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Empress, consort of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria Elisabeth 1837-1898 Fiction Empresses France Biography England Fiction Greece History Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C Drama I, King of Persia Xerxes 519-465 or 464 B.C Drama King of Sparta Leonidas -480 B.C Drama Tactics Drama Thermopylae (Greece) Drama Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Drama Triangles (Interpersonal relations) FictionBradshaw, Gillian
Summary: In sixth century Constantinople, John, son of Diodoros of Bostra, wins the patronage of the Empress Theodora, and becomes involved in palace intrigue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRASummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRDenenberg, Barry.
Summary: The diary of Princess Elisabeth, written in 1853-1854, describing her engagement and marriage to her cousin Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria. Includes historical notes concerning her life as Empress.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DENBruce, Evangeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BRURounding, Virginia.
Summary: A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROMANOV FAMILY ROUGeorge, Margaret
Summary: With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero Augustus commands the Roman empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and cultural splendor. Although he has yet to produce an heir, his power is unquestioned. But in the tenth year of his reign, a terrifying prophecy comes to pass and a fire engulfs Rome, reducing entire swaths of the city to rubble. Rumors of Nero's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GEOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GeorgeWilliams, Kate
Summary: From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONAPARTE, JOSEPHINE WILJemc, Jac
Summary: History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal to submit to the roles imposed upon them. Ludwig, simultaneously spoiled and punished for his softness...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEMGulland, Sandra.
Summary: Describes the rise and fall of Napoleon's great empire, his personal life, and his exile to Elba through the eyes of Josephine Bonaparte.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner Paperback Fiction 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GULStuart, Andrea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS StuartGulland, Sandra.
Summary: Continues the story of Josephine's marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte, as she witnesses the political intrigues, betrayals, triumphs, and ruin of those around her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GULSummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 300Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRPataki, Allison
Summary: "In imperial Vienna, where the court halls buzzed with waltzes and champagne, as well as temptation, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue, the intensely personal tale of Empress Sisi unraveled. Infamously beautiful, a mother of four, and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph - whom she unintentionally stole away from her sister - Sisi's reign was anything but simple. Against the backdrop of a rich, romantic,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Pataki 2016Weir, Alison
Summary: "Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as 'the common mother of all England'; Adeliza of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballentine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEISundaresan, Indu.
Summary: When clever and ambitious Mehrunnisa boosts her status from twentieth wife in Emperor Jahangir's harem to Empress, she must contend with the greed, love, power and bitter rivalries that go along with it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Examines moments that altered the course of history and shaped the modern world. Gives a comprehensive account of the famed leaders and brilliant military tactics that changed history. Visit locations around the world to examine what is known of these legendary encounters. Witness recreations of the crucial battles of Rome and beyond - from Cannae to Marathon to Thermopylae - and follow some of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DECVarious artists.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Music, inc. 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL GREWebb, Heather
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Shors, John
Summary: As any reader of travel brochures knows, the Taj Mahal is a monument built by a grieving widower in remembrance of his beloved wife. Travel Channel viewers may be aware of more detail, like the fact that it was built in 1632 by the Emperor of Hindustan, Shah Jahan, to symbolize his love for his wife, Mumatz Mahal, whom he called "Taj." But only readers of this exquisite tale will be able to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOGarwood, Haley Elizabeth.
Summary: This is a tale of a warrior, Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and granddaughter of William the Conqueeror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writers Block 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FAN GARWOGoldstone, Nancy Bazelon
Summary: Chronicles the sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa--one of the most renowned women rulers in history--and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GOLGoodwin, Daisy.
Summary: In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic and intelligent, Sisi has everything -- except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOOGregory, Philippa
Summary: When Katherine of Aragon is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret takes her measure. With one look, each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn, destined with Margaret's younger sister Mary to a sisterhood unique in the world. The three sisters will become the queens of England, Scotland, and France. United by family loyalties and affections, the three...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREGoodwin, Daisy.
Summary: "Empress Elizabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi," is the Princess Diana of nineteenth-century Europe. Famously beautiful, as captured in a portrait with diamond stars in her hair, she is unfulfilled in her marriage to the older Emperor Franz Joseph. Sisi has spent years evading the stifling formality of royal life on her private train or yacht or, whenever she can, on the back of a horse. Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014