The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
Author: Janice N. Harrington
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways.

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country
Author: Rosalind Miles
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307420825

Camelot--a vibrant pageant of love, heartbreak, hatred, jealousy, revenge, and desire--as seen through the eyes of its queen, Guenevere Raised in the tranquil beauty of the Summer Country, Princess Guenevere has led a charmed and contented life, until the sudden, violent death of her mother, Queen Maire, leaves the Summer Country teetering on the brink of anarchy. Only the miraculous arrival of Arthur, heir to the Pendragon dynasty, allows Guenevere to claim her mother's throne. Smitten by the bold, sensuous princess, Arthur offers to marry her and unite their territory while still allowing her to rule in her own right. Their love match creates the largest and most powerful kingdom in the Isles. Arthur's glorious rule begins to crumble, however, when he is reunited with his mother and his long-lost half-sisters, Morgause and Morgan. Before Arthur's birth, his father--the savage and unscrupulous King Uther--banished his wife's young daughters, selling Morgause into a cruel marriage and imprisoning Morgan in a far-off convent. Both daughters will avenge their suffering, but it is Morgan who strikes the deadliest blows against the King and Queen, using her evil enchantments to destroy all Guenevere holds dear. When the Queen flees to Avalon, Morgan casts a spell on Arthur and seduces him. In the chaos that follows his betrayal, Arthur sends a new courtier to protect Guenevere, the young French knight Lancelot. Her loyalty to Arthur already destroyed, Guenevere falls in love with Lancelot, a love that may spell ruin for Camelot.

The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783

The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783
Author: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne
Publisher: Southern Historical Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2022-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780893082475

By: C.G. Chamberlayne, Pub. 1931, Reprinted 2021, 281 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-247-3. King & Queen county was created in 1691 from New Kent County, VA. In turn King & Queen county is the parent county in part and/or in whole to: Caroline, King William, and Spotsylvania. King & Queen county has suffered 2 major fires which have destroyed most of its records. With this said, any book covering this BURNED county should be considered must. In preparing this book the author expended great care in following the original book in every eccentricity of spelling and abbreviation and in all mistakes. The VESTRY BOOK itself contains the names of approximately 3,500 individuals either as Vestry members or as those who had been appointed to procession land of property owners; apprentice young people to other in the parish for training in crafts or livelihoods; binding out young slaves for training; clothing and feeding and general care and welfare of the poor in their midst.

Victoria the Queen

Victoria the Queen
Author: Julia Woodlands Baird
Publisher:
Total Pages: 770
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400069882

The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house"--Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight

The Queen's People

The Queen's People
Author: Edward William Fitzalan-Howard
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614285292

The British monarchy’s rich and storied heritage has been preserved for centuries, and The Queen’s People, made with Royal Household approval, presents a magnificent collection of photography that brings Queen Elizabeth II and important members of Her Majesty’s court to life as rarely seen before. Featuring forty-two unique portraits by prominent British photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas, this hand-bound limited-edition volume captures the pageantry of the Royal Court’s intricate ceremonial dress and regalia, and highlights the pride each individual takes in serving his or her nation and sovereign. A historical essay by the Garter Principal King of Arms completes this grand tome.