Kings and queens of England

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Rosalyn Schanzer

Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

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Patricia D. Netzley

Discusses the importance in history of the queen who ruled England for sixty-four years and during whose reign Great Britain expanded its influence throughout the world.

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Siteleiqi zhu

“A fascinating presentation of the Queen and her time, keen characterizations of Lord Melbourne, Palmerston, Gladstone, and Disraeli, and an impressive and convincing portrait of the Prince Consort. Done with the frankness and subtlety of a great artist.” — A.L.A. Catalog 1926 “In the long. amazing career which we follow we are ever conscious of the Queen as a woman, of the social and political atmosphere of the changes she lived through, and of her relation to those changes as head of the State. The career of the Queen falls into five periods — the Melbourne period, her married years, the years of seclusion and unpopularity which followed the death of the Prince Consort, her emergence under the influence of Disraeli, and finally her apotheosis in old age as the mother of her people and the symbol of their imperial greatness.” “Mr Strachey has the advantage of dealing with real people, instead of with characters laboriously abstracted from life in general, and his book is more fascinating an compelling than most novels.” – The Book Review Digest

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Andrew Donkin

Andrew Donkin presents the life story of Sir Francis Drake, a fearless explorer, a dashing sea hero, and the first Englishman to voyage around the world. He also discusses how in Drake's later years he was chosen as the mayor of Plymouth, represented Bossiney in Parliament and found fame as one of the great warriors of the Tudor period.