Fui la última faraona del antiguo Egipto y reiné durante veintiún años. Fui una líder poderosa y valiente. Tuve una profunda devoción hacia mi gente. Mucho se ha dicho sobre mi belleza, pero también fui conocida por mi carácter, mi ingenio y mi fortaleza. Siendo una reina, fui adorada como una diosa. Soy Cleopatra. I was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt and reigned for twenty-one years. I was a powerful and courageous leader. I had a deep...

In this retelling of the Andersen tale, which also introduces the numbers one to ten and basic addition and subtraction, a queen uses nine golden peas to tell whether each of the girls her three sons hope to marry is a true princess. En este recuento de la historia de Andersen, que también introduce los números uno a diez y la suma y la resta, una reina utiliza nueve guisantes de oro para saber si cada una de las chicas a sus tres hijos esperan...

The passionate and forbidden romance between the insane Danish King, the royal physician, and the young but strong-willed Queen leads to a revolution that changes an entire nation.

1585: Philip II's Catholic Spain is the most powerful empire in the world. Only England, ruled by Protestant Elizabeth, stands against him. The Queen is threatened by a depleted treasury, constant threats of assassination, and plots by Philip to install her cousin, Queen Mary of Scotland, on her throne. To which end a great armada is poised to invade England--as punishment for the capture of his treasure-ships, and to make Europe safe for Catholicism--even...