'We are a prince from a line of princes' Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of 'The Virgin Queen', Elizabeth I, provides vibrant new insights on the monarch's compelling, enthralling life story. It is a book that challenges readers to reassess Elizabeth's reign and the colourful drama, scandal and intrigue to which it is always linked. Using new research from sources in France and Italy, Lisa Hilton to presents a fresh interpretation of Elizabeth as a queen who saw herself primarily as a Renaissance prince. She delivers a new perspective on the most intimate details of Elizabeth's life, and upon her attempts to fashion England into a Renaissance state. Elizabeth was not an exceptional woman but an exceptional ruler, and Hilton redraws English history with this animated portrait of an astounding life. Her biography maps the dramatic journey that Elizabeth took from being a timid and meek newly-crowned queen, to one of the most powerful and vivid monarchs ever to rule England.

Product Description: A new biographical portrait that casts the queen as she saw herself not as an exceptional woman, but as an exceptional rulerQueen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her weak and feeble woman s body to do so for political gain...read more

Product Description: “Game-changing . . . How history should be written.” — Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life [An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.” — New York Times Book Review   Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her “weak and feeble woman’s body” to do so for political gain...read more

The dramatic love story of two extraordinary individuals—Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski—living in extraordinary times."Oh, the horror of love!" Nancy Mitford once exclaimed to her sister Diana Mosley.Elegant and intelligent, Nancy was a reknowned wit and a popular author. Yet this bright, waspish woman, capable of unerring emotional analysis in her work gave her heart to a well-known philanderer who went on to marry another woman. Was Nancy that unremarkable thing—a deluded lover—or was she a remarkable woman engaged in a sophisticated love affair? Gaston Palewski was the Free French commander and one of the most influential politicians in post-war Europe. Their life together was spent amongst the most exciting, powerful, and controversial figures in the center of reawakening Europe. She supported him throughout his tumultuous career and he inspired some of her best work, including The Pursuit of Love. Lisa Hilton's provocative and emotionally challenging book reveals how, with discipline, gentleness, and a great deal of elegance, Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski achieved an affair of the heart. 8 page B&W insert

Product Description: In 15th century Florence, orphaned Mura learn that her magical heritage makes her a precious prize in this vividly researched historical drama of love, betrayal, and witchcraftFive-year-old Mura is a strange and bewitching child...read more

Product Description: Castroux, France, 1939. In a bare farmhouse above the village, Oriane lives in desperate poverty. When the Germans invade, her simple world crumbles. Passions erupt, moral boundaries break down , and rebellion is soon in the air. Vastroux, France, 2000...read more

Product Description: Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, England’s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the monarchy and the nation. Lisa Hilton’s meticulously researched new work explores the lives of the 20 women crowned between 1066 and 1503...read more

A biography of Athâenaèis de Montespan, the powerful mistress of France's King Louis XIV, discusses her influence on the political and cultural events of the era and the accusations that led to her fall from grace.

Raised in a Charing Cross coffee-house, Lavinia became an actress, and though she was a newcomer to the stage when she was chosen to star as Polly. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations. This is the biography of the first 'Polly Peachum', the 18th century actress who became the Duchess of Bolton, Lavinia Fenton.

A biography of the first 'Polly Peachum', the 18th century actress who became the Duchess of Bolton, Lavinia Fenton.

A lively biography of Athénaïs de Montespan, the powerful mistress of France's King Louis XIV, reveals the woman behind the throne of the Sun KIng, discussing her remarkable influence on the political and cultural events of the era, her sensational rise to power, and the accusations that led to her fall from grace. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Introduces the world of dinosaurs, discusses the habits and characteristics of different kinds of dinosaurs, and explains how we have learned about them from fossils

Introduces the world of sharks, discusses their teeth, hunting techniques, reproduction, and danger to humans, and describes the great white, hammerhead, whale shark, and other varieties

Introduces the world of snakes, discusses their eating habits, defenses, movement, reproduction, and possible danger to humans, and describes the python, the king cobra, and the rattlesnake

Introduces the world of insects, discusses their eating habits, defenses, movement, reproduction, and possible danger to humans, and describes the grasshopper, wasp, and dragonfly

Discusses various species of dinosaurs and the whimsical problems they might face today, including Polacanthus with its vegetarian diet and Trachodon with its 2,000 teeth.