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Bloody Mary
by Carolly Erickson  Publisher Comments Here is the tragic, stormy life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Her story is a chronicle of courage and faith, betrayal and treachery-set amidst the splendor, pageantry, squalor, and intrigue of sixteenth-century Europe...
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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...
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Elizabeth the Great
by Elizabeth Jenkins Synopsis This biography illuminates in great detail the personal and private life of Elizabeth I, placing the lives of the Queen and her court within the historical context of 16th-century Britain....
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The First Queen of England: The Myth of "Bloody Mary"
by Linda Porter Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking new biography of “Bloody Mary,” Linda Porter brings to life a queen best remembered for burning hundreds of Protestant heretics at the stake, but whose passion, will, and sophistication have for centuries been...
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Henry VIII: Court, Church and Conflict
by David Loades Publisher Comments Explores the turmoil of Henry VIII??'s reign through its fascinating hinterland ??? court, Church and subjects ??? to reveal how the king managed and manipulated those around...
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Unnatural Murder: Poison At the Court Of James I
by Anne Somerset Publisher Comments Investigation into the events surrounding the death of a lord in the seventeenth century court of James I. "Unnatural Murder" was reprinted twice in hardback, so should do well in paperback....
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Life of Thomas More
by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments "Ackroyd tells More's story with imaginative sympathy and impeccable scholarship. When one finishes the book one has the sense that not only does Ackroyd know all the available facts about More and his milieu, he knows More himself... this is a wonderful...
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Gunpowder Plot
by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments A dramatic recreation of the events of November 5th 1605, which explains the religious and political background to the plot. 24 colour illus....
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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 Henry’s ruthless and absolute power, including her own husband and...
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Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
by Joanna Denny Publisher Comments This powerful new biography presents a portrait of Anne Boleyn different from the unsavory and unflattering accounts of her that have come down through history. Instead, we learn about the real Anne-a woman who was highly literate, accomplished, an...
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Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
by David Starkey Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-351) and index....
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Elizabeth (Profiles in Power)
by Christopher Haigh Publisher Comments Elizabeth I <BR>"A sustained reflection on the nature of Elizabethan power that will<BR>challenge historians for a long time to come" History Today <BR>The reign of Elizabeth I was one of the most important periods of expansion and...
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A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
by Cynthia B Herrup Publisher Comments Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a...
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Sir Walter Ralegh
by Robert Lacey Synopsis This biography is based on the chronology of Ralegh's own writings and brings many new disclosures together - Ralegh's love affair with Alice Goold and care for their illegitimate child, his secret marriage to Bess Throckmorton and his attempt to commit...
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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...
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Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century
by David Underdown Synopsis The town is Dorchester in Dorset; the time the beginning of the seventeenth century. Two hundred years before Hardy disguised it as Casterbridge, Dorchester was a typical English country town, of middling size and unremarkable achievements. But on 6...
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The English Revolution 1688-1689
by George Ma Trevelyan Synopsis Records the events surrounding the expulsion of James II from the throne of England....
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Civil War
by Trevor Royle Publisher Comments One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged in a battle with the supporters of the Parliament. Ahead lay even more desperate...
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Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights (US)
by Liza Picard Publisher Comments Liza Picard presents a picture of everyday life in seventeenth-century London in this remarkably thorough and informative book -- a must-have for the readers of What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew Making use of every possible contemporary...
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The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genuis of the Golden Age
by Christopher Hibbert Publisher Comments An intimate portrait of history’s most fascinating monarch....
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