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Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about Mary Boleyn has been fostered through garbled gossip, romantic fiction, and the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover 
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Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Stimulating and tumultuous, the court of Henry VIII attracted the finest minds and greatest beauties in Renaissance England. Meticulous in historic detail, narrated with high style and grand drama, Weir brilliantly brings to life the king, the court, and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey Staff Pick Adultery, betrayal, scandal, murder, and tragedy abound in this elegantly written history of the wives of the Tudor King. The author makes the story fresh and offers new insights into the role played by each very different woman.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cavalier the Story of a 17TH Century Playboy William Cavendish by Lucy Worsley Publisher Comments From the Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in England, a vivid 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... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Perfect Prince: Truth and Deception in Renaissance Europe by Ann Wroe Publisher Comments In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King by Charles Beauclark Publisher Comments Written by a direct descendant of the union between Nell Gwyn and King Charles II, Nell Gwyn tells the story of one of England's great folk heroines. Born during a tumultuous period in England's past, Nell Gwyn was spotted selling oranges in the Theatre... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Elizabethans by A N Wilson Publisher Comments A time of exceptional creativity, wealth creation, and political expansion, the Elizabethan age was also more remarkable than any other for the Technicolor personalities of its leading participants. Apart from the complex character of the Virgin Queen... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Personal Rule of Charles I by Kevin Sharpe Publisher Comments In 1625 Charles I succeeded to the throne of a nation heavily involved in a European war and deeply divided by religious controversy. Within four years he had dissolved Parliament and begun a period of eleven years of personal rule. In the first... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon by Lisa Jardine Publisher Comments The statesman, scientist, and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) lived a divided life. Was he a noble scholar, or a conniving political crook? Was he a homosexual? Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart draw upon previously untapped sources to create a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Life of Elizabeth I (American) by B Alison Weir Publisher Comments Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain by Allan Massie Publisher Comments "Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history." --The Wall Street Journal In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of historys... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset Publisher Comments Glitteringly detailed and engagingly written, the magisterial Elizabeth I brings to vivid life the golden age of sixteenth-century England and the uniquely fascinating monarch who presided over it. A woman of intellect and presence, Elizabeth was the... (read more) Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox Publisher Comments In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henrys ruthless and absolute power, including her own husband and sister... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII--from an acclaimed biographer. "Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler. . . ."--New York Times Book Review. 16... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elizabethan World Picture by E M Tillyard Publisher Comments This brief and illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan age and later is an indispensable companion for readers of the great writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesShakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatists,... (read more) List Price $12.45 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Henry VIII is perhaps England's most infamous monarch, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. He was married to six distinctly different women, and in this richly detailed and meticulously researched history, these remarkable, often... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Queen Elizabeth in the Garden: A Story of Love, Rivalry, and Spectacular Gardens by Trea Martyn Publisher Comments Taking a fresh and original approach to the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I, this book tells the incredible story of her great passion for gardens, and how the two most powerful men in England during her reign fought a decade-long duel for their... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover
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Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers by Michael Barone Publisher Comments The ideals of freedom and individual rights that inspired Americas Founding Fathers did not spring from a vacuum. Along with many other defining principles of our national character, they can be traced directly back to one of the most pivotal events in... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Oxford History of England Series #0009: The Early Stuarts, 1603-1660 by Godfrey Davies Publisher Comments Mr. Godfrey Davies's volume The Early Stuarts covers the period from the accession of James 1 to the Restoration of 1660. It is based on his own researches and on an outstandingly wide and detailed knowledge of the sources. Since its first publication it... (read more) List Price $205.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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