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* Queen: The Story of an American Family, a book by Alex Haley and a 1993 TV mini-series based on that book
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* Mala Sen, India's Bandit Queen: The true Story of Phoolan Devi, HarperCollins Publishers ( September 1991 ) ISBN 978-0-00-272066-3.
There is also a more recent book ( 2004 ) by Alan Gold titled The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O ' Malley, an Irish Pirate that tells of her life from 14 till her meeting with Elizabeth I.
Rockfield Studios, situated just outside the town, are where the band Queen recorded parts of their hit single " Bohemian Rhapsody " in 1975, and where Oasis recorded their multi-million selling album ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory?
A series of distinguished British actresses have portrayed Queen Mary on stage and screen, including Dame Wendy Hiller ( on the London stage in Crown Matrimonial ), Dame Flora Robson ( in A King's Story ), Dame Peggy Ashcroft ( in Edward & Mrs Simpson ), Phyllis Calvert ( in The Woman He Loved ), Gaye Brown ( in All the King's Men ), Dame Eileen Atkins ( in Bertie and Elizabeth ), Miranda Richardson ( in The Lost Prince ), Margaret Tyzack ( in Wallis & Edward ), and Claire Bloom ( in The King's Speech ).
A more fictional account is given in the My Story book series, The Queen's Spies ( retitled To Kill A Queen 2008 ) told in diary format by a fictional Elizabethan girl, Kitty.
Zweig is best known for his novellas ( notably The Royal Game, Amok, Letter from an Unknown Woman – filmed in 1948 by Max Ophüls ), novels ( Beware of Pity, Confusion of Feelings, and the posthumously published The Post Office Girl ) and biographies ( notably Erasmus of Rotterdam, Conqueror of the Seas: The Story of Magellan, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles and also posthumously published, Balzac ).
* Gresham also features as the central character of Herbert Strang's book On London River: A Story of the Days of Queen Elizabeth ( Oxford University Press, 1936 ).
In 1954, Schneider for the first time portrayed a royal, playing a young Queen Victoria in the Austrian film Mädchenjahre einer Königin ( known in the U. S. as The Story of Vickie and in Britain as Victoria in Dover ).
† The Lamp of God is a long short story or a short novella, originally published in Detective Story magazine in 1935, first collected in The New Adventures of Ellery Queen ( see below ) and published separately ( alone ) as # 23 in the Dell Ten-Cent Editions ( 64 pages ) in 1951.
Winfield also starred in the miniseries, including Scarlett, and two based on the works of novelist Alex Haley: Roots: The Next Generations and Queen: The Story of an American Family.
Six books were published in total, entitled " Prisoner: Cell Block H ", " The Franky Doyle Story ", " The Karen Travers Story ", " The Frustrations of Vera ", " The Reign of Queen Bea " and " The Trials of Erica ".
* Best Short Story: " The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train "-Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull
Queen and American
Queen Victoria chose British Columbia to distinguish what was the British sector of the Columbia District from that of the United States (" American Columbia " or " Southern Columbia "), which became the Oregon Territory in 1848 as a result of the treaty.
Housing was mostly one and a half to two story front gable American Foursquare and simplified Queen Anne style.
The earliest association between anime and adult animation occurred prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat when American distributors attempted to cash in on the publicity garnered from the rating by rushing out dubbed versions of two other adult animations from Japan, both of which featured an X rating in their advertising material: Senya ichiya monogatari and Kureopatora, retitled One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, respectively.
* 1861 – American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a " proclamation of neutrality " which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
This left them with no choice but to adopt more youthful formats, though the Standards format ( also known as the Great American Songbook from the series of albums produced by rocker Rod Stewart ) has undergone something of an off-air revival, with artists such as Stewart, Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah putting their own interpretation on the music.
Queen Wilhelmina had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation — with consent by the Dutch government — of the islands during the war led to increasing demands for autonomy within the population as well.
Despite his pragmatic acceptance of the new power balance in the Pacific after World War II and his strong support for the American alliance, he publicly professed continued admiration for links with Britain, exemplified by his admiration for Queen Elizabeth II, and famously described himself as " British to the bootstraps ".
The King wanted to marry Wallis Simpson, whom Baldwin and other British politicians considered unacceptable as Queen, as she was an American divorcée.
While enormous sums were raised by private individuals and charities ( American Indians sent supplies, while Queen Victoria personally gave the present-day equivalent € 70, 000 ), lack of adequate action let the problem become a catastrophe.
** American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a " proclamation of neutrality " which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
Less than a year later, on 11 December 1936, Edward abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, whom neither the Church of England nor the Dominion governments would accept as Queen.
In 1981, Queen travelled to South America as part of The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums.
On 25 and 26 April, May and Taylor appeared on the eleventh series of American Idol at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show, and the following day performed " Somebody to Love " with the ' Queen Extravaganza ' band.
The latest artistic project is the musical play The Pirate Queen by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Richard Maltby, Jr. and John Dempsey, which originally debuted at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in October 2006, with American stage actor Stephanie J.
Citizens outraged at Queen Liliuokalani attempt to set up absolute monarchy ; overthrows her with no violence and proclaims provisional government ; U. S. Marines landed to protect American lives ; Hawaii and President Harrison agree to annexation but treaty withdrawn ( 1893 ) by President Grover Cleveland who rejects annexation
On the Canadian side, Queen Victoria Park features manicured gardens, platforms offering spectacular views of both the American and Horseshoe Falls, and underground walkways leading into observation rooms which yield the illusion of being within the falling waters.
The English, lead by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland in 1583 as the first North American English colony by royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I.
He was the son of Henri Razafinkarefo, nephew of Queen Ranavalona III of Imerina, and Jennie ( Waller ) Razafinkarefo, the daughter of John L. Waller, the first African American consul to Imerina.
After the Canadian colonies of France were, via war and treaties, ceded to the British Crown, and the population was greatly expanded by those loyal to George III fleeing north from persecution during and following the American Revolution, British North America was in 1867 confederated by Queen Victoria to form Canada as a kingdom in its own right.
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