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Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last five years at Number 10 were a period...

The last years of King Charles IX's reign in France were dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. Queen Margot begins in 1572 with the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri de Navarre. Marguerite is King Charles' sister and the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, all firm Catholics. Henri de Navarre is a Protestant who later will become the beloved King Henri IV. Several important political events have led up to this marriage including the mysterious murder of Henri de Navarre's mother, cleverly plotted by Catherine de Medici. The wedding brings noblemen from all over the world to Paris resulting in the notorious Saint Bartholomew Massacre, where thousands of Protestants are killed. In this inventive and compelling novel, Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history vividly to life with much excitement and romance. The lively prose and wonderfully constructed plot tell of court intrigues and forbidden love, of beautiful queens, duchesses, and noblemen, suspense, conspiracies, betrayals, assassinations, superstitions, poisonings, and sumptuous feasts. With well-known historical figures as main characters in a dangerous and breathtaking game for power, Queen Margot tells of conspiracies, clandestine trysts, and daring escapes. There is the infamous Catherine de Medici, deliciously evil, constantly plotting and poisoning; Le Mole, a dashing and irresistable young Protestant who becomes Marguerite's lover; the noble Coconnos who provides a great source of comic relief; and at the center of all this intrigue are the good-hearted Marguerite and Henri who are perfect political allies with complicated and fascinating love lives.

“Highbrow, brilliant.” —New York magazine “A rollicking tale of how Mattel spied, copied, and stole its way to market dominance, then fought with military intensity to compel us to buy more and more.” —The New York Times The secret history of Barbie and what Mattel has done to keep...

Megan White is drawn into a large Pentecostal church, consumed with a desire to find meaning and purpose in life. The charismatic leadership provide the perfect motivation to dramatically change her life and free her from the drug scene. But despite the high ideals of the church leadership, Megan soon learns a secret. Megan's journey of discovery is a roller coaster ride as she negotiates the complexities of church contradictions, her desire to maintain her faith all the while wrestling with her own weaknesses.

Out of desperation to escape the confines of her small Northern California town, in 1979, Genger breaks every rule of her social class, gender, and upbringing to become a long-haul truck driver. Shift Happens is a 21st century incarnation of the classic voyage to find one’s self and one’s homeland. By facing her mental health and addiction demons, at the age of 28, she sees her role as a young woman flip-flop from cheerleader, girlfriend, young wife, sex-symbol to a strong, self-determined individual who knows what she wants and how to succeed.

Today, the name Ronald Reagan is synonymous with great leadership. He led by example at a time when few thought it possible, and against the advice of experts, he went to the Berlin Wall and demanded it be torn down. He worked at keeping up the morale of his fellow citizens in honoring the sacrifices at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, relighting the Statue of Liberty, and giving a magnificent speech for America's children on the occasion of the Challenger disaster.

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Über ein Vierteljahrhundert leitete sie das Ministerium für Volksbildung der DDR: Margot Honecker, Ehefrau des letzten Staats- und Parteichefs der DDR - und Freundin von Wolf Biermann. Vor mehr als 40 Jahren. Tatsächlich besuchten sich Margot und der Wolf zwischen 1962 und 1965 häufig, tauschten sich aus, diskutierten über Lieder und Gedichte. Bis ihre Anschauungen sie trennten.

You’ve been summoned. Set your bias aside and take a seat in the jury box—The Alternate brings you inside America’s biggest trials, one season at a time. Hosted by Mama Margot, attorney, veteran, and creator of the hit podcast Military Murder, and Tabitha Kane, business owner and co-host of the hit podcast Housewives of True Crime, this daily podcast delivers serialized, (day of) trial-by-trial coverage in 30 minutes or less. Each season follows a single high-profile case (think Karen Read and Donna Adelson) from opening statement to verdict. No pretrial noise. No media spin. ...

Sucré Salé c'est mon podcast et moi je m'appelle Margot. Ici, c'est comme si on était en train de boire un café ensemble, entre potes. Un moment où on se dit les choses, on parle de la vie, sans filtre. Parfois c'est sucré, c'est doux et tout va bien et d'autres fois c'est bien salé et on s'en passerait. Bref, je raconte des trucs. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Sie wurde 2009 als erste Frau zur Ratsvorsitzenden der EKD gewählt - das höchste Amt, das die deutschen Lutheraner zu vergeben haben. Die einzigartigen Biografien laden dazu ein, sich mit der Geschichte der Frauen zu befassen, die den Mut hatten, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen und schließlich ihr Ziel erreichten, die Erste zu sein!

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Do military true crime headlines leave you hungry for every detail? Dive into your next mystery with Military Murder. Every Monday, host Mama Margot - lawyer by day, storyteller by night - brings you in-depth accounts of infamous and underreported military crime cases. With over 15 years of active military service, Margot bridges the gap between the battlefield (or just basic military life) and the courtroom, so you won't have to hunt down details across countless sources - Margot does the digging for you. Since its debut in 2019, Military Murder has been the destination for 100s of gripping ...

🎙️ Bienvenue dans Les Mots Raturés, le podcast qui parle sans filtre d’écriture, d’édition et de promotion de romans. Tu rêves d’écrire un roman mais tu n’arrives pas à dépasser le chapitre 5 ? Tu veux enfin comprendre comment fonctionne le monde de l’édition (sans jargon indigeste) ? Tu te demandes comment parler de ton livre en ligne sans avoir l’impression de faire du télé-achat ? Alors tu es au bon endroit. 👉 Ici, on démystifie le monde du livre. Chaque semaine, je partage avec toi mes astuces d’autrice publiée (et parfois un peu cabossée par l’...

Bienvenue sur mon podcast « Vingt-sept » ! Ici, on parle de tous les sujets qui peuvent nous concerner quand on a la vingtaine, et auxquels nous ne sommes pas forcément préparés. Les relations et milieux sociaux, le travail, l'achat d'une maison, la vie de famille, l'écologie, la santé... je vous partage mon quotidien et mes réflexions pour qu'on avance ensemble. On se retrouve tous les lundis à 8h pour bien démarrer la semaine !Bonne écoute ☀️ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.