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61) Victoria
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"Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Surely she must rely on her mother and her venal advisor, Sir John Conroy, or her uncle, the Duke...
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1995.
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Hyacinth remains busy entertaining the neighbors, tidying up her unruly family and fawning over her dear Daddy, yet still finds the time to exercise her singing skills and hold fetes for the candlelight supper set while imbuing her gracious entertaining skills in others.
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"What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards...
65) England
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From England's quaint country roads to a palace fit for a queen, readers have so much to discover about this amazing country! This title covers information like England's common foods, its largest cities and capital, plants and animals, and things to see and do.
66) Teeny Weeny Bop
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[2006]
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Upon finding a gold coin, a lonely woman trades it for a pig, then a succession of smaller, less troublesome pets.
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1991.
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Social climber Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'Bouquet, ' of course!) puts her best foot forward in this high-class comedy. In Cocktails, Hyacinth is concerned that Onslow's birthday celebration may interfere with her cocktail soirée. In the Unfortunate prospect, Hyacinth is too busy trying to impress Emmet with her singing to notice husband Richard's distress over the possibility of a forced early retirement. In Playthings for Daddy, Hyacinth must...
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From acclaimed historian Chris Skidmore comes the authoritative biography of Richard III, England's most controversial king, a man alternately praised as a saint and cursed as a villain. Richard III is one of English history's best known and least understood monarchs. Immortalized by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked murderer, the discovery in 2012 of his skeleton in a Leicester parking lot re-ignited debate over the true character of England's most controversial...
70) To kiss a spy
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[2002]
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Grieving over the supposed death of her newborn child, Penelope, a lady-in-waiting to the queen, enters into a dangerous bargain with spymaster Owen D'Arcy--she will give him secrets from the court in exchange for his investigation into the fate of her dead infant.
71) Aristocrats: power, grace, and decadence : Britain's great ruling classes from 1066 to the present
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Aristocracy means "rule by the best." For nine hundred years, the British aristocracy considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws, and guide the nation. Its virtues lay in its collective wisdom, its attachment to chivalric codes, and its sense of public duty. It evolved from a medieval warrior caste into a self-assured and sophisticated elite, which made itself the champion of popular liberty: It forced King John to sign the Magna...
77) Victoria: a life
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2014.
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Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's.
79) Queen Elizabeth
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"The Queen follows the story of young Lilibet, who would grow up to become Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom"--
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2021
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This comprehensive guide for those with little or no legal knowledge provides detailed analysis of current data protection laws. It enables the reader to operationalise a truly risk-based approach to data protection and compliance, beyond just emphasis on regulatory frameworks and legalistic compliance.
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