mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-17 | Author:Weir, Alison [Weir, Alison]

38 ‘Squire Harry Will Be God, and Do as He Pleases!’ IT WAS AROUND 1530 that a former servant of Wolsey’s, Thomas Cromwell, entered the King’s service. One of the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2009-05-19 | Author:Gillian Gill [Gill, Gillian]

The Greatest Show on Earth … HE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE DID NOT SPEND THEIR WHOLE YEAR ON their private estates, and they had far less leisure than most of ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2008-10-27 | Author:Piers Brendon [Brendon, Piers]

This verdict was heard in other parts of Africa painted red on the map. Settler colonies in particular seemed bent on following the Boer example: one Cewa chief complained that ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1997-09-01 | Author:Kitty Kelley [Kelley, Kitty]

FOURTEEN I’m fed up to the teeth with your bloody security,” exploded the Duke of Edinburgh. “Let’s get going.” “I’m sorry, sir,” said the U.S. Secret Service agent, “but there’s ...

epub, pdf, mobi | | 2010-05-18 | Author:Greene, Graham [Graham, Greene]

PART FOUR Chapter 1 1 Wormold unlocked the door. The street-lamp over the way vaguely disclosed the vacuum cleaners standing around like tombs. He started for the stairs. Beatrice whispered, ...

mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Frances Wilson

When Ismay was finally called to the stand for the second time on 30 April, Senator Smith found himself addressing an apparently contrite and more responsive man. Perhaps Ismay was ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2008-11-03 | Author:Peter Ackroyd

There was an unusual condition of the weather that materially affected the life and nature of the Thames in previous centuries. The river had a propensity to freeze at the ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

On May 12, John left the Savoy; he could have had no idea that he would never see his beautiful palace again. Katherine probably rode northward with him via Hertford, ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2009-12-29 | Author:Weir, Alison [Weir, Alison]

Already people expected the prisoners to be convicted. On May 11, before any trial had taken place, the Abbot of Cirencester wrote informing Cromwell that he had already promised Sir ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

Philippa and Katherine now had much in common: both were essentially femmes soles, both had dedicated a daughter to God, both were rearing sons called Thomas who were of similar ...

epub |eng | 1973-01-01 | Author:Henry de Monfreid [Monfreid, Henry de]

TWENTY-THREE The Hiding-Place At dawn the white lights of Suez faded before the golden glory of the sun, and the town suddenly appeared out of the desert in dazzling clearness. ...

epub |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

12. Conspiracies Dominic Mancini left England during the week after the coronation, and his account, sadly for us, ends there. He says that, before his departure, the Princes had 'ceased ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

There have been claims that Henry VIII fathered other bastard children, although only one is based on compelling evidence.71 It has often been said that Henry would have had good ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

Elizabeth was passionate about the theatre, and actively protected it from the Puritans who wanted it banned. In 583, she formed her own theatre company, the Queen's Men, of whom ...

epub |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

38 “Squire Harry Will Be God, and Do as He Pleases!” It was around 1530 that a former servant of Wolsey’s, Thomas Cromwell, entered the King’s service. One of the ...