Edward Tudor 1537 – 1553. Pictures and Royal Portraits illustrative of English and Scottish History by Thomas Archer.
The english boy king Edward VI. Son of Henry VIII. The Tudor.
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Relics associated with Queen Elisabeth. The Golden Prayer-book.
Relics associated with Queen Elisabeth. The Golden Prayer-book of Queen Elizabeth. Cup set with Amethysts and Turquois. Book of Meditations and Prayers
Queen Elisabeth knighting Drake on Board of the Golden Hind 16th c..
Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and discoverer of the Elizabethan era.
The offer of the crown to Lady Jane Grey.
Lady Jane Grey claimed the title of Queen of England as the official heir of King Edward VI from July 10 to July 19, 1553. Since then, she has had the nickname Nine Days Queen or Thirteen Days Queen.
History of a Crime. The Death of Baudin. Victor-Marie Hugo.
The Death of Baudin. History of a Crime by Victor Hugo. BEFORE being a Republican, Baudin had been a tutor. He came from an intelligent and brave race of schoolmasters, ever… Read More
Queen Elizabeth the first. The days of Queen Bess. The Virgin Queen.
Elizabeth I 1533-1603, actually Elizabeth Tudor, also known as The Virgin Queen was from 1558 to the day she died queen of England.
William Caxton and the art of printing.
Introduction of the art of printing. Caxton reading the first proof sheet from his printing press in the Almonry, Westminster Abbey, March 1474
Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
The departure of the Mayflower, July 1620.
The Mayflower was a sailing vessel, with the so-called Pilgrim Fathers, many of whom were from central England, set out for America to lead a new life there.
The Magic word Abracadabra as magical power.
Abracadabra. A charm. It is regarded as the word that in most languages has the same pronunciation.