They broke out of the beeches and into the golden bracken. Quire caught a rich taste of earth and was astonished by the pleasure it gave him. He shut his mouth tight, lest he receive the shock again. Fences were leapt, and gates, ...
Master Palfreyman was on his feet. The Secretary for Arms was unusually fierce. “Let's punish 'em. Show 'em their place. They have been allowed to scheme too long—murdering ourfolk, challenging our power, having the gall to propose ...
Gloriana: Or the Unfulfill'd Queen : Being a Romance
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lady Florence Dixie’s Gloriana; or, The Revolution of 1900 is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Presented in this expanded edition, Gloriana employs familiar settings and thorough, sometimes scientific explanations to reach thoughtful conclusions.
Gloriana: Exploring the Reign of Elizabeth I
In Gloriana, Roy Strong provides a richly detailed analysis of all the major portraits.
One of the most intelligent of all the Tudors, Elizabeth grew up in the shadow of her brother, Edward, and her sister, Mary. Growing up in loneliness her first twenty-five...
Bawdy, cruel, and brilliant, Gloriana has been awarded the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction, and is often cited as one of the great works of speculative fiction and fantasy along the lines ...
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Auburn eyelashes, too, fringe the child's wonderful eyes, but again these are many shades darker than the mother's, while masses of auburn curls play negligently and unconfined, covering the girl's back like a veil of old-gold.
Gloriana: The Years of Elizabeth I
For four days, the great Gloriana has remained huddled and silent upon a mound of cushions at Richmond, refusing to take to her bed, fighting death to the end.