kings and rulers

Young Cleopatra, not believing herself to be as beautiful as her sisters, decides to concentrate on her studies instead--a decision that proves valuable when her ability to understand the Egyptian language allows her to uncover a plot against her father, the king.

A beautiful princess tries to avoid marrying an ugly old king by pretending to sleep well each night despite the best efforts of the king's servants to disturb her rest with peas and other things that start with the letter P. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.

While forced to leave Melaia alone to battle a swaggering Dregmoorian prince, Trevin undertakes the king's quest to solve the mystery of the missing comains and find the harps that will restore the angels' stairway to heaven.

King Lear foolishly disinherits his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him and splits his kingdom between his other two daughters who are secretly plotting against him.

Two young people in love search for each other in separate realities.

Presents Longfellow's epic poem about the prophet Hiawatha, a magical Native American man who brings the gift of civilization to the world, and includes illustrations by Frederic Remington.

Returning to Narnia, Eustace sets out to rescue Prince Rilian and reunite him with the weakened King Caspian.

Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan's true colors emerge, they uncover a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty.

The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.

A young man interviews the Egypt "sun king" Akhenaten's friends, enemies, and wife, Nefertiti, in search of the truth about the pharoah notorious for his monotheistic beliefs.