Ambitious determined & passionate Nella Castelluca dreams of achieving more than her humble roots allow
- an education & a good
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After 6 000 years of horrifying stillness Akash mother of all vampires & Queen of the Damned has risen from her sleep to let loose the powers of the night. But her monstrous plan for ruling the worlds of the living & the undead must be stopped before she destroys mankind & it falls to the evil vampire Lestat to fight her all-encompassing evil
- for it is he who challenged her power by waking her from sleep.
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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.
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Third story in the Wolf Tower sequence. Leaving behind the strange world of Wolf Star Rise Claidi looks forward to a joyful reunion with her beloved Argul. But to her horror her return to the Hulta people is met with hostility mistrust & derision. Argul they tell her has left them shattered by the grief of her betrayal. Alone again Claidi determines to follow Argul north. When finally she finds him he refuses to speak with her but agrees to take her with him to an unknown destination. Meanwhile the strange & threatening character of Jelly is in hot pursuit.. . When finally the purpose of their journey is revealed so too is Claidis true identity. & so she must confront the past & find a way to secure her future with Argul. ...

Imagine being alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock touring the world & being there as they perform at some of the best & biggest music venues in the world. Peter Hince didnt have to imagine: for more than a decade he lived a life that other people can only dream of as he worked with Queen as head of their road crew. In 1973 Queen was the support act for Mott the Hoople for whom Peter was a roadie. Back then Queen had to content themselves with being second on the bill & the world had not yet woken up to the flamboyant talent of Freddie Mercury. Peter started working full time for Queen just as they were making A Night at the Opera the album which catapulted them to international stardom. In this intimate & affectionate book Peter recalls the highlights of his years with the b&. He was with Freddie when he composed Crazy Little Thing Called Love; he was responsible for making sure that Freddies stage performances went without a hitch
- & was often there to witness his famed tantrums! He was also party to the sex drugs & rock n roll which are invariably part of life on the road with a rock b&.
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Queen Victoria is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography Lady Longford long recognised as an authority on the subject gives a full account of Queen Victorias life & provides her unique assessment of the monarch. David Cannadine hailed her Victoria RI as pre-eminent in the genre...the commissioned biography that the great Queen never got. 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. When Albert died in 1861 Victorias overwhelming grief meant that she virtually withdrew from public life. This perceived dereliction of public duty coupled with rumours about her relationship with her Scottish ghillie John Brown led to increasing criticism. Coaxed back into the public eye by Disraeli she resumed her former enthusiasm for political & constitutional matters with vigour until her death in 1901. ...

This title explores the life of Queen Victoria & uses essential facts & engaging imagery to give the reader an understanding of this period in history
- from the British Empire & the industrial revolution to Charles Dickens & the poorhouses.
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A lively & intriguing biography of Queen Victoria from her difficult & lonely childhood to her life as one of the most powerful women in the world. Filled with fascinating photographs & a family tree this is an essential addition to any family bookshelf. ...

Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity & unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion but Elizabeths Secretary Francis Walsingham was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents in England & Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He recruited likely young men & turned others. He encouraged Elizabeth to make war against the Catholic Irish rebels with extreme brutality & oversaw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The Queens Agent" is a story of secret agents cryptic codes & ingenious plots set in a turbulent period of Englands history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state." ...