Author: Linda Porter
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466858486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Publishers Weekly called Katherine the Queen “Rich, perceptive, and creative.” In Royal Renegades, Porter examines the turbulent lives of the children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars. The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king’s six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed king, acclaimed historian Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, and rivalries for the first time. As their family life was shattered by war, Elizabeth and Henry were used as pawns in the parliamentary campaign against their father; Mary, the Princess Royal, was whisked away to the Netherlands as the child bride of the Prince of Orange; Henriette, Anne’s governess, escaped with the king’s youngest child to France where she eventually married the cruel and flamboyant Philippe d’Orleans. When their "dark and ugly" brother Charles eventually succeeded his father to the English throne after fourteen years of wandering, he promptly enacted a vengeful punishment on those who had spurned his family, with his brother James firmly in his shadow. A tale of love and endurance, of battles and flight, of educations disrupted, the lonely death of a young princess and the wearisome experience of exile, Royal Renegades charts the fascinating story of the children of loving parents who could not protect them from the consequences of their own failings as monarchs and the forces of upheaval sweeping England.
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307806863
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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“Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art. “Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author: Jillian Lin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994605610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA... a boy grew up to become one of the greatest teachers in China. Today, 2,500 years later, people all over the world know him and study his ideas. In this book, read about the brilliant teacher Confucius. He had thousands of students, gave advice to kings and opened the first public school in the world. However, he thought he was a failure - discover why in The King Without A Throne.
Author: Diaz Germaine Coleman
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466956607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
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The Children of Nataar is a creative and inspiring narrative that delivers a fresh take to the world of science ?ction and fantasy. Germaine Colemans vision becomes yours in this exhilarating thriller as each page springs to life in an epic tale of action, comedy, drama, horror, and suspense. In the near future, a post-apocalyptic Earth sits stagnantly, as a remnant of humanity is at the opposite end of the galaxy. After arriving to our new home, we ?nd it is inhabited by children who possess unimaginable power. The parents of the children were casualties in a massive war several years prior to humanitys arrival. Leaders of Lasoon and Endocrium joined Nataar, a third kingdom, in a no-holds-barred struggle of sorcery versus technology. Driven by greed, the old witch queen of Lasoon sought to unravel the mysteries of Nataars life force. Using her dark in?uences, Brujas pIan was achieved, and Nataar was near annihilation. However, the two kingdoms made a foolish mistake . . . allowing the children of Nataar to survive.
Author: William Henry Monk
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385423120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author: Monte Cook
Publisher: Malhavoc Press
ISBN: 9781588468642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Children's sermons
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Author: Horace Elisha Scudder
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368666975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author: Charles Foster Kent Henry A. Sherman
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736410131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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"The Children's Bible" provides, in simple English, a translation of selections from both the Old and the New Testament. These selections have been made as a result of more than twenty-five years of observation and study. The text is that of the Bible itself, but in the language of the child, so that it may easily be read to the younger children and by those who are older. It is not in words of one syllable, for while the child is reading the Bible he should gradually learn the meaning of new words and idioms. The Bible contains the foundations on which the religious life of the child must be built. The immortal stories and songs of the Old and New Testaments are his richest inheritance from the past. To give him this heritage in language and form that he can understand and enjoy is the duty and privilege of his parents and teachers. It is hoped that "The Children's Bible" will meet the need and the demand, which parents and educators alike have long felt and often expressed, for a simple translation of selections from the Bible most suited to the needs and the interests of the child. It is also believed that after the child has learned to appreciate and love these stories and songs, he will be eager and able to read the Bible as a whole with genuine interest and understanding.
Author: Edward Parrott
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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