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Jamaal Rasheeve Lovette "QUEEN"

Esotericism
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
327
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The Queen has been a loyal Royal, always present and clear. She always makes me feel as if [more]

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Jacob Abbott Queen Elizabeth

Biography & Autobiography
English
49169 Words
No Age Recommendation
254
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Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born into the royal succession, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, with Anne's marriage to Henry VIII being annulled, and Elizabeth hence declared illegitimate. Her half-brother, Edward VI, ruled as king until his death in 1553, whereupon he bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his two half-sisters, Elizabeth and the Roman Catholic Mary, out of the succession in spite of statute law to the contrary. His will was set aside, Mary became queen, and Lady Jane Grey was executed. In 1558, Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. Elizabeth set out to rule by good counsel, and she depended heavily on a group of trusted advisers led by William Cecil, Baron Burghley. One of her first moves as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. This Elizabethan Religious Settlement later evolved into today's Church of England. It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir so as to continue the Tudor line. She never did, however, despite numerous courtships. As she grew older, Elizabeth became famous for her virginity, and a cult grew up around her which was celebrated in the portraits, pageants, and literature of the day. In government, Elizabeth was more moderate than her father and half-siblings had been. One of her mottoes was "video et taceo" ("I see, and say nothing"). In religion she was relatively tolerant, avoiding systematic persecution. After 1570, when the pope declared her illegitimate and released her subjects from obedience to her, several conspiracies threatened her life. All plots were defeated, however, with the help of her ministers' secret service. Elizabeth was cautious in foreign affairs, moving between the major powers of France and Spain. She only half-heartedly supported a number of ineffective, poorly resourced military campaigns in the Netherlands, France, and Ireland. In the mid-1580s, war with Spain could no longer be avoided, and when Spain finally decided to attempt to conquer England in 1588, the failure of the Spanish Armada associated her with one of the greatest military victories in English history. [more]

Keywords: queen elizabeth, biography, jacob abbott, history, english history, royal biography, tudor dynasty, royalty

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Edward F. Benson Queen Lucia

Fiction
English
86255 Words
Ages 6 and up
253
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Edward F. Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred. Queen Lucia is the first book in E.F. Benson's Lucia and Mapp series that chronicles the lives of the upper crust in rural England. It was originally published in 1920. I really loved Benson's Mrs. Ames, so I was excited to start his most famous series. Queen Lucia is really funny. Benson shows all the foibles of the upper class. Lucia is the head of society, but no one really knows how she got there and they all want to dethrone her. This was a fun, light book that I think would be a great beach or plane read. It will make you giggle and smile and feel superior, which is always nice. Definitely looking forward to reading the rest of this series! [more]

Keywords: Edward F. Benson, Edward Frederic Benson, Satire, Humour, Upper Class, Society, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia, Literature, Fiction

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Marisa Maichel Queen of Hollywood

Queen of Hollywood Book One

Fiction
English
3555 Words
Ages 14 and up
447
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When Holly Capulet finds Alejandro, whom she met on set, with her worst enemy Angela Dorstrom, she decides what she needs is a makeover to bring him back. But he has a reputation for that sort of thing. Maybe she's got this whole thing bass ackwards. When her agent Seth intervenes, her world slowly fits back together, but at the same time, things are tough in the Capulet mansion. Like a jigsaw puzzle that she herself is destined to put together and glue. it together. [more]

Keywords: Dream, Queen, Dream Queen, Holly, Alejandro, Cheater, Love, Celebrity, Queen of Hollywood, Let Me Give You My Life, Let, Me, Give, You, My, Life, Seth, Rogers, Seth Rogers, Montague, Alejandro Montague [more][Less]

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Rev. Dr. Karen Adrien Osbey Atkins, PhD Orange succession: Queen Beatrix

History
English
2510 Words
No Age Recommendation
271
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Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːjaˌtrɪks ˌʋɪlɦɛlˈmina ˈɑrmɣɑrt] ( listen); born 31 January 1938) is the former queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having reigned from 1980 to 2013. Following her abdication on 30 April 2013, she is referred to as Princess Beatrix. Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. In 1948, she became heiress presumptive to the throne of the Netherlands. When her mother abdicated on 30 April 1980, Beatrix succeeded her as queen. She attended a public primary school in Canada, during World War II, and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post war period. In 1961, she received her law degree from Leiden University. In 1966, Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg, a German diplomat, with whom she had three children: Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands (1967), Prince Friso (1968-2013) and Prince Constantijn (1969). Prince Claus died in 2002. At the time of her abdication, Queen Beatrix was the oldest reigning monarch of the Netherlands.On 28 January 2013 Beatrix announced that she would abdicate on 30 April 2013, Koninginnedag (Queen's Day), in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander, the heir apparent to the throne. He is the first King of the Netherlands in 123 years. [more]

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Serena Alex The Queen Mystique

Romance
English
6979 Words
No Age Recommendation
1471
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“Come with me. There is something I must tell you about the chair; something you might not [more]

Keywords: short stories, short reads, romance, magic, mystery, chair, queen

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Jacob Abbott Mary Queen of Scots

Biography & Autobiography
English
51705 Words
No Age Recommendation
324
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 – 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 and queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. She spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents, and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France, Francis. He ascended the French throne as King Francis II in 1559 until his death in1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland. In 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of James, her one-year-old son. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she fled southwards seeking the protection of her first cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England. Mary had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own. Perceiving her as a threat, Elizabeth had her confined in a number of castles. After eighteen and a half years in custody, Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth, and was subsequently executed. [more]

Keywords: mary queen of scots, biography, jacob abbott, history, royal biography, english history, the british empire, bio

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Ford Madox Ford The Fifth Queen Trilogy

Fiction
English
196367 Words
Ages 6 and up
308
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The Fifth Queen Trilogy by Ford Madox Ford. Ford Madox Ford's Fifth Queen Trilogy, telling the story of Katharine Howard at the court of Henry VIII, is considered by some to be his best work. The Fifth Queen trilogy is a series of connected historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It consists of three novels, The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court (1906), Privy Seal (1907) and The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908), which present a highly fictionalised account of Katharine Howard's arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. Katharine Howard is introduced in the first book as a devout Roman Catholic, impoverished, young noblewoman escorted by her fiery cousin Thomas Culpeper. By accident, she comes to the attention of the king, in a minor way at first, is helped to a position as a lady in waiting for the then bastard Lady Mary, Henry's eldest daughter, by her old Latin tutor Nicholas Udal. Udal is a spy for Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal. [more]

Keywords: Ford Madox Ford, Fifth Queen, Trilogy, Thomas Cromwell, Nicholas Udal, Thomas Culpeper, Lord Privy Seal, How She Came, Katharine Howard, Novel, Literature, Spy, Spies, Henry VIII, Court, Fifth Queen Trilogy