Lord Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth I's lover, & Sir William Cecil, her chief political adviser, were the most powerful men in the country. As their rivalry intensified, they competed by creating ever more fabulous gardens for their queen. Dudley's aim was to woo her; Cecil's, to stop Dudley in his tracks. ...

When Hannah Fox's younger brother Sam is ridden down in the street by Thomas Truswell, the spoilt son of the most powerful industrialists in Sheffield, she sets off to the Truswell's estate to complain. Lady Truswell is taken with the hot-tempered young girl who has come to demand an apology of her son. Promising to deal with Thomas, Lady Truswell offers Hannah a position as housemaid on the estate. But Hannah's father forbids her to have anything to do with the Truswell's. In his anger he reveals that his grandfather was once in partnership with a Truswell, who stole his silver designs & made a fortune that should have rightly been shared with the Foxes. Dismissing this as history, Hannah resolves to defy her father
- only to find that the Truswell's' taste for treachery is not all in the past.
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Details: Elizabeth Mc Govern reads this classic American novel. Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories
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This rapid French course brought to you by Elisabeth Smith is perfect for learning basic conversational French in just 7 weeks using the booklets, interactive CDs & flash cards inside. This course will take you from beginner to the equivalent of foundation GCSE. This pack contains 1 144 page book, 1 48 page ' Traveller's Companion' booklet, 2 70 minute audio CDs, 156 flashcards & online content to enrich your learning. ...

With everything you need to pick up conversational German in 7 weeks, Elisabeth Smith's German Starter Kit containing 2 helpful booklets & 2 interactive CDs as well as plenty of flash cards to help you learn 5 new words every day. This course will take you from beginner to the equivalent of foundation GCSE. This pack contains 1 144 page book, 1 48 page ' Traveller's Companion' booklet, 2 70 minute audio CDs, 156 flashcards & online content to enrich your learning. ...

This quick & easy Spanish course is perfect for learning basic conversational Spanish in just 7 weeks with 2 interactive CDs & 2 guides to help you. This course will take you from beginner to the equivalent of foundation GCSE. This pack contains 1 144 page book, 1 48 page ' Traveller's Companion' booklet, 2 70 minute audio CDs, 156 flashcards & online content to enrich your learning. ...

At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died. The tributes & eulogies to Elizabeth Taylor were legion. A weeping Elton John said, We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost an incredible human being. In Elizabeth Taylor: The Lady, The Lover, The Legend, 1932?2011, acclaimed biographer David Bret has written the revealing, incisive & definitive life story of the most controversial cinematic icon since Mae West. While never yielding in his admiration & respect, Bret has stripped away the veneer to portray the star as she really was: sometimes arrogant, attention-seeking, avaricious, reckless, monstrous towards her peers, generous, even foolish at times but, above all, through the tumultuous relationships & the personal mayhem, a survivor. Elizabeth Taylor was the very last of the Hollywood greats. As David Bret writes, Most of her contemporaries ? Garbo, Streisand & Dietrich excepted ? were compelled to walk in the shadow of her sun. Of todays stars, not one may be deemed worthy of stepping even within a mile of that shadow. ...

From the time she appeared in National Velvet, the film that skyrocketed her to international fame at age twelve in 1944, until her death in 2011, Elizabeth Taylor's beauty, allure, & personal strength captivated the world. This title reflects the essence of a great star & legendary modern woman. ...

Books Celebrity Biographies A dazzling portrait of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor, with unseen photographs, unpublished letters & private reflections. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life & magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century’s most famous film star. As the first authorised biography of Elizabeth Taylor, this book captures this intelligent, empathetic, tenacious, volatile & complex woman as never before… From her rise to massive fame at the age of twelve in National Velvet to becoming the first actor to negotiate a million-dollar salary for a film, from her eight marriages & enduring love affair with Richard Burton to her lifelong battle with addiction & her courageous efforts as an AIDS activist. Using Elizabeth’s unpublished letters, diary entries & off-the-record interview transcripts as well as interviews with 250 of her closest friends & family, Kate Andersen Brower tells the full, unvarnished story of the classic Hollywood star who continues to captivate audiences the world over.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780008435820 •†Author:†  Kate Andersen Brower •†Publisher:†  Harper Collins •†Format:†  Hardback •†Pages:† 512 •†Dimensions:† 15.9 x 4.6 x 24 cm ...

Was Elizabeth really a woman driven by her passions, who had affairs with several men, including Thomas Seymour, while he was still the husband of her guardian Catherine Parr, & Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
- a man adjudged to have been the great love of her life? Was the ' Virgin Queen' image a carefully thought out piece of propaganda? Historian Phillipa Jones, author of the acclaimed The Other Tudors, challenges the many myths & truths surrounding Elizabeth's life & reveals the passionate woman behind the powerful & fearless ' Virgin Queen'.
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