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Great Britain Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952- Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography II, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth 1926- II, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth 1926-2022 Kings and rulers Queens Queens Great Britain Biography Windsor, House ofHardman, Robert
Summary: "On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer, and peace-broker. She has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HARMuir, Robin
Summary: Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages.... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry the Queen's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.082 MUICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.082 MUIWilliams, Kate
Summary: "A lively and poignant biography of the young princess who, at the impressionable age of eleven, found that she was now heiress to the throne" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II WILSummary: Follow Queen Elizabeth II's remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle Edward VIII's stunning abdication, and her father's coronation as King George VI. She defines the role of a modern monarch, leading the Royal Family and her subjects through the challenges of post-war reconstruction, decolonization, conflicts in South Africa, Northern Ireland and The Falklands, and the difficult days after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QUEBrandreth, Gyles Daubeney
Summary: This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coronet 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHILIP, PRINCE BRASmith, Sally Bedell
Summary: "When the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne in 1936, his shy, uncertain, unprepared younger brother became King. Sally Bedell Smith was granted by Queen Elizabeth II special access to the letters and diaries of George VI and Elizabeth, to tell the story of how their love, devotion, and strong marriage led George VI to overcome insecurities and difficulty speaking and to become an exceptional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SMIHardman, Robert
Summary: "A definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the seventieth anniversary of her reign by a renowned royal biographer."--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II, QUEEN HARMorton, Andrew
Summary: "Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II MORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH MORSummary: Through four extraordinary documentaries, we follow some of Queen Elizabeth II's most defining moments, from her unique coronation to her sympathetic and inspiring speeches. With singular access and painstaking detail, we see how her legend was crafted, and take a peek behind the curtain to get a sense of the woman who was Queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INMurphy, Victoria
Summary: Since she succeeded to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has become respected, celebrated, and beloved around the world. This stunning collection of powerful images illustrates her storied reign in all its glory. More than 300 extraordinary photographs, along with insightful commentary by the royal journalist Victoria Murphy, showcase the significant, historic, and intimate moments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Home, an imprint of Hearts Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH, QUEEN MURSummary: A feature length tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest reigning monarch, from her birth in London on April 21st 1926 to the nationwide outpouring of gratitude and thanks to Her Majesty in June 2022 marking the Platinum Jubilee, and then the sorrow just weeks later and her historic and epic funeral. Following the course of her life as shock of the abdication in 1936...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUEPhillips, Charles
Summary: Britain's early royal history brought to life with 200 contemporary and historical illustrations, maps, shields and comprehensive genealogical tables.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 PHIBrown, Craig
Summary: "With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Summary: Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same'.These were the heartbreaking words of a seventeen-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold on a cold February morning in 1554. Her death for high treason sent shockwaves through the Tudor world and served as a gruesome reminder to all who aspired to the Crown that the axe could fall at any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GREY, JANE, LADY TALMacCaffrey, Wallace T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E. Arnold 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH I MACGillingham, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.03 GILRoberts, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000