As First Daughter of Engl&, Elizabeth seems to live a life of privilege & luxury. Yet she is imprisoned by duty; a helpless ...

September 1666. Meeting in the ashes of a devastated London, Christopher Redmayne, an architect with Cavalier instincts, & Jonathan Bale, a Puritan constable, are hardly kindred spirits. Redmayne dedicates himself to rebuilding the city that Bale believes was destroyed by its own inner corruption. The two men are thrown together when they catch thieves who are stealing from the house that Redmayne has designed for Sir Ambrose Northcott. The foul murder of Sir Ambrose unites them again, albeit reluctantly, in a complex & dangerous investigation that takes them through the brothels & gaming houses of Restoration London, right to the heart of the King's court. ...

After twelve years of marriage, the once fortuitous union of Henry VIII & Katharine of Aragon has declined into a loveless stalemate. Their only child, Mary, is disregarded as a suitable heir, & Henry's need for a legitimate son to protect the Tudor throne has turned him into a callous & greatly feared ruler. When the young & intriguing Anne Boleyn arrives from the French court, Henry is easily captivated by her dark beauty & bold spirit. But his desire to possess the wily girl leads to a deadly struggle of power that promises to tear apart the lives of Katharine & Mary, & forever change England's faith... ...

George VI made a broadcast to the nation on the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939.

This remarkable moment

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The King cannot rule without his Royal Pants. He has a pair for every occasion: coronation pants (he can't be crowned without them), organic pants (edible in royal emergencies) & even inflatable space-pants (because one never knows when they might come in handy). But in a boxer-shorts blunder at the Royal Mail, the King's undies have been posted to his subjects nationwide! With his Y-fronts gone wandering, how will the King possibly cope? Product Information:  •†ISBN: 9781839133626 •†Author: Nicholas Allan •†Publisher: Andersen Press •†Format: Paperback •†Pages:†32 •†Dimensions:†27 x 0.5 x 23cm ...

Thriller starring Jamie Foxx & Chris Cooper. When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ro ...

Thriller starring Jamie Foxx & Chris Cooper. When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ro ...

The Kingdom is Clive Cussler's third Fargo Adventure. Whether it's lost treasure or missing persons, the Fargos find themselves in a heap of trouble every time... When Texas oil baron Charlie King contacts Sam & Remi Fargo he has an unusual request. He hired an investigator
- & good friend of the pair
- to locate his missing father in the Far East. But now the investigator has vanished. Would Sam & Remi be willing to look for them both? Though something about the request doesn't quite add up, Sam & Remi agree to help out. It's a journey that takes the Fargos to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, & China. They get mixed up with black-market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Nepali kingdom of Mustang, a balloon aircraft from a century before its time... & an extraordinary skeleton that might turn the history of human evolution on its head. Oh, & not a few unfriendly people with guns & itchy trigger fingers... Clive Cussler, author of the celebrated Dirk Pitt novels Treasure of Khan & Valhalla Rising, presents the third novel in his newest series, following the adventures of treasure hunters Sam & Remi Fargo. The Kingdom follows Spartan Gold & Lost Empire.

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This is the Guardian Award winning novel. Harry is an old hand at air-raids
- but that night, although he survives the bombing,
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This enchanting anthology

Includes:: memorable extracts from over thirty classic stories. Here children will

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