Marie Antoinette Princess Of Versailles Austria France 1769 The Royal Diaries

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545315630

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Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries) by Kathryn Lasky Pdf

Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's MARIE ANTOINETTE is back in print with a gorgeous new package! To forge an incredibly powerful political alliance, thirteen-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria is betrothed to Dauphin Louis Auguste, who will one day be the king of France. To prepare the princess for becoming queen, she must be trained to write, read, speak French, dress, act . . . even breathe. Things become more difficult for her when she is separated from her family and sent to the court of Versailles to meet her future husband. Opinionated and headstrong Marie Antoinette must find a way to fit in at the royal court, and get along with her fiancé. The future of Austria and France falls upon her shoulders. But as she lives a luxurious life inside the palace gates, out on the streets the people of France face hunger and poverty. Through the pages of her diary, Marie captures the isolation, the lavish parties and gowns, her struggle to find her place, and the years leading up her ascendance of the throne . . . and a revolution.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545535832

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Marie Antoinette by Kathryn Lasky Pdf

In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.

Author : Kristiana Gregory
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0439164842

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Eleanor by Kristiana Gregory Pdf

Mischievous and daring, a young princess ascends to new heights after a life of trials and tribulations.

Author : Carolyn Meyer
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439078059

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Isabel by Carolyn Meyer Pdf

While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabella, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Children's stories, American
ISBN : 0590684841

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Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky Pdf

In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health.

Author : Kristiana Gregory
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0590819755

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Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory Pdf

While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, 12-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.

Author : Laurence Yep
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439164834

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Lady of Chʻiao Kuo by Laurence Yep Pdf

In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

Author : Barry Denenberg
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439266440

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Elisabeth by Barry Denenberg Pdf

Author Barry Denenberg introduces us to a nineteenth-century Bavarian princess named Elisabeth who at age fifteen is engaged to the emperor of Austria and is swept into an unfamiliar world. Author Barry Denenberg brings us into the whirlwind that is the life of Princess Elisabeth of Austria. A free and impetuous spirit, Elisabeth was chosen at the tender age of fifteen (over her older sister) to be the wife of Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria. From that moment on, she is thrown into an intimidating world of restrictions and tremendous responsibilities. Feeling lonely and alienated, Elisabeth is forced to rely upon her own personal strength, which is what eventually leads her down the aisle and into an uncertain future.

Author : Carolyn Meyer
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545576345

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Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer Pdf

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer's ANASTASIA is back in print with a gorgeous new package! Anastasia is the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia. Anastasia is used to a life of luxury; her major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice-skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother, the princess, tells her which matching outfit she and her three sisters shall wear that day. It's a fairy tale life -- until everything changes with the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany. As Russia enters WWI, hunger and poverty grows among the peasants, and soon they are not pleased with their ruler. While the czar is trying win a war and save their country, the country is turning on the royal family. When her father and the rest of the family are imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, suddenly Anastasia understands what this war is costing the people. In the pages of her diary, Anastasia chronicles the wealth and luxury of her royal days, as well as the fall from power, and her uncertain fate.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0439223504

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Jahanara, Princess of Princesses by Kathryn Lasky Pdf

Written by a Newbery Honor-winning author, this is the story of a princess who longs for freedom. Jahanara is the daughter of a rich emperor in India. While she is showered with many riches, she is also confined by her strict religion and the rules of the palace.

Author : Anna Kirwan
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439215986

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Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia by Anna Kirwan Pdf

Author : E. H. Gombrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300213973

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A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich Pdf

E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.

Author : Isabel Cooper-Oakley
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9783849644635

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The Comte De St. Germain by Isabel Cooper-Oakley Pdf

Among the strange mysterious beings, with which the eighteenth century was so richly dowered, no one has commanded more universal comment and attention than the mystic who was known by the name of the Comte de St. Germain. A hero of romance; a charlatan; a swindler and an adventurer; rich and varied were the names that showered freely upon him. Hated by the many, loved and reverenced by the few, time has not yet lifted the veil which screened his true mission from the vulgar speculators of the period. Then, as now, the occultist was dubbed charlatan by the ignorant; only some men and women here and there realised the power of which he stood possessed. The friend and councillor of kings and princes, an enemy to ministers who were skilled in deception, he brought his great knowledge to help the West, to stave off in some small measure the storm clouds that were gathering so thickly around some nations. Alas! his words of warning fell on deafened ears, and his advice went all unheeded.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439194040

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Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky Pdf

I think hawking is one of the things that Francis and I do so well together.

Author : Rupert Kingfisher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781599906966

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Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles by Rupert Kingfisher Pdf

Madame Pamplemousse is the story of Madeleine, forced to work in her unpleasant uncle's horrible restaurant, The Squealing Pig. By chance she comes across the most marvellous shop, run by Madame Pamplemousse, which is quiet, discreet, yet full of delicious and otherworldly 'edibles' - Pterodactyl Bacon, Scorpion Tails in Smoked Garlic Oil, and Great Squid Tentacle in Jasmine-Scented Jelly. A quiet comradeship develops between Madeleine, Madame Pamplemousse, and Madame's cat, Camembert. And together they create some wonderful culinary magic. Exquisite, beautifully formed prose that has echoes of Angela Carter belies a narrative that is full of pace. A wonderful fairy tale that will appeal to both adults and children.