Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, discussing her childhood, education, family life, personal relationships, motivations, personal qualities, and the impact her reign had on the history of Britain.
Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, sixteen-year-old Martin joins Scotland's rebel army as a swift rider and master of espionage for the leader, Robert the Bruce.
Traces the ascent of Mary Tudor to power in sixteenth-century England and discusses the burning at the stake of nearly three hundred Protestants during her brief reign.
A biography of Constantine the Great, who was the first emperor of Rome to become a Christian, and who made Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) the capital of his empire, a move some historians consider the beginnings of Byzantine history.
