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1) Antoinette
Author
Series
Gaston and friends volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Raised in a family of talented bulldogs, Antoinette the poodle wonders what makes her special. She gets the chance to prove herself and find what she's good at when puppy Ooh-la-la goes missing"--
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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On the night of August 2, 1793, Marie Antoinette is transferred to the Conciergerie. Her husband has been sent to the guillotine, her children have been taken away, all the other European monarchies have abandoned her and France is calling for her head. She was judged as a queen, her tragic death made her immortal. Thanks to secret documents freshly decoded this film grasps her last days.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While in Paris, France on a class trip, Colette Iselin enlists the help of her charming French tour guide to help uncover a possible connection between Marie Antoinette, a series of gruesome murders, and perhaps her own family history, and he also gives her insights into herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This fascinating biography details the fascinating life of the last Queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Readers will learn about her arranged marriage to King Louis XVI, life at the Palace of Versailles, what she did to become such a controversial queen, and the royal family's stay at the Tuileries Palace. The detailed images, illustrations, interesting facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the accessible glossary and index to give readers...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Marie Antoinette, the young and beautiful Austrian princess who was strategically married into the French monarchy—the most prestigious crown in Europe—was to become the symbol of the wanton extravagance of the 18th century French aristocracy and was to be France's last queen. This is the story of the woman who became one of the most romanticized and tragic figures of history.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
We have seen a few great odd couples in picture books already, but filled with possibility as the world is, there's always room for one more pair, especially if they are as charming and unforgettable as these pigs, born from the brushes and prolific imagination of Kerascoët. Kerascoët lives and works in Paris in the worlds of cartooning and illustration. Best known for illustrating the book Miss Don't Touch Me written by Hubert, as well as a couple...
Author
Series
Time-traveling fashionista volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
While seeking the perfect dress for her friend's birthday party, twelve-year-old Louise Lambert dons a vintage gown and finds herself with a young Marie Antoinette in eighteenth-century France where, between cute commoner boys and glamorous trips to Paris, she finds that life in the palace is not all cake and couture.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Lucy Worsley investigates the inside story of the English Reformation. Was Henry VIII’s desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn the real reason for England’s split from Catholic Europe. Or was there a secret political agenda at work behind the scenes?
10) Reputations
Series
Language
English
Description
A profile of the man widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, complete with classic sporting archive, interviews with Brazilian heroes Torres, Tostao and Rivelino, Britain's Bobby Charlton, Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore, plus insights from sports journalists, authors, childhood friends and Pele's son Nascimento. Pele's story is as mesmerising as his glittering football career. An inspiration to millions of poor and oppressed, his sublime...
12) Marie Antoinette
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the 14-year-old ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France. Marie Antoinette has became one of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria. And how the young woman must grow up in front of the entire country of France.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
With a tiny and delicate paintbrush, Jean Fouquet adds the golden threads of a tentative humanism to "The Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia" (circa 1450) and unveils a glimmer of the modern era, crouching behind the horizon of the Middle Ages. This film analyzes the illumination for clues of what Fouquet sought to convey to viewers. Completed for a book of hours commissioned by one of Charles VIII's financial advisors, it portrays Apollonia's martyrdom...
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