Elizabeth the Jubilee Fairy is in charge of making every jubilee perfect! But when Jack Frost steals Elizabeth's Diamond Sceptre both fairy & human celebrations are headed for catastrophe. Can Kirsty & Rachel help Elizabeth find the sceptre so kings & queens everywhere can celebrate in style? ...

This is an intimate portrait of Her Majesty the Queen. As we celebrate her Diamond Jubilee this brand new biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the first all-round up-close picture of one of the most fascinating enigmatic & admired women in the world. With exclusive access to the Queen's personal letters close friends & associates this intimate biography is a treasure trove of fresh insights on her public persona & her private life. Here we see Queen Elizabeth going about her daily duties preparing for formal occasions playing with her children at the Palace crawling on her stomach to stalk deer donning yellow Marigolds to wash up after Balmoral cookouts & even changing a car wheel. Here we at last get to meet the leader strategist & diplomat; the daughter wife mother & grandmother
- Elizabeth the Queen.
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Elizabeth Woodville wife of Edward IV mother of Elizabeth of York & the Princes in the Tower & grandmother of Henry VIII has been vilified & defended in turn. Was she a cunning enchantress an ambitious advancer of her family's fortunes or a courageous & tragic figure who lost husbands brothers & sons during this turbulent period? Discover the real story of the ' White Queen'. Born into a family of Lancastrians the exceptionally beautiful Elizabeth captured the heart of the young Yorkist king Edward IV & found herself caught in the complex web of rivalries loves & conspiracies that lay at the heart of the Wars of the Roses. She would wield immense influence as queen watch her brother-in-law confine her sons to the Tower of London to face an unknown fate & ultimately unite the Houses of Lancaster & Y ork through the marriage of her daughter to Henry Tudor. ...

Francis Walsingham was the first spymaster in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 & MI6 & even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe including double-agents at the highest level in Rome & Spain
- the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth & her Protestant regime. His entrapment of Mary Queen of Scots is a classic intelligence operation that resulted in her execution. As Robert Hutchinson reveals his cypher experts ability to intercept other peoples secret messages & his brilliant forged letters made him a fearsome champion of the young Elizabeth. Yet even this machiavellian schemer eventually fell foul of Elizabeth as her confidence grew (and judgement faded). The rise & fall of Sir Francis Walsingham is a Tudor epic vividly narrated by a historian with unique access to the surviving documentary evidence.
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Elizabeth I was born into a world of women. As a child she was served by a predominantly female household of servants & governesses with occasional visits from her mother Anne Bolyen & the wives who later took her place. As Queen Elizabeth was constantly attended by ladies of the bedchamber & maids of honour who clothed her bathed her & watched her while she ate. Among her family it was her female relations who had the greatest influence: from her sister Mary who distrusted & later imprisoned her to her cousin Mary Queen of Scots who posed a constant & dangerous threat to her crown for almost thirty years. Despite the importance of women in Elizabeths life most historians & biographers have focused on her relationships with men. She has been portrayed as a mans woman who loved to flirt with the many ambitious young men who frequented her court. Yet it is the women in her life who provide the most fascinating insight into the character of this remarkable monarch. With them she was jealous spiteful & cruel as well as loyal kind & protective. She showed her frailties & her insecurities but also her considerable shrewdness & strength. In short she was more human than the public persona she presented to the rest of the court. It is her relationships with women that hold the key to the private Elizabeth. In this original chronicling of the life of one of Englands greatest monarchs historian Tracy Borman explores Elizabeths relationships with the key women in her life. Beginning with her mother & the governesses & stepmothers who cared for the young princess including her beloved Kat Astley & the inspirational Katherine Parr Elizabeths Women" sheds new light on her formative years. Elizabeths turbulent relationships with her rivals are examined: from her sister Bloody Mary to the sisters of Lady Jane Grey & finally the most deadly of all her rivals Mary Queen of Scots who would give birth to the man Elizabeth would finally inevitably have to recognise as heir to her throne. It is a chronicle of the servants friends & flouting wenches who brought out the best
- & the worst
- of Elizabeths carefully cultivated image as Gloriana the Virgin Queen in the glittering world of her court."

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Elizabeth's Sea Dogs investigates the rise & fall of a unique group of adventurers
- men like Francis Drake John Hawkins Martin
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In 2012 Queen Elizabeth II will mark the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne a diamond jubilee that this book written by former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond commemorates. On February 6 1952 Princess Elizabeth Duchess of Edinburgh became Queen on the death of her father King George VI. The reign that was to see major changes both in the country & Commonwealth & in the role of the monarchy began far away from Britain in a game reserve in Kenya. Elizabeth: The Queens Life & Reign" looks at this remarkable period in the history of Britains monarchy in lavish & fascinating detail featuring over 240 photographs. Constantly under scrutiny ever since she took the throne this book presents a balanced & absorbing account of the Queens life & of her role as the head of state in a country & a world that have changed almost beyond recognition in the 60 years since she inherited the throne." ...

On 2 June 1953 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen the eyes of the world upon her as she dedicated herself to her country. It is fascinating to look back over the sixty years since then & see how this remarkable woman decade by decade has brought the monarchy into the modern world earning admiration & respect for her unerring sense of duty her determination to innovate her tremendous dignity integrity & wisdom. Drawing from his own experience & time spent with the royal family alongside additional meticulous research Alan Titchmarsh observes the woman the mother & the monarch. He explores key moments in her reign both personal to her & in a wider historical context & traces how our relationship with the royal family has developed & morphed gone through ups & downs but is arguably now stronger than ever in this very special Diamond Jubilee year. Packed with wonderful memorabilia & rarely seen archive photography Elizabeth: Her Life Our Times defines an era pays tribute to our inexhaustable Queen & celebrates the example of responsibility loyalty & patriotism she has set for generations past present & future. She is an inspiration to us all. ...

Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama in Context provides in-depth coverage of political social & cultural contexts along with performance techniques. Your students will explore not only what the texts can tell us about the world & society they came from but also what they tell us about the world we live in today. ...

Elizabethan & Jacobean architecture
- not the friendly unassuming architecture of the vernacular but the uniquely strange & exciting
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