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  • England Under the Tudors

    by G.R. Elton ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    ‘Anyone who writes about the Tudor century puts his head into a number of untamed lions’ mouths.’ G.R. Elton, PrefaceGeoffrey Elton (1921–1994) was one of the great historians of the Tudor period. England Under the Tudors is his major work and an outstanding history of a crucial and turbulent period in British and European history.Revised several times since its first publication in 1955, England ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Reformation Europe, 1517-1559

    by Sir G. R. Elton ...
    A classic account of the Reformation, revealing the issues and preoccupations which seemed central to the age and portraying its leading figures with vigour and realism.The book is an analysis of the religious, economic, cultural and political history of Europe during the period of the Reformation. Author G. R. Elton examines the history of the period through the interrelationships between ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Historians on British History 1485-1945 (Routledge Revivals)

    A Critical Bibliography 1945-1969

    by G.R. Elton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The twenty-five year period following the Second World War saw an enormous expansion of activity in the writing of the history of modern Britain, and with that expansion a major transformation of the state of knowledge in many parts of the area. First published in 1970, this Revivals reissue, which includes an extensive coverage of books and a reasonable selection of articles, endeavours both to ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Star Chamber Stories (Routledge Revivals)

    by G.R. Elton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    These stories from the Star Chamber papers, first published in 1958, reveal the real, and sometimes comic, side of the functioning of the Star Chamber - an English court of Law from the Middle Ages, which was set up to ensure the fair enforcement of law against prominent people who were too powerful to be convicted by ordinary courts. These stories are valuable both for the ‘real life’ detail they ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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    From the Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in England, a vivid and captivating portrait of a seventeenth-century nobleman, his household, and the dramatic decades surrounding the English Civil War.William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He was both courageous and cultured. His passions were architecture, horses, and women. And, along with the whole courtly world of ... Read more

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  • How To Be a Tudor

    A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life

    by Ruth Goodman ...
    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRA New York Times Book Review Editors Choice SelectionAn erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England, "Goodman's latest…is a revelation" (New York Times Book Review).On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Defenders of the Faith

    Christianity and Islam Battle for the Soul of Europe, 1520-1536

    by James Reston Jr. ...
    A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash that ended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of ViennaIn Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Story of Versailles

    by Francis Loring Payne ...
    A history of the city of Versailles in France. Versailles was once the capital of France and the Palace of Versailles is considered one of the most beautiful palaces in the world. This is a comprehensive study of many important periods in the history of the city. ... Read more

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  • Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard: The Causes for Their Downfalls

    The Tudor Dynasty, #3

    by Alexandria Ingham ...
    Series Book 3 - The Tudor Dynasty
    Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard were cousins, although they probably didn't know each other. They were also wives of Henry VIII and the only two to be beheaded for the same crimes - treason and adultery.The two were shrouded in a conspiracy to remove them from power for different reasons and there was one person in common - Jane Boleyn.This book is a continuation from my previous history books ... Read more

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  • The Astronomer and the Witch

    Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother

    by Ulinka Rublack ...
    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´ s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was ... Read more

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  • The Fifth Queen

    And How She Came to Court

    by Ford Ford ...
    Katharine Howard is a devout Roman Catholic, impoverished, young noblewoman escorted by her fiery cousin Thomas Culpeper. By accident, she comes to the attention of the King, in a minor way at first, is helped to a position as a lady in waiting for the then bastard Lady Mary, Henry's eldest daughter, by her old Latin tutor Nicholas Udal. Udal is a spy for Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal. As ... Read more

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