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1) Lady in waiting: my extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown

Author

Glenconner, Anne

Publisher

Hachette Books

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter she was deemed 'the greatest disappointment' and unable to inherit. Since then she has needed all her resilience to survive court life with her sense of...

2) Beau Brummell: the ultimate man of style

Author

Kelly, Ian

Publisher

Free Press

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

3) Sir Walter Raleigh

Author

Larkin, Tanya

Publisher

PowerKids Press

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

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A brief biography of the adventurous Englishman who explored America, attempted to establish a colony on Roanoke Island, and searched for gold in South America.

4) Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

Author

Aronson, Marc

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

2000

Language

English

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Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World. In this extraordinarily well researched and insightful biography, Marc Aronson explores the amazing accomplishments and dismal failures of one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan age. Best remembered for laying his coat in a muddy puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across it, Sir Walter...