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Actors Fiction Great Britain Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Juvenile fiction I, Queen of England Elizabeth 1533-1603 Fiction Queen of Scots Mary 1542-1587 Fiction Queens Fiction Scotland History Mary Stuart, 1542-1567 Fiction Theater Fiction Women detectives England FictionFollett, Ken
Summary: "International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press Large Print 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC FOLCushman, Karen.
Summary: In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUSHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOPCurry, Jane Louise.
Summary: As the child of two musicians, twelve-year-old James has no interest in music until he discovers a portal to seventeenth-century London in his uncle's basement, and finds himself in a situation where his beautiful voice and the fact that he is biracial might serve him well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUROsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Elizabethan England, where they meet William Shakespeare himself--one of the greatest writers of all time! But Mr. Shakespeare is having a hard time with his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a big entrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC OSBHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: Celebrating the yuletide with feasts, wassailing, mummer performances, and mistletoe, the young queen and her court are challenged to identify who among them is a would-be murderer who is targeting the throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARChisholm, P. F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHICushman, Karen.
Summary: In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUSHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Hawke, Simon.
Summary: Will Shakespeare and Symington "Tuck" Smythe land in the middle of a murder mystery when the bumbling detectives and their band of thespians furnish theatrical entertainment at a large wedding pageant and the bride turns up dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWPlaidy, Jean
Summary: A fictional portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, follows the tragic character from her youth, through her tumultuous adulthood at the center of political intrigue, betrayal, rivalry, and murder, to her execution, ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, in a meticulously detailed historical novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1996
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Summary: "Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position affords. The queen loves Mary like a daughter, and, like any good mother, she wants her to make a powerful match. The most likely prospect: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But while Oxford seems to be everything the queen admires: clever, polished and wealthy, Mary knows him to be lecherous, cruel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: The invention of starch has a profound influence on the fashion styles of Elizabethan England, but the lucrative commodity also leads to the murder of the royal starcher, followed by the killings of two other women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARErickson, Carolly
Summary: The courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tells her own story--from her youth as a young girl married to the invalid young King of France to her short reign as Queen of Scotland and her tragic imprisonment by her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIMarston, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARPlaidy, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLAParris, S. J.
Summary: "Sir Francis Drake is preparing to launch a daring expedition against the Spanish when a murder aboard his ship changes everything. Giordano Bruno agrees to hunt the killer down, only to find that more than one deadly plot is brewing in Plymouth's murky underworld. And as he tracks a murderer through its dangerous streets, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the future of England itself" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M PARFollett, Ken
Summary: A half-century love affair between a man in service to Elizabeth I and a woman on the opposing side of England's religious divide is challenged by violent ideological power shifts, torn loyalties and the queen's circle of spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FOLGregory, Philippa.
Summary: This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GreEmerson, Kathy Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perserverance Press/John Daniel & Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMEBuckley, Fiona
Summary: When her manservant is arrested for the murder of a neighbor, Ursula is determined to prove his innocence, but after a second death occurs, her investigation draws Ursula into matters of espionage and affairs of state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCClements, Rory.
Summary: John Shakespeare, Elizabethan England's most remarkable investigator and brother of William Shakespeare, follows a trail of illicit passions and family secrets, as he attempts to uncover a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEAbbey, Margaret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ABBGregory, Philippa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encore/Simon & Schuster Audio 2004