juvenile literature

Briefly describes his career, contributions to the modernization of France, and his defeat.

Contains fifteen biographies of those people who helped shape the era of Elizabethan England.

Briefly describes the World Depression, New Deal policies, war with Japan and Germany, and the power of the U.S.

A biography of the famous English sailor, explorer, and battle commander who became a national hero after helping to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Introduces the land, history, economy, culture, and people of the southern African country much of whose territory includes the Kalahari Desert.

Discusses life at court and town and country life of seventeenth-century England from the reign of James I through the period following the Restoration.

Traces the history of India's civilizations and discusses their influence on modern Indian life.

An account of the establishment of the English East India Company, the growth of British power in India, and the "Mutiny" of 1857 in which the Indian soldiers in the Bengal Army revolted against their British officers.