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More than 300 extraordinary photographs, along with insightful commentary by the royal journalist, showcase the significant, historic, and intimate moments throughout the Queen's life, first as a young princess and then as the longest-reigning British monarch.

As war approaches, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov trades her gown for a nursing habit, but when troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the Front and the controversy over Rasputin grows into a fiery protest, a call for revolution threatens to end three hundred years of Romanov rule.

Text and illustrations look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

"Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole ruler of Russia"--Provided by publisher.

"Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. Discover more . . . details of her life and how she brought the royal family into the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the life of Queen Elizabeth II.

In this book, early fluent readers will learn about Neuschwanstein Castle, including its history, location, many rooms, and art.

In 1913 Russia, twelve-year-old Katya eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home, though not her older cousin Misha, to join her mother, a lady in waiting in a household of Tsar Nicholas II, but the ensuing years of world war, revolution, and undreamed of changes to her life.

Chronicles the life and career of Ramesses II, an Egyptian pharaoh.

Jonah and Katherine travel to 1918 Russia just as the Romanovs, Russia's ruling family, are to be executed by the Bolsheviks.