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Lee, Tony

Summary: When Ireland suffers under the rule of Henry VIII, Grace O'Malley takes to the seas after her husband's murder and gains a reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland and confronts Queen Elizabeth I.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OMA

Borman, Tracy

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BOR

Dunn, Jane.

Summary: A dual portrait of England's Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots documents their complex relationship, different characteristics, and ideals, and discusses their reigns, power struggle, and influence on British history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.055 DUNN

Yomtov, Nelson

Summary: "The book explains the life of Queen Elizabeth I"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ELI

Eding, June.

Summary: Presents the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 and her imprisonment by her half-sister, to her reign as queen, which brought peace, stability, and prosperity to sixteenth-century England.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ELI

Weir, Alison

Summary: "Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 WEI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEI

Weir, 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballentine Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEI

Stanley, Diane.

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Summary: Follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001

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MacCaffrey, Wallace T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: E. Arnold 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELI

Whitelock, Anna.

Summary: An Elizabethan expert describes the court of Queen Elizabeth I, painting a vivid picture of the gossip, conspiracy, intrigue, and romantic dalliances that surrounded the monarch and the daily lives of the women that attended her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.05 WHI

Holub, Joan.

Summary: Young Elizabeth I gets valuable advice from her father the king when she tries to teach her pony to jump over a wall.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2007

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HOL

Tallis, Nicola

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Summary: Queen Elizabeth I is renowned for her hugely successful reign that makes her, perhaps, the most celebrated monarch in English history. But what of the trials she faced in her challenging early life? Her status as a princess didn't last long--when she was less than three years old, her mother--the infamous Anne Boleyn--was brutally beheaded and Elizabeth was relegated to the title of bastard....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024

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Kraske, Robert.

Summary: "Describes the life and death of Queen Elizabeth I of England"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2009

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ELIZABETH KRA

Weir, Alison

Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this stunning historical novel. Elizabeth of York is the oldest daughter of King Edward IV. Flame-haired, beautiful, and sweet-natured, she is adored by her family; yet her life is suddenly disrupted when her beloved father dies in the prime of life. Her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC WEI

Ross, Josephine.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1975

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.05 ROS

Matthews, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firebird Books 1988

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.14 Matth

Luke, Mary M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1973

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.05 LUK

Borman, Tracy.

Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BOR

Weir, Alison

Summary: A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendent of Yorkist King Edward IV, and mother of the infamous Henry VIII, sheds new light on the life of this enigmatic woman and mother of the Tudor dynasty.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ELIZABETH, QUEEN WEI

Weir, Alison

Contents: Prologue: "Now take heed what love may do" -- "The most illustrious maid of York" -- "Madame la Dauphine" -- "This act of usurpation" -- "The whole design of this plot" -- "Her only joy and maker" -- "Purposing a conquest" -- "Our bridal torch" -- "In blest wedlock" -- "Offspring of the race of kings" -- "Damnable conspiracies" -- "Bright Elizabeth" -- "Elysabeth ye Quene" -- "Unbounded love"...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH, QUEEN WEI

Weir, Alison

Summary: Surprised to discover that there was no modern biography of the first Tudor queen and mother of the infamous Henry VIII, Alison Weir has written the first in-depth, engaging book about this woman who was born a York but died a Tudor. Daughter of the last Yorkish king, sister to the murdered princes in the tower, and wife of the first Tudor king, Elizabeth of York's life formed a bridge between...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub Inc 2013

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 ELIZABETH, QUEEN WEI

Williams, Kate

Summary: "A lively and poignant biography of the young princess who, at the impressionable age of eleven, found that she was now heiress to the throne" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II WIL

Weir, Alison

Summary: Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Chang, Leah L.

Summary: "Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de' Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, Catherine welcomed to her nursery the beguiling young Mary...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.009 CHA

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