John Guy

Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, and Queen of France at sixteen years, she grew up in the crosshairs of Europe's political battles to become Queen Elizabeth's arch rival.This audiobook tells the story of the fraught and dangerous relationship between these two women of incredible charisma and power - a relationship that...

The expansion of the British Empire, the changing styles in fashion, the Great Exhibition, Disraeli and Gladstone - Victoria's very able Prime Ministers, and the social changes with the new industrial age are brought to life in this book.

The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband's passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. Missing from most accounts is how the turbulent nature of Anne and Henry's relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at one of the great...

Each title in this series explores the key information required by the National Curriculum for the study of the subject. Information packed, the dip-in dip-out text that is levelled to reading age eight years, is supported by contemporary photographic imagery.

Each title in this series explores the key information required by the National Curriculum for the study of the subject. Information packed, the dip-in dip-out text that is levelled to reading age eight years, is supported by contemporary photographic imagery.