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British Royalty: History & Biographies

Source: Wikimedia Commons Find everything you need and want to know about the British Royal Family, past and present. Read biographies and find information about royal weddings — and royal scandals…

The Celtic Twilight: Dreams That Have No Moral

by W. B. Yeats The Friends of the People of FaeryBy the RoadsideDreams That Have No Moral The friend who heard about Maive and the hazel-stick went to the workhouse another day. She found…

Polo, Marco

(Encyclopedia) Polo, MarcoPolo, Marcomärˈkō pōˈlō [key], 1254?–1324?, Venetian traveler in China. His father, Niccolò Polo, and his uncle, Maffeo Polo, had made (1253–60) a trading expedition to…

Annapolis, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Annapolis Annapolis ənăpˈəlĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on the south bank of the Severn River…

William Shakespeare: Love's Labor's Lost, Act II

Act IIScene IThe sameEnter the Princess of France, Rosaline, Maria, Katharine, Boyet, Lords, and other AttendantsBoyetNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits: Consider who the king your…

How To Get Your Own Royal Title

Even if you're not Prince Charles, don't lose hope by David Johnson   Biographies of the Royal Family Royal Family Tree The Queen Mother Queen Elizabeth Prince…

David Lance CORNWELL, Congress, IN (1945)

CORNWELL David Lance , a Representative from Indiana; born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind., June 14, 1945; attended Paoli public schools, Culver (Ind.) Military Academy, Phillips Andover (Mass.)…

Royal Titles and Nobility Ranks in a Monarchy

Source: iStockMonarchy is a form of government in which a single person, called a monarch, is the head of state for the duration of their life. The word is of Greek origin, deriving from the words "…

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour

(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842–1900, English composer, famous for a series of brilliant comic operas written in collaboration with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. As a boy he sang in…