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1) Fearless
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In late seventeenth-century England, eleven-year-old Digory, forced to leave his hometown after his father is lost at sea, becomes an apprentice to the architect Henry Winstanley, who built a lighthouse on the treacherous Eddystone Reef -- the very rocks that sank Digory's grandfather's ship years before.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel and a revolution. James II's drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne. They are the 'ungrateful daughters' who usurped their father's crown and stole their brother's birthright.
Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange, James' nephew and son-in-law to intervene in English affairs....
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
"A thoroughly researched and provocative revisionist study." - Wall Street Journal
"Going Dutch is elegant and thought-provoking. . . . Jardine evokes a dialogue of civilizations." - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
"She explores the fascinating Anglo-Dutch relationship to answer how and why two sworn foes became friends so seamlessly. . . . A highly original work that will appeal to fans of Simon Schama's The Embarrassment of Riches." - Publishers...
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