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  • The Tudors

    An Alternative History of Britain

    by Timothy Venning ...
    A renowned historian examines some of the most crucial junctions of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Britain—and how they could have gone differently.Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. As always, Venning discusses the ... Read more

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  • The War of the Roses

    An Alternative History of Britain

    by Timothy Venning ...
    Timothy Venning's exploration of the alternative paths that British history might easily have taken moves on to the Wars of the Roses. What if Richard of York had not given battle in vain? How would a victory for Warwick the Kingmaker at the Battle of Barnet changed the course of the struggle for power? What if the Princes had escaped from the tower or the Stanleys had not betrayed their king at ... Read more

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  • Royal Mysteries of the Anglo-Saxons and Early Britain

    by Timothy Venning ...
    A thought-provoking exploration of British history and intrigue about royal and political society.Royal mysteries never fail to intrigue people. The "mysteries", unraveled and analyzed, are of enduring fascination and full of tragedy, suffering and pathos but also heroism and romance.Royal Mysteries of the Anglo-Saxons and Early Britain is based on deep research in original sources including rare ... Read more

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  • The Anglo-Saxon Age

    An Alternative History of Britain

    by Timothy Venning ...
    Taking a similar approach to his successful If Rome Hadn't Fallen, Timothy Venning explores the various decision points in a fascinating period of British history and the alternative paths that it might have taken.Dr. Timothy Venning starts within an outline of the process by which much of Britain came to be settled by Germanic tribes after the end of Roman rule, as far as it can be determined ... Read more

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  • A Chronology of Ancient Greece

    by Timothy Venning ...
    This helpful reference offers a timeline of ancient Greece's political and military history.This chronological history begins with the necessarily approximate course of events in Bronze and early Iron Age, as estimated by the most reliable scholarship and the legendary accounts of this period. From the Persian Wars onwards, a year-by-year chronology is constructed from the ancient historical ... Read more

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  • If Rome Hadn't Fallen

    How the Survival of Rome Might Have Changed World History

    by Timothy Venning ...
    "Fascinating . . . if Rome had survived the in-fighting back at home in the fourth and fifth centuries, European and world history could be different today." —Dover ExpressThis is an intriguing exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th centuries.Dr. Timothy ... Read more

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  • The English Civil War

    by Timothy Venning ...
    Series series An Alternative History of Britain
    With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and discusses how they might so easily have played out differently. What if, for example, Charles I had capitalized on his victory at Edgehill by attacking London without delay? ... Read more

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  • Cromwell's Failed State and the Monarchy

    by Timothy Venning ...
    The history of Oliver Cromwell's short-lived Commonwealth is a tale of regicide, dictatorship, internal conflict and war in seventeenth-century Britain.After defeating King Charles I in the English-British Civil Wars, Oliver Cromwell established the Commonwealth of England. Under this unique experiment in the governance of Britain, the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland were united in ... Read more

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  • The Hundred Years War

    by Timothy Venning ...
    Series series An Alternative History of Britain
    Continuing his exploration of the alternative paths that British history might so easily have taken, Timothy Venning turns his attention to the Hundred Years War between England and France. Could the English have won in the long term, or, conversely, have been decisively defeated sooner? Among the many scenarios discussed are what would have happened if the Black Prince had not died prematurely of ... Read more

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  • The King Arthur Mysteries

    Arthur's Britain & Early Medieval World

    by Timothy Venning ...
    An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the Arthurian phenomenon - the imaginary and historical world of the great British warlord and one of the huge historical mysteries of early and medieval Britain. The Arthurian story, based on fact and fiction, is central to Britain's 'creation myth' and the concept of Britain's heroic past. This is a deeply researched and scholarly but ... Read more

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  • Normans and Early Plantagenets

    by Timothy Venning ...
    Series series An Alternative History of Britain
    Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the ... Read more

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  • Road to Civil War, 1625-1642

    The Unexpected Revolution

    by Timothy Venning ...
    A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted. And this was despite growing Stuart absolutism, threats to Parliament and the accepted civil order and religious controversy. It is forensic study, full of fascinating and even unexpected details, principal actors come to life and readers will feel involved in an existential crisis ... Read more

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