The ageing Catherine de' Medici has arranged the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to the uncouth Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. Margot, still desperately in love with Henry de Guise, refuses to utter her vows. But even Catherine is unable to anticipate the carnage that this unholy union is to bring about. In the midst of an August heatwave, tensions run high: the marriage hasn't brought peace between the Catholics & the Huguenoots. Realising her weakening power over her sickly son, King Charles, Catherine persuades him of a plot against his life. Mad with Fear, Charles agrees to a massacre that will rid France of its pestilential Huguenots for ever. & so the carnival of butchery begins, marking years of terror & upheaval that will end in the demise of kings, & finally expose Catherine's lifetime of depraved scheming. ...

It was July 1985 at Wembley Stadium when Queen proved to their doubters that they were, in fact, they best live band in the world!

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Details: England between the wars was a paradise of calm & leisure for the very, very rich. Into this enclave is born
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Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Engl&, cannot give up on her husb&-even when he goes insane. & as mother to the House of Lancaster's last hope, cannot give up on her son-even when all England turns against them. This gripping tale of a queen is at its heart a tender tale of love: passionate, for her husb&, & motherly, for her only son. ...

Ambitious, determined & passionate, Nella Castelluca dreams of achieving more than her humble roots allow
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Detail: Life for East End families like Pat's was always a struggle. She worked for years in Tate & Lyle's sugar factory while her husband Charlie took on two jobs so their growing family could survive. Until one day Charlie came home with a brilliant idea
- they should take over The Rising Sun pub in Bromley-by-Bow. In this charming memoir Pat describes her years as a pub landlady & vividly evokes the East End community she served in the 1960s, the extraordinary characters she encountered & the changes that swept through society at that time. She also reveals why she & Charlie moved to Essex, & what it felt like to become a star of The Only Way is Essex in her seventies. Ideal for: Fans of the only way is Essex & Nanny Pat. This paperback book has 301 pages & measures: 19.7 x 13 x 2.2cm
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Milly Johnson writes warm, funny & poignant novels about the universal issues of friendship, family, love, good food & that little bit of magic in life that sometimes visits the unsuspecting. A perennial Sunday Times bestseller, her readership is growing significantly with every new book. ...

Featuring pictures from 1969 to 1982, the images collected here include the first ever photographs of Freddie Mercury as a performer with Ibex in Bolton in June 1969, taken by songwriter Chris Smith who recounts his experiences of the night. Further early images of Mercury include pictures taken at Ealing Art College & outside his home in Shepherds Bush where Queens first official photo session took place in 1973. Images from their first Japanese tour, from the " Fat Bottomed Girls" cover shoot, on tour in South America with Mercurys boyfriend, & many more allow fans to get closer to Mercury & the rest of the band than any previous book. Furthermore, many of the photographers of these amazing images give their insights & stories, providing an intimate insight into Queen backstage, onstage, & at play. ...

Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In 1840, she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, & for the next twenty years they were inseperable. Their descendants were to succeed to most of the thrones of Europe. This biography provides an assessment of the monarch. ...

Presents a portrayal of Queen Victoria. This title shows Victoria as a strong-willed child with a famous temper, as the 18-year-old girl queen, as a monarch, wife, mother & widow. It presents the depictions of her relationships: with her governess precious Lehzen, with Peel, Gladstone & Disraeli, with her beloved Albert & more. ...