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Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829 (The Royal Diaries)
Anna Kirwan
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Being a princess is not all glittery parties and lavish holidays by the sea. Well, actually, it is, but it's not all fun. Young Princess Victoria is constantly surrounded by family and advisors, allowing her no privacy and very few opportunities to express herself until she purloins an old ledger book from one of Kensington Palace's stables. She promptly begins recording her secrets, daily trials, and naughty witticisms (her uncle, King George IV, has big, plump hands, "the size of a plucked quail.") in this very incongruous journal. The biggest secret of all, however, is one that is kept from our heroine. It is not until well into her two-year-long diary that Victoria pieces together her family tree to discover that she is next in line to the throne. This intriguing installment of the Royal Diaries series will inspire many readers to delve deeper into Queen Victoria's life as the longest reigning queen of England. Author Anna Kirwan's fictionalized account is entertaining and enlightening, packed with facts about royal customs in the early 19th century. Historical notes, a family tree, and photos provide more factual information for the curious reader. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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Kind of boring.......2007-06-06
For a Royal Diaries, this one was kind of boring. All it tells about is every-day kind of stuff, no adventure. The funniest thing about the book is that Victoria supposedly wrote in this old cattle record book, so somethimes when she's writing, she'll be interrupted by a list of cow names!!!!
Another great Royal Diary book!.......2005-07-16
Anna Kirwan, tried very hard to complete this book and i found it another moving and wonderful addition to this great series!Victoria is in a time where there is no freedom for her and her people.Her mother is under the power of a roudy captain, and she is constantly being bossed around by her daughter!Victoria tries to comfort herself by luxurious and exotic holidays, but her life is a mess, especially when she spots her mother being severely abused by the evil captain.
Victoria is an emotional novel, that will make you feel lucky and happy about your life.At least Victoria knows one thing!She's heir to the English thrown!Read this challenging diary to experience a snapshot of her wonderful life!Anna Kirwan has done a great job on the production of this book!
A dull princess.......2005-03-26
Victoria's diary is dull and boring book. Anna Kirwan's future queen of Wales is whiny and sounds like she is 70. This book is about studies and The catain an advier to the mother.Anna Kirwan's other book Flower of Baccle is also a flop.
Great book!.......2005-02-27
I've read this book so many times and actually enjoyed it every single one of them.
Most of Princess Victoria's troubles are caused by a man who is trying (indirectly) to steal the throne. He's bossy, he's rude and he has a horrible daughter who makes life really interesting.
This book is highly entertaining in areas and I'm giving it a 5 star rating for being one of the most creative ones in the series!
Victoria - May Blossom Of Brittania Bravo!.......2005-01-28
What a wonderful new addition to the Royal Diaries Series!Victoria princess of Brittain wrote a diary at 9 years of age.This book is about a young princess growing up in an era of hardship.With her mother being controlled by nasty Captain Conroy Victoria lived angrily through her days.But one day Victoria finally realised that she has the right to be liberated too.Even though some parts in this book are slow and dull,the book becomes interesting and more interesting day by day.This book is definitely one of the best because of it 's easiness to go along with the characters and the clear way the scene of the story is depicted.This book is very interesting and also has a lovely front cover.It's Fab!
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Twenty-five million emigrants have left the British Isles since 1600, mainly travelling to America or to parts of the British Empire around the world. Britannia's Children is the first account of emigration from the British Isles as a whole, including England, Scotland and Ireland. Tracing the stages of this extraordinary movement from the days of the Mayflower to modern times, Eric Roberts shows the variety of motives that drove men and women to make the most momentous decisions of their lives as well as providing a mass of individual stories, voyages, destinations and fates.
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King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names from 3000 years of history live again in these 100 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. These stories, many of them virtually forgotten, are Britain's heritage, told and illustrated with such verve and colour that they are the perfect way to give present-day children a sense of the excitement of history.
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Britannia's Daughters
Joanna Trollope
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Britannia’s Daughters, best-selling novelist Joanna Trollope examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. She draws on a vast range of sources, including diaries and letters home. She provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the Far East, Canada and Africa — often in search of opportunities unavailable at home.
Here are penniless pioneers and governors’ wives, missionaries and prostitutes, explorers and army nurses. They people this book as they peopled the Empire — their astonishing courage and endurance, their remarkable personal stories are vividly and enthrallingly recaptured.
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This book brings together the often separated histories of diplomacy, defence, economics and empire in a provocative reinterpretation of British 'decline'. It also offers a broader reflection on the nature of international power and the mechanisms of policymaking. For this Second Edition, David Reynolds has added a new chapters and extends his lively and incisive analysis to the beginning of the new millennium.
