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Pub. Date
2002.
Description
"In 1696, young Christopher Ellis is sent to the Tower of London, but not as a prisoner. Though Ellis is notoriously hotheaded and was caught fighting an illegal duel, he arrives at the Tower as assistant to the renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is Warden of the Royal Mint, which resides within the Tower walls, and he has accepted an appointment from the King of England and Parliament to investigate and prosecute counterfeiters whose false...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The ancient stones of the Tower of London have seen many things-the luxuries of royalty, the misery of prisoners, even the blood and terror of executions. In its nearly 1,000-year history, this site has been a palace, a fortress, a prison, and more, and many of its former residents are said to haunt its halls. In this intriguing book, readers learn more about the tower and its many past (and present) occupants, including the Princes in the Tower...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Standing guard over the city of London for nearly 1,000 years, the formidable Tower of London has been a royal castle, a prison, a place of execution and torture, an armory and the Royal Mint. This program unlocks the doors to secret rooms, talks to the people who do the jobs no one sees and reveals some surprising facts about one of England's most famous icons.
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Series
Simon & Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mystery volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mysteries volume 3
Simon and Elizabeth mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Elizabeth Tudor is accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Her old friend Simon Maldon visits her in prison and while there Simon meets Peto the Pope, who is accused of murder. While Simon attempts to prove Peto's innocence, Simon's wife Hannah takes in a frightened pregnant girl. Neither realizes until too late that in trying to help others they have placed themselves in deadly danger.
12) Tower of London
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Series
Pub. Date
[1971]
Description
Contains section, " The Tower of London in literature." [page 137- 160].
Author
Series
English history novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Description
"To the Tower Born is a lively tale, told with a natural novelist's eye for drama and vivid characterization." - --Carolly Erickson, author of The Girl From Botany Bay
"Spirited, colorful . . . brims with page-turning drama." - Publishers Weekly
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea...
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