kings and rulers

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The princess and the pea

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
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The prince and the pauper

a tale for young people of all ages
Tale of prince and pauper, identical in appearance, who change places as a prank.
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Alexander the Great

Describes the life, battle campaigns, influence on the ancient world, and mythological status of the champion of the Greeks who marched his armies as far as India.
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Hamlet

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Palace of Mirrors

Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her claim.
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Sunny to the rescue

Spending the day at the beach with Princess Annie and Prince James, royal puppy Sunny, a well-behaved goldendoodle, comes to the rescue when her mischievous companion, Rex the beagle, goes missing.
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Sunny and the royal party

Puppies Sunny and Rex try to save the day when grumpy guest Jackson threatens to ruin the birthday party that the pups' royal owners and best friends, Princess Annie and Prince James, are throwing for him.
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Archer's quest

Twelve-year-old Kevin is quietly doing his homework in 1999 when a fully-armed archer tumbles through space and time and into his bedroom, and upon verifying that the intruder is Chu-mong, a Korean king and folk hero from the ancient past, he works to find a way to send Chu back before history is altered forever.
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You wouldn't want to be Mary, Queen of Scots!

a ruler who really lost her head
Cartoons and facts combine to describe the life of Mary Queen of Scots, discussing her childhood; escape to France; the death of her father-in-law, mother, and first husband; marriage to Darnley; kidnapping; abdication of the throne; imprisonment in England; and execution.
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The whipping boy

Young Jemmy has been plucked from the streets to serve as whipping boy to Prince Brat. He has had enough and decides to run away but the Prince beats him to it. Can the two of them work together to escape the clutches of the dangerous outlaws they encounter? Can they become friends in the process?.
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