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The Tudors in love : passion and politics in the age of England's most famous dynasty / by Gristwood, Sarah,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period. Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they're dismissed as something existing only in books and song--those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy. Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the 'loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to the poems lavished on Elizabeth I by her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature. The Tudors in Love dissects the codes of love, desire and power, unveiling romantic obsessions that have shaped the history of the world"--

Subjects: Tudor, House of.; Courtly love;

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Now we shall be entirely free / by Miller, Andrew,1961-author.;

One rain-swept February night in 1809, an unconscious man is carried into a house in Somerset. He is Captain John Lacroix, home from Britain's disastrous campaign against Napoleon's forces in Spain. Gradually Lacroix recovers his health, but not his peace of mind - he cannot talk about the war or face the memory of what happened in a village on the gruelling retreat to Corunna. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he sets out instead for the Hebrides, with the vague intent of reviving his musical interests and collecting local folksongs. Lacroix sails north incognito, unaware that he has far worse to fear than being dragged back to the army: a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer are on his trail, with orders to kill. The haven he finds on a remote island with a family of free-thinkers and the sister he falls for are not safe, at all.--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Great Britain. Army; Great Britain. Army; Veterans;

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Shine like the dawn : a novel / by Turansky, Carrie,author.;

"As Edwardian England changes, an industrialist's family is vaulted into a new class, leaving behind an important relationship"--"Separated by an inconceivable tragedy, can faith and love reunite childhood friends and light the way to a bright future? In a quiet corner of northern Edwardian England, Margaret Lounsbury diligently works in her grandmother's millinery shop, making hats and caring for her young sister. Several years earlier, a terrible event reshaped their family, shattering an idyllic life and their future prospects. Maggie is resilient and will do what she must to protect her sister Violet. Still, the loss of her parents weighs heavily on her heart because she wonders if what happened that day on the lake ... might not have been an accident.

Subjects: Religious fiction.; Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Life change events;

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Southcliffe. by Durkin, Sean,film director.; Weaver, Al,actor.; Kinnear, Rory,actor.; Harris, Sean,actor.; Henderson, Shirley,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Al Weaver, Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris, Shirley HendersonOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2013.Set in a fictional English town devastated by a spate of shootings which take place over a single day. When journalist David Whitehead returns to his childhood home to report on the shootings, he finds a town ripped apart by violence and sudden bereavement. The residents' resilience, both as a community and as individuals, has been cruelly tested. As David searches for answers, his story interweaves with those closest to the victims of the tragedy, revealing their lives before, during and after the killings.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Television series--Great Britain.;

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The Victorians : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts / by Cruttenden, Aidan;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 94), Internet addresses and index.

Subjects: English literature; Literature and history; Authors, English;

© c2003., Facts on File,

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Wolf Hall / by Mantel, Hilary,1952-author.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540;

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The eagle and the hart : the tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV / by Castor, Helen,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were thirty-two when Henry deposed him and became king in his place. Now, the story behind one of the strangest and most fateful events in English history (and the inspiration behind Shakespeare's most celebrated history plays) is brought to vivid life by the acclaimed author of Blood and Roses, Helen Castor. Richard had birthright on his side, and a profound belief in his own God-given majesty. But beyond that, he lacked all qualities of leadership. A narcissist who did not understand or accept the principles that underpinned his rule, he was neither a warrior defending his kingdom, nor a lawgiver whose justice protected his people. Instead, he declared that "his laws were in his own mouth," and acted accordingly. He sought to define as treason any resistance to his will and recruited a private army loyal to himself rather than the realm-and he intended to destroy those who tried to restrain him. Henry was everything Richard was not: a leader who inspired both loyalty and friendship, a soldier and a chivalric hero, dutiful, responsible, principled. After years of tension and conflict, Richard banished him and seized his vast inheritance. Richard had been crowned a king but he had become a tyrant, and as a tyrant-ruling by arbitrary will rather than established law-he was deposed by his cousin Henry, the only possible candidate to take his place. Henry was welcomed as a liberator, a champion of the people against his predecessor's paranoid despotism. But within months he too was facing rebellion. Men knew that a deposer could in turn be deposed, and the new king found himself buffeted by unrest and by chronic ill-health until he seemed a shadow of his former self, trapped by political uncertainty and troubled by these signs that God might not, after all, endorse his actions. Captivating, immersive, and highly relevant to today's times, The Eagle and the Hart is a story about what happens when a ruler prioritizes power over the interests of his own people. When a ruler demands loyalty to himself as an individual, rather than duty to the established constitution, and when he seeks to reshape reality rather than concede the force of verifiable truths. Above all, it is a story about how a nation was brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration-and, in the end, how it was brought back"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.; Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413.;

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Great-Uncle Harry : a tale of war and empire / by Palin, Michael,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings. This, Michael learned, was his Great-Uncle Harry, born in 1884, died in 1916. He had previously had no idea that he had a Great-Uncle Harry, much less that his life was cut short at the age of 32 when he was killed in the Battle of the Somme. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir, this is Michael Palin at his very finest."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Palin, Harry, 1884-1916.; Soldiers; Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.; World War, 1914-1918;

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Victoria. [videorecording] / by Andrews, Guy,screenwriter.; Audsley, Nicholas,1982-actor.; Bartlett, Sabrina,actor.; Boulter, David(Producer),television producer.; Bowles, Peter,1936-actor.; Burnett, David(Actor),actor.; Coleman, Jenna,1986-actor.; Fleetwood, Kate,1972-actor.; Fox, Laurence,actor.; Goodwin, Daisy,creator,screenwriter.; Hudson, Nell,1990-actor.; Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Kingsley, Ferdinand,1988-actor.; Knight, Tommy,1993-actor.; Regan, Vincent,actor.; Sax, Geoffrey,television director.; Schiller, Adrian,actor.; Sessions, John,1953-actor.; Swainsbury, Sam,actor.; Thomas, Chloë,television director.; Thomas, Delyth,television director.; Thomas, Edwin,1987-actor.; Travers, Lily,actor.; Waller, Jordan,actor.; Wilford, Ottilie,screenwriter.; Wilson-Jones, Anna,actor.; ITV (Firm),broadcaster.; Mammoth Screen (Firm),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster,publisher.;

Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Nicholas Audsley, Sabrina Bartlett, Peter Bowles, David Burnett, Kate Fleetwood, Nell Hudson, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Vincent Regan, Adrian Schiller, Sam Swainsbury, Edwin Thomas, Lily Travers, Jordan Waller, Anna Wilson-Jones, John Sessions, Laurence Fox, Alex Jennings.Ascending to the throne in 1838, the young Victoria spends the early years of her reign struggling with her duties as monarch, harboring a romantic interest in Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell) before eventually marrying Prince Albert (Tom Hughes).PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Kings and rulers; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Queens;

For private home use only.

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Pride and prejudice and Pittsburgh / by Lippincott, Rachael,author.;

When disheartened Pittsburgh teen Audrey transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly sparks fly when she meets Lucy Sinclair.014+.Grades 10-12.

Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Love; Time travel; Lesbians; Love; Time travel;

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