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1) Spare
Author
Publisher
Transworld Digital
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known...
2) Cleopatra
Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2014
Description
As queen she faced conquest by a new, all-powerful empire. A Ptolemy, descended from a general of Alexander the Great who conquered the Nile as part of his Macedonian lands, her relationship with Mark Anthony has become one of the legendary love stories in history. Trow draws on recent archaeological finds and fresh interpretations of ancient texts to separate truth from myth and set this incomparably beautiful queen in context.
3) The bees
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. Yet Flora has talents that are not typical of her kin. And while mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing. Then she finds her...
Author
Publisher
Blink Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Description
11 December 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his Crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorc�e. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live happily ever after. But do they? Beginning his astonishing biography at the moment most turn away, bestselling historian Andrew Lownie reveals the dramatic lives of the Windsors post-abdication. This...
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Series
Plantagenet and Tudor Novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king?s half-sister Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner?s block, where Jane transformed her father?s greedy power-grab into tragic martyrdom. ?Learn you to die,? was the advice Jane...
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2020
Description
When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world?s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines - from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives - few know the true story of Harry and Meghan. For the very first time,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date
2017
Description
When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn't without its problems.�The romance between the sailor prince and the young princess brought a�splash of colour to a nation still in the grip of post-war austerity. When they married in Westminster Abbey in November 1947, there were 3000 guests, including six kings and seven queens.�Within five years, as Queen Elizabeth...
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
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Description
England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her strongest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. So the scene is
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Series
Mort the Meek volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Being brutal isn?t easy if you?re a pacifist. On Brutalia violence is a way of life. Ravenous ravens circle overhead, monstrous grot bears cause chaos and the streets are bulging with brawls. But Mort isn?t like the other islanders - he?s determined to live peacefully. Then the cruel Queen appoints Mort as Royal Executioner. No one has ever challenged her and lived to tell the tale. Can Mort keep his head and outwit the Queen?.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek. Raised in the Brisbane suburbs by loving parents, Shane realises from a young age that he's not like all the other boys. At a performing arts agency he discovers his passion for song, dance and performance, and makes a promise to himself: to find a bigger stage. Meet Courtney Act. Born in Sydney around the turn of the millennium, Courtney makes her name in the...
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Series
Boudica volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilization and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived...
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Series
Plantagenet and Tudor Novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted 16 months, the one before barely half a year. But Henry adores his new bride a
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Series
Boudica volume 4
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Britannia, AD 60: The tribes of Britannia are ready to seek bloody vengeance. Twenty thousand warriors are poised to reclaim their land from their captors. Now is their chance: the Roman governor has marched his legions west, leaving his capital and a vital port undefended.There is no going back. But to crush her enemies for all time, the Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Blink audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep. So help me God.' Netflix's original series The Crown painted a unique and intimate portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. This official companion to the show is an in-depth exploration of the early years of Elizabeth II's time as Queen (1947 - 1955), complete with extensive research. Princess Elizabeth never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her...
15) Shadow town
Author
Series
Shadow Town volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Toby leads a quiet life in London until a mysterious shadow appears, taking Toby into another world. In a dangerous land enslaved by the cruel Regent, where the Dreamers have the magical power to turn dreams into reality, Toby meets Tamurlaine, a strange girl who has lost her memory. To uncover the mystery of her identity and get Toby back home, the pair must go on a thrilling journey to the heart of the kingdom, the castle of the Regent.
16) Once & future
Author
Series
Once and Future volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Ari Helix has been running her whole life. An illegal immigrant in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer Corporation, she?s always had to hide who she was. Until now. When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur. The wizard Merlin has been waiting for centuries for a King who can break the curse that?s aged him backwards into...
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