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Michael Maloney
Author
Language
English
Description
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.
6) Painted lady
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After a failed suicide attempt Maggie Sheridan is taken in by Sir Charles Stafford and his son Sebastian.
8) Bonekickers
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Gillian Magwilde leads an intrepid team of archaeologists as they come across mud, blood, and death-defying adventure when they start digging. A blend of modern forensics with historical mysteries.
Army of God: Archaeology professor Gregory 'Dolly' Parton's dig in Somerset stumbles upon mysterious early 14th century remains from both parties of the Knights Templar crusade fight against the Turkish Saracen sultan Mamluk's troops for Jerusalem....
10) Henry VIII
Publisher
Granada International
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
This tale of Henry VIII depicts the sexual intrigue, betrayal and rivalry that existed within his Court, in a reign hallmarked by political and religious upheaval, violence and corruption.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
"King John of England is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria and the Papacy. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision? As alliances are made, broken and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him, including his powerful mother Queen Elinor and Faulconbridge, the cynical and witty bastard son of the dead King Richard I."--container.
12) Othello
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's classic tragedy of jealousy, deceit, conspiracy and murder. Othello's great love for Desdemona proves to be too much to bear.
13) The Iron Lady
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
14) The jury
Publisher
Goldhil Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A young schoolboy is murdered and his schoolmate is arrested. But was he just arrested because he was Sikh, or is he really the killer? The jury must look through the racism and media attention behind the trial and seek the truth.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...
16) The White Queen
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.