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Mantel, Hilary

Summary: If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it? England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MAN

Mantel, Hilary

Summary: "England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MAN

Summary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VIC

Summary: Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Wo

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WOL RATED NR

Summary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUE

Weir, Alison

Summary: Weir brings to life one of England's most scandalous royal love affairs: the romance between the "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I and her courtier Lord Robert Dudley.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WEI

Carnarvon, Fiona

Summary: Using copious materials--including diaries and scrapbooks--from the castle's archives, the current Countess of Carnarvon tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American woman who married Lady Almina's son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon, while paying particular attention to the staff who offer the Castle continuity between generations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARNARVON, CATHERINE WENDELL CAR

Bender, Robert M. (Robert Morton)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1967

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.2 BEN

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballet Publications Ltd. 1950

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 2023-12
3 available in Magazine, Call number: 2024-01
Call number: 2024-02
Call number: 2024-03

Gregory, Philippa.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Encore/Simon & Schuster Audio 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRE

Carnarvon, Fiona

Summary: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, a transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American who married Lady Almina's son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 941.082 CAR

Summary: This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE PRI

Cornwell, Bernard.

Summary: Five years after the battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's, peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered by a plea for help. Don Blas Vivar is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands, a report his wife refuses to believe. Sharpe and his companion, Patrick Harper set off to Chile, via St Helena where they meet the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Neither Sharpe or Harper realize what danger awaits them in...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COR

Summary: A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Peace Arch Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Deal 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DEA

Hand, John Oliver

Summary: Hand has selected nearly 400 masterworks to create not only a sampling of the Gallery's collection but also a pleasurable and illuminating history of Western painting.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Gallery of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 750.74 HAN

Strandlund, Mike.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Rifle Association 1988

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2486 WIL

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