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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO ELIZABETH II 2015
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO ELIZABETH II 2015
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Description

"A lively and poignant biography of the young princess who, at the impressionable age of eleven, found that she was now heiress to the throne" --

British Royal Family Nonfiction
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

2) The crown: the official companion.Volume 2,Political scandal, personal struggle, and the years that defined Elizabeth II (1956-1977)

Author

Lacey, Robert

Publisher

Crown Archetype

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.4572 CROWN 2019
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Description

In this eye-opening companion to seasons 2 and 3 of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographerand the show's historical consultantRobert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political, and personal moments and their effectsnot only on the royal family but also on the world around them. From the Suez Crisis...

3) The Queen: the life and times of Elizabeth II

Author

Ryan, Catherine

Publisher

Chartwell Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO ELIZABETH II 2017
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Description

"In 1926, Hindus and Muslims were rioting in India, Italian leader Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt in Rome, and the army of Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin invaded Beijing. Meanwhile in Britain, the prospect of a General Strike of Trade Union workers across the country loomed large as a pay dispute with a million coal miners remained unresolved. When she came into this world amid all its troubles on April 21, 1926, sovereignty over...

4) Queens of the conquest

Author

Weir, Alison

Series

England's medieval queens volume 1

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
942.0209 WEIR 2017
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
942.0209 WEIR 2017
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Description

In the first volume of an exciting new series, bestselling author Alison Weir brings the dramatic reigns of Englands medieval queens to life. The lives of Englands medieval queens were packed with incidentlove, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfarebut their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightful place in history....

5) Queens of the crusades: 1154-1291

Author

Weir, Alison

Series

England's medieval queens volume 2

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
942.0309 WEIR 2021
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Description

"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout...