title: Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One
author:  Alison Weir 
description: Best-selling author [Alison] Weir pens another readable, well-researched English history, the first in a proposed four-volume series on Englands medieval queens. . . . Weirs research skills and storytelling ability combine beautifully to tell a fascinating story supported by excellent historical research. Fans of her fiction and nonfiction will enjoy this latest work.<b><i>Library Journal</i>(starred review)</b><br /><br />Another sound feminist resurrection by a seasoned historian . . . Though Norman queens were largely unknowable, leave it to this prolific historical biographer to bring them to life. . . . As usual, Weir is meticulous in her research.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />Praise for Alison Weir</b><br /><br /> <b><i>The Lost Tudor Princess</i></b><br /><br /> This is a substantial, detailed biography of a fascinating woman who lived her extraordinary life to the full, taking desperate chances for love and for ambition. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the powerful women of the Tudor period.<b>Philippa Gregory, <i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br /> Weir balances historical data with emotional speculation to illuminate the ferocious dynastic ambitions and will to power that earned her subject a place in the spotlight.<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br /> <b><i>Elizabeth of York</i></b><br /><br /> Weir tells Elizabeths story well. . . . She is a meticulous scholar. . . . Most important, Weir sincerely admires her subject, doing honor to an almost forgotten queen.<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br /> In Weirs skillful hands, Elizabeth of York returns to us, full-bodied and three-dimensional. This is a must-read for Tudor fans!<b><i>Historical Novels Review</i></b><br /><br /> <b><i>Mary Boleyn</i></b><br /><br /> This nuanced, smart, and assertive biography reclaims the life of a Tudor matriarch.<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br /> Weir has achieved the enviable skill of blending the necessary forensic and analytical tasks of academia with the passionate engagement that avocational history lovers crave.<b><i>Bookreporter</i></b>
zlib_text: Lords And Ladies
  
  By Terry Pratchett
  
  Authors Note
  
  By and large, most Discworld novels have stood by themselves, as complete
  books. It helps to have read them in some kind of order, but it is not
  essential.
  
  This one is different. I can't ignore the history of what has gone before.
  Granny Weatherwax first turned up in Equal Rites. In Wyrd Sisters she became
  the unofficial head of a tiny coven consisting of the easy-going, much-married
  Nanny Ogg and young Magrat, she of the red nose and unkempt hair and tendency
  to be soppy about raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens.
  
  And what took place was a plot not unadjacent to a play about a Scottish king,
  which ended with Verence II becoming king of the little hilly, forested
  country of Lancre.
  
  Technically, this shouldn't have happened, since strictly speaking he was not
  the heir, but to the witches he looked like being the best man for the job
  and, as they say, all's well that ends well. It also ended with Magrat
  reaching a very tentati