Elizabeth
Title | Elizabeth PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Haigh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2014-01-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317874633 |
The reign of Elizabeth I was one of the most important periods of expansion and growth in British history, the so-called 'Golden Age'. This celebrated and influential study of Elizabeth reconsiders how she achieved this and the ways in which she exercised her power.
The Queen of the Regiment
Title | The Queen of the Regiment PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine King |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2023-12-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3368847538 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
The Fifth Queen Trilogy
Title | The Fifth Queen Trilogy PDF eBook |
Author | Ford Madox Ford |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 549 |
Release | 2023-11-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The Fifth Queen trilogy consists of three historical novels, The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal and The Fifth Queen Crowned. The trilogy presents a fictionalized account of Katharine Howard's arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. Katharine Howard is introduced as a devout Roman Catholic, impoverished, young noblewoman escorted by her fiery cousin Thomas Culpeper. By accident, she comes to the attention of the king, in a minor way at first, is helped to a position as a lady in waiting for the then bastard Lady Mary, Henry's eldest daughter, by her old Latin tutor Nicholas Udal. Udal is a spy for Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal. As Katharine becomes involved with the many calculating, competing, and spying members of Henry VIII's Court, she gradually rises, almost against her will, in Court. She is brought more to the attention of the King, becomes involved with him, gets used by Cromwell, Bishop Gardiner and Thomas Cranmer as well as the less powerful though more personally attached Nicholas Throckmorton. Her connection to the latter puts her in some peril, as in January 1554 he is suspected of complicity in Wyatt's Rebellion and arrested, during which time Katherine is also briefly implicated. Katharine's forthrightness, devotion to the Old Faith and learning are what make her attractive to the King, along with her youth and physical beauty.
Elizabeth I
Title | Elizabeth I PDF eBook |
Author | David Loades |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2003-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826464645 |
Elizabeth I, who reigned over Shakespeare's England and defeated the Spanish Armada, is familiar both from her portraits and as Gloriana, the Virgin Queen. Yet the reality of her character and her personal attitudes are harder to detect behind the public mask. Elizabeth I, a major biography by a leading Tudor expert to mark the 400th anniversary of her death in 1603, looks in detail behind the public life at the private woman. It treats at length her early years and examines her actions and policies as queen. David Loades's biography brings out her remarkable talents and unique achievements.
Lives of the Queens of England
Title | Lives of the Queens of England PDF eBook |
Author | Agnes Strickland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1846 |
Genre | Queens |
ISBN |
The Snow Queen
Title | The Snow Queen PDF eBook |
Author | Savourna Stevenson |
Publisher | Dramatic Publishing |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780871290656 |
Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story
Title | Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story PDF eBook |
Author | Laird R. Blackwell |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2019-03-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476676526 |
Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Queen--both a pen name and the fictional protagonist of the stories--was also a vital force behind the continuing popularity of crime fiction in the early to mid-20th century, after the deaths of Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Melville Davisson Post, and other Old Masters of the genre. This book presents the first critical study of Ellery Queen's role in the preservation of the detective short story. Many of the writers, characters and stories EQMM championed are covered, including such celebrated authors as Allingham, Ambler, Ellin, Innes, Vickers, and even William Butler Yeats.