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1) Mary Poppins
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Two English children's new nanny arrives on the East Wind, slides up the bannister, carries an empty carpet bag with all kinds of things in it, and introduces Jane and Michael to some delightful people and experiences.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the guest of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each...
Author
Series
Lymond chronicles volume 1st
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1547 Scotland has been humiliated by an English invasion and is threatened by machinations elsewhere beyond its borders, but it is still free. Paradoxically, her freedom may depend on a man who stands accused of treason. He is Francis Crawford of Lymond, a scapegoat nobleman of crooked felicities and murderous talents, possessed of scholar's erudition and a tongue as wicked as a rapier. In The Game of Kings this extraordinary antihero returns to...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
A tale inspired by the life of Mary Queen of Scots depicts her as a spirited young woman who fights to keep her throne, enters into a happy but scandal-marked third marriage, and is betrayed by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth.
12) The Moor
Author
Series
Mary Russell novel volume 4
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after he solved the case of the hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes returns to Dartmoor to investigate a murder and another sighting of the hound. On this occasion he is accompanied by his wife, Mary Russell, who narrates.
13) The Queen's fool
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1553, Hannah Green, a young Jewish girl, flees to London to escape the Spanish Inquisition and catches the attention of Robert Dudley, who plans to use her talents for observation and second sight.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 48
Language
English
Description
This book is an excursion into Britain's bloodstained, power-obsessed past. The author's investigation into Lord Darnley's murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in English history. Its conclusions shed light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement. Tall, handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, had it all, including a strong claim to the English...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.
Author
Series
Jack Blackjack Tudor mystery volume 8
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life. After his treacherous voyage back to his beloved city the previous year, he desires nothing more than women, wine, beer and more women. But his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him... A week after first laying eyes on the tempting Miss Rachel Nailor, she turns up dead on the church vestry floor... and someone is trying to frame him for her murder! Rachel was...
Author
Series
Bloody Mary Tudor mystery volume 7
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
August, 1556. Jack Blackjack is in Exeter, trying to make his way to London, when he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean. A wealthy merchant offers him passage on one of his ships and Jack gladly leaves town. Unfortunately for Jack, he doesn't leave danger behind.
18) Mary of Scotland
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Historical drama about the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.
19) Follow the river
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
After being captured in an Indian raid during 1755, Mary Draper Ingles follows the Ohio River for 1,000 miles to return home to Virginia by herself.
20) Queens' play
Author
Series
Lymond chronicles volume 2nd
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Francis Crawford of Lymond, once an accused traitor, now a valued agent of Scottish diplomacy, is sent to France to protect young Queen Mary Stuart from assassinators that extend from her native country to the court of France.