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  • The First King of England

    Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

    de David Woodman ...
    From one of today’s leading historians of the early medieval period, an enthralling chronicle of Æthelstan, England’s founder king whose achievements of 927 rival the Norman Conquest of 1066 in shaping Britain as we know itThe First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, ... Leer más

    $25.19 USD

  • Edward the Confessor (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Sainted King

    de David Woodman ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages.In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita Ædwardi Regis to ... Leer más

    $16.59 USD

  • Heaven's Scent

    de David Woodman ...
    Heaven Sent is an adventure in romantic and poetic imagery filled with deep spirituality. Entering this world of love and romance we melt into the folds of a realm reaching into the fabric of our soul. Travel with us as two lovers look for the intimacy we were all born to desire. To love and to be loved. Sometimes this journey takes years for someone to find. Ultimately it might be right at our ... Leer más

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    The First King of England

    Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

    de David Woodman ...
    Narrado por Julian Elfer ...

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    The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.”Set against the backdrop of warring powers in early medieval Europe, The First King of England sheds new light on Æthelstan’s early life, his ... Leer más

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  • Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Failed King

    de Richard Abels ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'Æthelred's reign of nearly thirty-eight years was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon ruler. If he had died in AD 1000, history would have remembered him more kindly'Few monarchs of the Middle Ages have had a worse popular reputation than Æthelred II, 'the Unready', remembered as the king who lost England to Viking invaders. But, as Richard Abels shows, the failure to defend his realm was not entirely ... Leer más

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  • Cnut (Penguin Monarchs)

    The North Sea King

    de Ryan Lavelle ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'A reputation as a ruthless ruler was sealed that would last beyond his lifetime. In that respect, at least, Cnut had succeeded...'Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great 'what ifs' of English history. The Dane who became King of England after a long period of Viking attacks and settlement, his reign could have permanently shifted eleventh-century England's rule to Scandinavia. Stretching his ... Leer más

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  • Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Making of England

    de Tom Holland ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inherited the rule of both Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and was hailed as Rex totius Britanniae: 'King of the whole of Britain'.Tom Holland ... Leer más

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  • William I (Penguin Monarchs)

    England's Conqueror

    de Marc Morris ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to come.During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at ... Leer más

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  • The First Kingdom

    Britain in the age of Arthur

    de Max Adams ...
    Series series The Founders of Britain Quartet
    The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British history known as 'the age of Arthur'.'Not just a valuable book, but a distinctive one as well' Tom Holland, Sunday Times'An accessible and illuminating book' Gerard de Groot, The Times'A fascinating picture of Britain's new-found independence' This EnglandSome... ... Leer más

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  • Richard I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Crusader King

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous medieval monarchs and a potent symbol of national identity, he barely spent six months on English soil during a ten-year reign and spoke French as his first language. Contemporaries dubbed him the 'Lionheart', reflecting a carefully cultivated reputation for bravery, prowess and knightly virtue, but ... Leer más

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  • Edward III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Heroic Failure

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for fifty years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the ... Leer más

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  • Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Prince Among Princes

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating arguments with his sons, most importantly the future Richard I and King John. His empire may have ... Leer más

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