Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 1443119458
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess! With the world's eyes on the Royal Family as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, this timely title lets young readers meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess, doing her best to help her country during a time of war. It's 1939 and on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the king to allow her to sign up for the war effort. Serving her country driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders if she'll ever see her prince again...
My Story: Wartime Princess
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 1443119458
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess! With the world's eyes on the Royal Family as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, this timely title lets young readers meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess, doing her best to help her country during a time of war. It's 1939 and on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the king to allow her to sign up for the war effort. Serving her country driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders if she'll ever see her prince again...
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 1443119458
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess! With the world's eyes on the Royal Family as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, this timely title lets young readers meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess, doing her best to help her country during a time of war. It's 1939 and on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the king to allow her to sign up for the war effort. Serving her country driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders if she'll ever see her prince again...
Wartime Princess
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407124056
Category : Biographical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407124056
Category : Biographical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?
My Story: Wartime Princess
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 140713292X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The gripping true story of a plucky princess and her wartime romance! In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Meanwhile Elizabeth convinces her father, the King, to let her sign up to the war effort. But as she serves her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders - will she ever see her prince again...? A gripping royal romance from the real life of the current Queen Elizabeth II.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 140713292X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The gripping true story of a plucky princess and her wartime romance! In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Meanwhile Elizabeth convinces her father, the King, to let her sign up to the war effort. But as she serves her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders - will she ever see her prince again...? A gripping royal romance from the real life of the current Queen Elizabeth II.
My Story: To Kill A Queen
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133462
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Available for the first time as an ebook from the bestselling My Story series, TO KILL A QUEEN is set in the 1580s. In Elizabethan London, a wild plot is aflame. The Queen is in danger, and Kitty is embroiled in a mass of secrets, spies and betrayals...
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133462
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Available for the first time as an ebook from the bestselling My Story series, TO KILL A QUEEN is set in the 1580s. In Elizabethan London, a wild plot is aflame. The Queen is in danger, and Kitty is embroiled in a mass of secrets, spies and betrayals...
My Story: Victoria
Author: Anna Kirwan
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129759
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The young Queen Victoria was brought up hidden from the world that she would one day govern. In 1829, aged ten, Princess Victoria is a lonely little girl, but she is about to make a startling discovery. She is closer to the throne than she ever imagined. My Royal Story offers a fascinating insight into the childhood of a young princess.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129759
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The young Queen Victoria was brought up hidden from the world that she would one day govern. In 1829, aged ten, Princess Victoria is a lonely little girl, but she is about to make a startling discovery. She is closer to the throne than she ever imagined. My Royal Story offers a fascinating insight into the childhood of a young princess.
A Wartime Princess
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407164007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407164007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?
My Story: War Nurse
Author: Sue Reid
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407132954
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Second World War is raging abroad when 18-year-old Kitty decides it's time to do her bit. So she joins the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) as a nurse, going to work in the military hospitals of southern England. Helping the injured soldiers on the wards, Kitty sees the grisly effects of war at close hand - notably the casualties of Dunkirk. But the move from her comfortable, safe home environment to the harsh world of a wartime hospital will teach her a great deal about life and relationships...
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407132954
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Second World War is raging abroad when 18-year-old Kitty decides it's time to do her bit. So she joins the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) as a nurse, going to work in the military hospitals of southern England. Helping the injured soldiers on the wards, Kitty sees the grisly effects of war at close hand - notably the casualties of Dunkirk. But the move from her comfortable, safe home environment to the harsh world of a wartime hospital will teach her a great deal about life and relationships...
My Story: Road to War
Author: Valerie Wilding
Publisher: Scholastic Non-Fiction
ISBN: 1407156829
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches...
Publisher: Scholastic Non-Fiction
ISBN: 1407156829
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches...
My Story: Lady Jane Grey
Author: Sue Reid
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133497
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. Jane grew up watching her cousins in training as heirs to the throne, little imagining that by a twist of fate she would one day be crowned. But this is Tudor England where nobody plays fair, and even a queen isn't safe from those who wish her harm.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133497
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. Jane grew up watching her cousins in training as heirs to the throne, little imagining that by a twist of fate she would one day be crowned. But this is Tudor England where nobody plays fair, and even a queen isn't safe from those who wish her harm.
The Windsor Diaries
Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982169192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard—who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom—provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard’s life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea’s diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982169192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard—who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom—provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard’s life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea’s diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown.