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Author: David Loades
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 1445619725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative and accessible history of the lives of the kings and queens of England by a renowned historian.
Author: Maureen Waller
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 698
ISBN-13: 1466858028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaureen Waller has written a fascinating narrative history---a brilliant combination of drama and biographical insight on the British monarchy---of the six women who have ruled England in their own names. In the last millennium there have been only six English female sovereigns: Mary I and Elizabeth I, Mary II and Anne, Victoria and Elizabeth II. With the exception of Mary I, they are among England's most successful monarchs. Without Mary II and Anne, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 might not have taken place. Elizabeth I and Victoria each gave their name to an age, presiding over long periods when Britain made significant progress in the growth of empire, prestige, and power. All of them have far-reaching legacies. Each faced personal sacrifices and emotional dilemmas in her pursuit of political power. How to overcome the problem of being a female ruler when the sex was considered inferior? Does a queen take a husband and, if so, how does she reconcile the reversal of the natural order, according to which the man should be the master? A queen's first royal duty is to provide an heir to the throne, but at what cost? In this richly compelling narrative of royalty, Maureen Waller delves into the intimate lives of England's queens regnant in delicious detail, assessing their achievements from a female perspective.
Author: James Nelson Longwell
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe immigrant ancestor, John Longwell (ca. 1716-1749), was probably born in Cornwall. He married Susannah Clason (1716-aft. 1771), daughter of Stephen and Abigail Green Clason of Stamford, Ct., in 1735 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Ct. Family settled in Stonington, Connecticut. Descendants in this book are through their oldest son, David L. Longwell, Sr. (1737/38-1815), who married Mary Sarah Tyler (1753- aft. 1815), daughter of Jehiel & Jemima Tyler of Westchester Co., New York. She was born in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Ct. They had nine children. In 1781 family moved to Duchess Co., N.Y. and about 1807 to Vernon Sussex Co., New Jersey. Descendants live in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.
Author: James Owen
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 000860665X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom young princess to internationally revered head of state, Queen Elizabeth has always fascinated and intrigued. This fully updated second edition celebrates and remembers the glorious reign of Britain’s longest-serving and much cherished monarch.
Author: James Owen
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2021-10-14
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 000852405X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ideal gift for royal fans. This is the story of a life dedicated to public service, reported by The Times as it unfolded. From her time as a young princess to that as an internationally admired head of state, Queen Elizabeth has always fascinated and intrigued.
Author: Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bob Goodwin
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0954043421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA complete record of every player to have made a first team appearance for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
Author: Scott Wilson
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-09-05
Total Pages: 887
ISBN-13: 0786479922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.
Author: Peter Eisenstadt
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2005-05-19
Total Pages: 1960
ISBN-13: 9780815608080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.
Author: Kenneth T. Jackson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 1582
ISBN-13: 0300114656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering an exhaustive range of information about the five boroughs, the first edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City was a success by every measure, earning worldwide acclaim and several awards for reference excellence, and selling out its first printing before it was officially published. But much has changed since the volume first appeared in 1995: the World Trade Center no longer dominates the skyline, a billionaire businessman has become an unlikely three-term mayor, and urban regeneration—Chelsea Piers, the High Line, DUMBO, Williamsburg, the South Bronx, the Lower East Side—has become commonplace. To reflect such innovation and change, this definitive, one-volume resource on the city has been completely revised and expanded. The revised edition includes 800 new entries that help complete the story of New York: from Air Train to E-ZPass, from September 11 to public order. The new material includes broader coverage of subject areas previously underserved as well as new maps and illustrations. Virtually all existing entries—spanning architecture, politics, business, sports, the arts, and more—have been updated to reflect the impact of the past two decades. The more than 5,000 alphabetical entries and 700 illustrations of the second edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City convey the richness and diversity of its subject in great breadth and detail, and will continue to serve as an indispensable tool for everyone who has even a passing interest in the American metropolis.