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Britain britain britain.......2007-01-21
this is a must...Educate yourselves, people! it's a great book about international/post domestic affairs. Mind you, this is a Political/Historical reference to understand brit-politics.
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Skeleton Green: A late Iron Age and Romano-British site (Britannia monograph series)
Clive Partridge
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Britannia is ten years dead. Phonomancer David Kohl hadn't spared his old patron a thought for almost as long... at which point his mind starts to unravel. Can he discover what's happened to the Mod-Goddess of Britpop while there's still something of himself left? Dark modern-fantasy in a world where music is magic, where a song can save your life or end it.
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Bitter sweet.......2007-09-26
A sad lament, for us 90s kids
Makes you wonder, ¿how long can we hold on to nostalgia,
before it makes us disapear into anonimity?
Great overview of the BRITPOP era, and outstanding musical
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Britannia: A History of Roman Britain
Sheppard Frere
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ASIN: 0710212151 |
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The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. With Queen Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, the British have no one to unite them against the enemy who occupies their land.
No one, that is, except William Shakespeare, a playwright presented with the opportunity to pen his greatest work, a drama that will incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors-and change the course of history.
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Quite a ride!.......2007-10-02
For those who are into Shakespeare, and who would maybe like to see him as even more of a world-shaker [small pun there, absolutely intended], pick this book up and see how he saves England from Spain [or nearly like, anyway]! Turtledove, as has been said by many people many times, is a master of the alternate reality tale--if not THE master... with a capital "M"! This was another great story and puts the reader in the period, with period speech and dialects. I haven't felt more in-the-place since I read Chaucer in the original Middle English in college! Just like then, and just like reading a Shakespeare play, once you get into the flow of the language, it becomes easy to understand [my opinion, at least]. Maybe some will still find it off-putting, but I think it is a great aspect of the story and the whole premise: that you are in a world that is familiar yet different from what we knew in our own timeline. This is great fiction, in any case.
An absolute delight.......2006-05-26
I've only read a few of Turtledove's other novels; he seems to have so many series going on that I have a hard time keeping them all straight and so don't bother with any of them. I ended up with _Ruled Britannia_ by mistake (via a book club) and had it sitting around for some months before I picked it up the other day.
What a hoot! This was a very, very hard novel to pull off, and Turtledove did in very, very well. I found it funny, engrossing, fascinating, and, at times, moving. I chuckled at the various 'cribs from Shakespeare' that Turtledove scattered throughout the novel. And while others here--and Turtledove himself, in the afterword--note the unlikely nature of the Spanish Armada conquering England, world history has turned on other events equally unlikely--such as the US victory in the Battle of Midway.
Rating this novel '4 stars' is not a criticism, just a recognition that it's a fun (and brilliant) romp, but not one I'm likely to read repeatedly (as compared, say, to _Riddle-Master_ by Patricia McKillip).
As always, your mileage may vary. ..bruce..
I LOVE Turtledove's One-Shots.......2006-04-18
I've been a Harry Turtledove fan ever since I read Guns of the South, which was my introduction to the vast genre of science fiction known as alternate history. As a history student married to a history student, I LOVE playing the "What If" game with various historical scenarios.
Most of Turtledove's recent work, however, has not been very inspiring. Once, I would rush to the bookstore to pick up the latest installment of whatever series I was in the middle of. Now I'm content to getting the newest books from the library. Flat characterization, little plot advancement, and dull repetition have tarnished what would otherwise be very good books.
I wish they could all be like Ruled Britannia. This stand-alone novel shows that Turtledove can still write engaging dialog with memorable characters-even if the characters are largely historical figures. Maybe the idea of a successful Spanish invasion of Britain is far-fetched for some (I personally think that the invasion would have been a bit more "multinational" as more Catholic powers piled onto England), but the reactions of British citizens to the invasion is, I feel, quite accurate. I particularly like the portrayal of religion in the daily lives of Britons-for many, it didn't matter whether Protestants or Catholics were in power, or what ceremonies they had to follow or avoid; they were going to worship God, however they were allowed to.
I was particularly pleased to see one of my favorite Spanish playwrites, Lope de Vega, portrayed in the book. Lope was born only two years before Shakespeare, so they certainly were contemporaries. The depiction of de Vega's womanizing is very accurate, historically speaking, as are other aspects of his life-it was really only the failure of the Spanish effort against England that allowed him to leave the army and begin his writing career in earnest (Lope's ship was among the few who returned from the bitter defeat of the Armada at the hands of the British fleet).
The plot is particularly interesting, especially when contrasted with modern times. Imagine an era in which political propaganda is released NOT in 15 second soundbites, but in the text of plays. The depiction of the contemporary drama scene in the book is quite accurate, showing exactly how much research Turtledove does to ensure his books are as authentic as possible.
