Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey (Pocket)
avAnn Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780060549251 - UTGIVEN: 2006-01After being forced to marry and become the Queen of England, sixteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey is beheaded nine days later due to the political ambitions of her parents, in a nonfictional tale filled with various historical events and figures of the period, such as King Henry VIII and Queen Mary I. Re[...]
The Redheaded Princess (Inbunden)
avAnn Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780060733742 - UTGIVEN: 2008-01Growing up, Elizabeth fears she can never be Queen. Although she is the King's daughter, no woman can ever hope to rule over men in England, especially when her mother has been executed for treason. For all her royal blood, Elizabeth's life is fraught with danger and uncertainty. Sometimes she is we[...]
A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (Häftad)
avAnn Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780152046828 - UTGIVEN: 2003-07Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should sh[...]
Or Give Me Death (Pocket)
avAnn Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780152050764 - UTGIVEN: 2004-08With insight and compassion, Rinaldi explores the possibility that Patrick Henry's immortal cry of "Give me liberty, or give me death," which roused a nation to arms, was first spoken by his wife as she pleaded to be released from her mental health confinement.[...]
Numbering All the Bones (Häftad)
avAnn Rinaldi
ISBN: 9780786813780 - UTGIVEN: 2005-08The Civil War is coming to an end, but for 13-year-old Kentucky plantation house slave Eulinda, it is a very difficult time. With detailed and historical accuracy, Rinaldi weaves a tale of a girl caught between two worlds.[...]
