Presents the eventful life of the Scottish queen, proclaimed so at the age of one week, who married three times and was beheaded for plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.
A biography of the wife of Louis VII of France, who divorced him to marry Henry II of England, after which strife ensued between the two countries which lasted some 400 years.
Sebastien relates the life of Marie Antoinette as she goes from being a teenager devoted to him, her pug dog, to becoming the Queen of France and mother to two children.
Lettuce Leef and Nimble Charlie, the Crook Catchers to the Queen, investigate the disappearance of the queen's recipe for minestrone soup--as well as her clothing.
Looks at the lives of many of the world's past rulers, from 2,500 B.C. to 1990, giving an overview of each time period with mini-biographical sketches of significant leaders.
Presents a short biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who along with her husband Henry II crafted the Angevin Empire during the twelfth century, and describes her life as Queen of France before marrying Henry, life in Medieval England, and more.
Provides an overview of Queen Victoria's life and reign and of the daily lives of the people of nineteenth-century England, and includes excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, and books of the time.
