Nicholas Segalla, a time-traveling scholar and diplomat, steps into the mystery surrounding the predicted, and eagerly awaited demise of England's Queen Mary in 1558.
Presents a biography of sixteen-century British navigator and privateer Sir Francis Drake, who was commissioned by Elizabeth I to help establish England as a maritime empire and gain victory over the Spanish Armada.
Queen Elizabeth I, holding her people together in the midst of internal and international strife, finds her authority and her entire monarchy threatened when a private diary she kept as a young princess is stolen.
Contains articles that provide information about French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, discussing the major influences on his character and career, his domestic and foreign policies, his military career, and his legacy.