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The Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross Publisher Comments The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles--and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover 
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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... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Lion-Winston Spenser Churchill: Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester Publisher Comments The long-awaited second volume of the best Churchill biography reveals the true portrait of this ambitious world leader. Discussion centers on the alarm he sounded about the terrible plot being hatched inside Hitler's deranged mind. Two 8-page photos... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $10.95 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 $17.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan & Jacobean Times by Ron Pritchard Publisher Comments This anthology paints a vivid picture of life during Shakespeare's time.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Making of the English Working Class by E P Thompson Publisher Comments "Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Duchess by Amanda Foreman Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Now a major motion picture starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise Staff Pick The story of the "Italian boy" murder case was fodder for many of the lurid body-snatching tales that later emerged from the pens of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, and Bram Stoker. This absorbing narrative evokes Fagin and Bill Sykes, the charred alleys,... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Publisher Comments The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales and Traditions of Scottish Castles by Nigel Tranter Publisher Comments Nigel Tranter's gift for bringing Scottish history to life is demonstrated in this lively book, which details 45 of the nation's castles with their associated tales and traditions.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain (Religion, Politics, and Society in Britain) by Callum G Brown Publisher Comments Religion, Politics and Society in Britain Series Editor: Keith Robbins Throughout the history of Britain religion has been a potent and influential force, permeating social and political life at many different levels. Yet it has often been written... (read more) List Price $48.75 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches by Winston S. Churchill Publisher Comments Arguably the most eloquent statesman of his time, Sir Winston Churchill delivered speeches that have inspired generation after generation. In this definitive collection, his grandson Winston S. Churchill pulls together all of his well-known speeches, as... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To Marry an English Lord: Or, How Anglomania Really Got Started by Gail Maccoll Publisher Comments AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE In 1895, nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil) and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realmoXamong them, a duke, an earl, three... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Grand Alliance :Second World War Volume 3 by Winston Churchill Publisher Comments 'Churchill\'s six-volume history of World War II -- the definitive work, remarkable both for its sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature. From... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments Queen Elizabeth I and England's First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Mass Market
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English Society in the 18th Century: Second Edition (Penguin Social History of Britain) by Roy Porter Synopsis In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Search of England by Michael Wood Publisher Comments England is the birthplace of many immortal legends told around the world: King Arthur and Camelot, the Holy Grail, Robin Hood, the mysterious Isle of Avalon. But are these famous stories based on historical events and actual people? And what do they tell... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Scotland's Landscape: Endangered Icon by Anna Paterson Publisher Comments Love of the native landscape is part of Scottish culture, but the economic demands of a devolved region may put greater strains than ever on already damaged natural resources. "Scotland's Landscape" reviews the role of the landscapes and cityscapes of... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved by Sarah Gristwood Publisher Comments A gripping account of one of history's most fascinating of alliances-the love affair between Queen Elizabeth I and her political advisor and confident, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. No one knows quite when and where their relationship began -- though... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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