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"International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge. The saga now continues with Follett's magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18th-century drawing-room intrigues.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A brief illustrated biography of Queen Elizabeth I, who ruled England from 1533 until her death in 1603, and discusses her childhood, imprisonment, her refusal to get married, the attempts on her life, and other related topics.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Description
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.
9) Marvel 1602
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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
10th anniversay edition.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bold tale where Gaiman places several of Marvel Comics most popular characters four hundred years into the past. The year is 1602 and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to...
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
169 p.: ill.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.
14) Elizabeth
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2003, c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head.
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Series
A William Shakespeare novel volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seeking his fortune in sixteenth-century London, young wordsmith William Shakespeare joins a band of players before he is dispatched to Venice on an assignment that renders him the target of Catholic assassins and a shadowy killer.
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
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167 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.