. Grades 5-8. 2001.By Hugh Westrup, Darren Sechrist. 2000
This workbook offers science topics with the perspective that the world is created by God; that frame of reference is…
found throughout the presentation of content, through Bible verses, and through other biblical references. Grades 2-4. 2000.