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"[Explores] how the Windsors have evolved and thrived, as the modern world has changed around them"--Jacket flap.

"Biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was a reluctant but resolute queen"--Provided by publisher.

Based on years of research and intimate sources, The Palace Papers invites readers behind the palace walls to tell the real story of the Windsors over the past twenty-five years. Picking up where The Diana Chronicles left off, Brown reveals how the Royal Family reinvented themselves after the traumatic death of Princess Diana. This book shows the Queen's resolve as she coped with the passing of Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, and triumphed in her Jubilee years even as the family dramas raged around her. Brown explores Prince Charles's determination to make Camilla his wife, the tension between William and Harry on 'different paths', the rise of Kate Middleton, the disturbing allegations surrounding Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein, and Harry and Meghan's stunning decision to 'step back' as senior royals.

"Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event. Includes author's notes"--OCLC.

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

"In 1960s London, sixteen-year-old Kitty Granger, a working-class girl on the autism spectrum, is recruited as a spy for the British government and must help bring down a group of unreformed Nazis hiding in plain sight"--Provided by publisher.

Autobiography of Margaret Thatcher in which she discusses her upbringing in Grantham, her years as a research chemist in Oxford, her marriage, her service in the House of Commons, and her election to the office of Prime Minister in 1979.

In 1567, young Aphra is found in the marsh by two witches. They recognize her abilities in the dark arts immediately, but they are burned as witches before Aphra grows very old. Aphra finds companionship with the leper Long Lankin, but comes down with leprosy herself before being burned herself. Before she dies she casts a curse on her tormentors, and now, in 1962, sisters Cora and Mimi, last of that family line, find themselves trapped in an ancient house with a spirit bent on revenge.