elizabeth

Retells, in graphic novel format, the legend of Grace O'Malley, who spent her life wishing to join the fight to keep Henry VIII's armies from invading her homeland of Ireland--only to be told again and again that the battlefield is no place for a woman. After English conspirators brutally murder her husband, Grace leads men into battle on the high seas and quickly gains a formidable reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Her newfound notoriety puts the lives of Grace and her entire family in danger and eventually leads to a confrontation with Queen Elizabeth I.

Text and illustrations look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

"A biography of the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--Adapted from publisher description.

"Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. Discover more . . . details of her life and how she brought the royal family into the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

1939. On the brink of World War II, Elizabeth, the wife of King George VI and the mother of the future queen, shows a warm, smiling face to the world. But it's no surprise to her that Hitler has dubbed her "the most dangerous woman in Europe". For behind that soft voice and kindly demeanor is a will of steel. Two years earlier, George was thrust onto the throne when his brother Edward abdicated to marry his American mistress, Mrs. Simpson. Vowing to do whatever it takes to make her husband's reign a success, Elizabeth endears herself to the British people and prevents the former king and his brazen bride from ever again setting foot in Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth holds many powerful cards, but she's also hiding damaging secrets about her past and her provenance which could prove to be her undoing.

Although widowed in her early teens, Margaret Beaufort, the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of York under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for Richard III, and ultimately ensure that her only son, Henry Tudor, triumphs as King of England.

After the death of her foster mother, sixteen-year-old Kat goes to London to seek the answers to her parentage, and surprisingly finds herself invited into Queen Elizabeth's court.

The African princess' life of privilage from an English boarding school to being her country's ambassador to the U.S.

Young Elizabeth I gets valuable advice from her father the king when she tries to teach her pony to jump over a wall.