Chapter 1: Brandy“Brandy! Coor and I followed, locking up our apartment before walking at an accelerated pace to catch up with her. She was already at the elevator when I got to her side.“I’m sorry…” I sighed and looked down at the floor.“I told you not to fuck around on your computer all afternoon. Now we’re going to be lucky if we make it before the ceremony starts!” Samantha exhaled angrily and slammed her finger into the elevator button several times, despite the fact it was already lit up.“I know—I just got distracted.” I could hear the elevator grinding to a stop at our floor and a second later the doors parted.“If you put half as much effort into your job as you put into balancing your pretend-life online, you’d be getting an award tonight alongside me.” She stomped into the elevator and turned hit the button for the lobby. “The first thing I do when they make me a manager is fire your lazy ass.”“Come on…” I walked into the elevator behind her—she was joking, but it felt like I was bein Views: 11
Elizabeth I: From princess, to outcast, to the world's most powerful queenIt is recorded that never once during her life did Elizabeth Tudor speak of her mother Anne Boleyn; but did she never think of her? As a little girl, Elizabeth Tudor knows she is a princess but one day is suddenly told she is now 'the Lady Elizabeth'. She witnesses from the sidelines the glittering splendour of her father's court, and the terrifying consequences of his wrath. With few she can trust, Elizabeth comes to womanhood during the reigns of her brother and sister, shrouded by a web of deceit. She lives in constant danger, yet rises above her detractors to defy her mother's legacy, and go down in history as one of England's most ruthless and powerful monarchs. Her life became a testament to the ambitions demonstrated of her parents. Just how much of an influence did Henry VIII's most notorious wife have on her child? And was Elizabeth's accession Anne... Views: 11