There is something for everyone in this book-literature snobs will even enjoy trying to figure out which of Shakespeare's actual plays the "alternate" titles represent. The book is a refreshing reminder of why I started reading Turtledove to begin with. I can only hope that the good doctor will continue to release these "single shot" alternate histories in addition (or perhaps in place of) the extended sagas that he has been writing recently.
A lesser Turtledove in scope, but a more enjoyable read because of it.......2005-10-02
Although Harry Turtledove is noted as being a "master of alternate history," many of his books cannot be called alternate history in any realistic sense of the term. His Guns of the South imagines the Cofederacy being supplied with AK-47's by time-travelling racists. Uh-huh. And his two Worldwar series assume aliens (real, honest-to-goodness outer space baddies) invade Earth in the middle of WWII. Ooooo-kaaaayyyy..... But here we have a plausible alternate reality world - imagine England 10 years after the Spanish Armada. Assume the Spanish navy won and managed to land the Duke of Parma's troops in Britain. Turtledove starts with this premise and paints a convincing picture - forced conversion to Catholicism and death to Protestant heretics, an English Inquisition to hunt said heretics down, and occupation by Spanish and Irish troops, the latter brought in to bolster the Catholic ranks to hold London.
In this world works one William Shakepeare. He has still written a number of his works we are familiar with - Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost - in the presence of the Spanish occupation. Then an underground agent approaches Will with a plan: write a play so incindiary that the crowds watching the play will rise up agaist their oppressors.
From this setup, the story arc of the entire book should be obvious to anyone, if not the ultimate outcome - does Will's play and the insurgents' plot succeed? I don't mean to denigrate the book at all - just because the plot is obvious doesn't mean that the story isn't enjoyable. And it is enjoyable. London in 1600 was full of colourful characters that Turtledove borrows from real life, not least of which is Shakespeare himself and his contemporary playwrite, the homosexual (at a time when it was a capital offense) Christopher Marlowe. London and its sister communities (Westminster, Southwark, etc.) are beautifully rendered, invoking the bustle and squalor that was everyday life in Elizabethan times.
This book has nowhere near the scope or depth of his serial books. That's inevitable in a one-off, but the number of major characters in Ruled Britannia is low even so. Similarly the action is linear and completely centred on Shakespeare. But it is well-written and engaging. If Turtledove's verse is not original, but borrowed from a variety of sources (including Marlowe), we must remember that Shakespeare himself did the same thing, and the book is richer for it. The characters speak in what reads as 17th-century English, but it's easily followed, and the authenticy such language lends to the story is invaluable.
The master's best recent novel!!.......2004-12-30
_Ruled Britannia_ (hey, Amazon, correct your spelling!) is Turtledove's best stand-alone book in the last few years. In fact, it's an absolute delight, not least because of the gorgeous amount of Shakespearean language (much of it directly adapted from the Bard's own works, indeed - trying to guess which plays or poems a certain line came from is a big part of the fun) and because of the depth and affection with which Turtledove depicts his alt-hist Shakespeare and his Spanish opposite number Lope de Vega (a famous real-life playwright who, in the novel, is a junior officer in the Spanish occupation force who much prefers to spend his time hanging with Master Will and his cronies, or else in pursuing and bedding English beauties). Turtledove might have been accused in some instances recently of padding his work, or phoning it in, but not this time around. Along with _Guns of the South_, I can hardly think of a better introduction to the good Professor's work.
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Dialogue Among Civilizations: Some Exemplary Voices
Fred Dallmayr
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Dialogue Among Civilizations explores the social, cultural, and philosophical underpinnings of "civilizational dialogue" by asking questions such as: What is the meaning of such dialogue? What are its preconditions? Are there different trajectories for different civilizations? Is there also a dialogue between past and future involving remembrance? Exemplary voices range from Ibn Rushd, Goethe and Hafiz to Soroush, Gadamer, and the Mahatma Gandhi.
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Absolutely brilliant alternative to Platonism.......1999-09-13
Ever since the first explosion of mathematics in the West, some 2500 years ago, philosophers have wondered from whence does mathematics arise? For most of this time, and for most of these questioners, the answer has been some form of "platonism" - some variation on the view that numbers and other mathematical "objects" exist in a transcendent realm, a priori to, and independent from the material world. Throughout history, several attempts have been made to articulate a coherent alternative to this essentially religious view. At last Brian Rotman has succeeded in this task - and the view he offers is astonishing in its elegance and satisfaction. A truly brilliant and deeply important work, Ad Infinitum should be required reading for all those interested in the philosophy of mathematics.
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