Nearly eighty women have sat on the throne of England either as queen regnant or queen consort & the voices of all of them survive through their own writings & those of their contemporaries. The primary role of the queen over the ages was to provide an heir. Catherine of Aragon found this to her cost divorced by Henry VIII for failing to produce a healthy son. The birth of an heir was also a route to power for a queen & Eleanor of Aquitaine became the most powerful woman in Europe during the reigns of her sons. Strong relationships could also develop between the queens & their husbands. Edward VIII even abandoned his throne when forced to choose between the crown & his lover Wallis Simpson. Not all marriages were happy & queens such as Isabella of France & Catherine Howard took lovers to escape their marriages. The unhappy Sophia Dorothea of Celle was imprisoned for over thirty years by her husband George I when her affair was discovered. Her lover Count von Konigsmarck was murdered. Most queens made arranged marriages & were used by their families to build alliances. Some queens were able to break away from this control. Queen Victoria spent her childhood secluded with her overprotective mother even sharing the same bedroom until the day when she was proclaimed queen & finally freed herself from her mothers control. For the first time the voice of each individual queen can be heard together charting the course of English queenship through nearly two thousand years of history ...

For most of us school was our first detailed experience of a building outside the homes of our parents friends & relations. Many people react emotionally when their old school charged with so many memories is closed or demolished. Not all school buildings are worthy of designation but many are major local landmarks & demonstrate an important part of our societys evolution. This book aims to raise awareness of the wide range of school buildings built in England from the Reformation to the Millennium & discusses which buildings may be worthy of greater appreciation & preservation. It summarises the development of schools & analyses how social attitudes have been expressed in their architecture & planning. Finally it looks at the adaptation of older schools to modern needs & new uses for schools around the country drawing on examples of best practice from Historic Building Inspectors & Advisers. ...

Details the turbulent period of history between the late Anglo-Saxons to the English Civil war. This work helps to learn how to identify the denominations kings & mint marks of those little historical documents that are likely to have stood the test of time
- the coins.
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Simon Jenkins has travelled the length & breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county each church is described
- often with delightful asides
- & given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church & lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here he brings that museum to public attention.

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A hymn to good architecture an ode to authentic domestic interiors buy beg borrow or steal a copy to keep in the car. No other ...

The fifth English Basic Skills book provides plenty of practice questions to work through to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2. Written by educational experts Practice in the Basic Skills English Book 5 saves your valuable time with ready-to-practice questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English. Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2 & builds on English skills learnt in Book 4. Content
Includes:: pronouns adverbs adjectives direct & indirect speech contractions comprehension prefixes & prepositions as well as spelling & vocabulary.
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The third English Basic Skills book provides plenty of practice questions to work through to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2. Written by educational experts Practice in the Basic Skills English Book 3 saves your valuable time with ready-to-practice questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English. Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2 & builds on English skills learnt in Book 2. Content
Includes:: punctuation nouns adverbs adjectives vocabulary & spelling plurals pronouns contractions sentence writing apostrophes as well as compound words & opposites.
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The first English Basic Skills book provides plenty of practice questions to work through to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2. Written by educational experts Practice in the Basic Skills English Book 1 saves your valuable time with ready-to-practice questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English. Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2. Content
Includes:: initial middle & final sounds plurals nouns verbs (present tense) short vowels long vowels (oo) ch double consonants consonant blends vocabulary building as well as colours opposites is/are was/were a/an rhymes & word puzzles.
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The Success Workbook complements the Success Revision Guide & provides questions to help children test their understanding & find areas of weakness on topics in a fun context. * Quick tests allow children to rehearse the skills & knowledge they have * Highlight any areas where further revision may be needed * Consolidate learning & prepare pupils for SATs ...

The Success Workbook complements the Success Revision Guide & provides questions to help children test their understanding & find areas of weakness on topics in a fun context. * Quick tests allow children to rehearse the skills & knowledge they have * Highlight any areas where further revision may be needed * Consolidate learning & prepare pupils for SATs ...