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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
by Danny Danziger and John Gillingham  Publisher Comments Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt today. At the center of this fascinating period is the...
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by Alison Weir Publisher Comments The acclaimed historian and bestselling author of "Eleanor of Aquitaine" turns her expert eye on the dark reign of another notorious and charismatic medieval monarch, Queen Isabella of France....
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Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During England's Tumultuous Civil War
by Helen Castor Publisher Comments In a span of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. The Wars of the Roses tore England asunder, yet until now...
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Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History
by Francis Pryor Publisher Comments Drawing upon on a wealth of knowledge, discovery, research, and technical advances, this historical book dispels the common misconception of the "Dark Ages" as an era of chaos and violence. Redefining everything from the role of the Vikings to the...
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Harold and William
by Benton Patterson Publisher Comments Harold and William dramatically tells the story of two rivals -- Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, and William, Duke of Normandy -- in their bitter and bloody battle for the crown and the destiny of England. Patterson writes of William's invasion and...
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Richard and John: Kings at War
by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments Legend and lore surround the history of kings Richard and John, from the ballads of Robin Hood and the novels of Sir Walter Scott to Hollywood movies and television. In the myth-making, King Richard, defender of Christendom in the Holy Land, was the...
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William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England
by David C Douglas Publisher Comments In William the Conqueror, Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was...
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The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284
by David Carpenter Publisher Comments Drawing upon vast amounts of fresh research, David Carpenter's remarkable new book brings to life medieval Britain in the tumultuous period between the Norman conquest of England and the English conquest of Wales under Edward I. This epoch saw a profound...
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Blood & Roses
by Helen Castor Publisher Comments The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485 four kings lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and thousands of the men who followed them met violent deaths....
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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
by Danny Danziger Publisher Comments Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt today. At the center of this fascinating period is the...
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King Arthur: Hero and Legend
by Richard W Barber Publisher Comments The whole subject is brought up to date - Arthurian buffs will want this book. DAILY TELEGRAPHWho was the real Arthur? Why were his knights so famous? Was he buried at Glastonbury? Richard Barber takes the story from the anonymous 8th century chronicler...
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Women in Early Britain, 1450-1640 (Social History in Perspective)
by Christine Peters Publisher Comments The history of women in Wales and Scotland is in a thriving infancy compared to England. This book draws on this work to examine the significance of contrasting social, economic and religious conditions in shaping the lives of women in Britain. Although...
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Yorkists: The History of a Dynasty
by Anne Crawford Publisher Comments The Yorkists include both the most wicked king in English history, Richard III, and the most tragic, his nephew Edward V, one of the Princes in the Tower. This book examines the truth behind both the characters of these kings and behind the stories in...
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Very Short Introductions #19: Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by John Gri Gillingham Publisher Comments A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the...
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An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409 (Penguin History of Britain)
by David Mattingly Publisher Comments The definitive history of Roman Britain In the first major narative history of the subject in more than a generation, David Mattingly brings life in Britain during four hundred years of Roman domination into vivid relief. Drawing on a wealth of new...
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The Middle Ages (Royal History of England)
by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments Each of these lavishly illustrated books serves up a brief and manageable portion of the Fraser-edited and much-touted Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. A set of six jewels for Fraser's crown....
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The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury
by John Butler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-175) and index....
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The Norman Conquest: England After William the Conqueror
by Hugh Thomas Publisher Comments Exploring the successful Norman invasion of England in 1066, this concise and accessible book focuses especially on the often dramatic and enduring changes wrought by William the Conqueror and his followers. From the perspective of a modern social...
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The Princes in the Tower
by Alison Weir Publisher Comments "A SURPRISINGLY FRESH AND TREMENDOUSLY THOROUGH CONTRIBUTION to the debate...Weir's book is, no doubt, not the last on this subject, but it might be the best....[She] constructs a devastating case...[and] brilliantly illuminates the nature of late...
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The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era
by Norman F Cantor Publisher Comments There may be no more fascinating historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. Chaucer wrote...
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