The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones Thomas Asbridge (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback EU Toy Safety Directive - 464pp h198mm x w130mm 16pp colour ISBN13: 9781847396419 ISBN13: 978-1-84739-641-9 ISBN10: 1847396410 EAN: 9781847396419 x Description: William Marshal was the true Lancelot of his era - a peerless warrior and paragon of chivalry -yet over the centuries, the spectacular story of his achievements passed from memory. Then, in 1861, a young French scholar stumbled upon the sole surviving copy of an unknown text, later dubbed the History of William Marshal. This richly detailed work helped to resurrect Marshal's reputation, putting flesh onto the bones of this otherwise obscure figure, but even today he remains largely forgotten. As a five-year-old boy, William was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet this landless younger son survived his brush with death, and went on to train as a medieval knight. Rising through the ranks to serve at the right hand of five English monarchs, he became a celebrated tournament champion, baron, politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm. He befriended the great figures of his day, from Richard the Lionheart to the infamous King John, and helped to negotiate the terms of Magna Carta - the first 'bill of rights'. Yet at the age of seventy he was forced to fight in the frontline of one final battle, striving to save the kingdom from French invasion in 1217. In The Greatest Knight, renowned historian Thomas Asbridge draws upon an array of contemporary evidence, including the thirteenth-century biography, to present a compelling account of William Marshal's life and times, from rural England to the battlefields of France, the desert castles of the Holy Land and the verdant shores of Ireland. Charting the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honour, yet driven by unquenchable ambition, this knight's tale lays bare the brutish realities of medieval warfare and the machinations of royal court, and draws us into the heart of a formative period of our history, when the West emerged from the Dark Ages and stood on the brink of modernity. It is the story of one remarkable man, the birth of the knightly class to which he belonged, and the forging of the English nation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire Julia Baird (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Blackfriars
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
22 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 752pp h235mm x w157mm x s48mm 998g Integrated b/w photos; family tree; maps ISBN13: 9780349134505 ISBN13: 978-0-349-13450-5 ISBN10: 0349134502 EAN: 9780349134505 x Description: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JANET MASLIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES'Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird's exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch' The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice).The true story for fans of the hit ITV drama series Victoria starring Jenna Coleman, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning book is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would begin to threaten many of Europe's monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public's expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger parts of the globe. Born into a world where woman were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand.Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother's meddling and an adviser's bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty years old, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security-queen of a quarter of the world's population at the height of the British Empire's reach.Drawing on sources that include revelations about Victoria's relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital
strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning. This sweeping, page-turning biography gives us the real woman behind the myth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Shrabani Basu (Author) Series:
Edition:
Media tie-in
Imprint:
The History Press Ltd
Publisher:
The History Press Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 31 Illustrations, color ISBN13: 9780750982580 ISBN13: 978-0-7509-8258-0 ISBN10: 0750982586 EAN: 9780750982580 This Product Replaces: 9780752458533 x Description: Now a major motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and Eddie Izzard, directed by Stephen Frears 'A tale of Empire and intrigue brought vividly back to life' - VIKAS SWARUP, author of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the queen had at last found his replacement, but her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near revolt in the royal household. Victoria & Abdul explores how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the Empire at a time when independence movements in the sub continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen - a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thomas Cromwell: The untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant Tracy Borman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
22 Jan 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w130mm x s31mm 363g 2 x 8pg colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781444782882 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8288-2 ISBN10: 1444782886 EAN: 9781444782882 x Description: 'This deeply researched and grippingly written biography brings Cromwell to life and exposes the Henrician court in all its brutal, glittering splendour.' Kate Williams, IndependentThomas Cromwell's life has made gripping reading for millions through Hilary Mantel's bestselling novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. But who was the real Cromwell? In this major new biography, leading historian Tracy Borman examines the life, loves and legacy of the man who changed the shape of England forever.Born a lowly tavern keeper's son, Cromwell rose swiftly through the ranks to become Henry VIII's right hand man, and one of the most powerful figures in Tudor history. The architect of England's break with the Roman Catholic Church and the dissolution of the monasteries, he oversaw seismic changes in England's history. Influential in securing Henry's controversial divorce from Catherine of Aragon, many believe he was also the ruthless force behind Anne Boleyn's downfall and subsequent execution. Although for years he has been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power, Thomas Cromwell was also a loving husband, father and guardian, a witty and generous host, and a loyal and devoted servant. With fresh research and new insights into Cromwell's family life, his household and his close relationships, Tracy Borman Tracy Borman tells the true story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty Tracy Borman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w131mm x s30mm 346g 2 x 8 page colour insets ISBN13: 9781444782929 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8292-9 ISBN10: 1444782924 EAN: 9781444782929 x Description: 'Borman approaches her topic with huge enthusiasm and a keen eye for entertaining...this is a very human story of a remarkable family, full of vignettes that sit long in the mind.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times'Tracy Borman's eye for detail is impressive; the book is packed with fascinating courtly minutiae... this is a wonderful book.' The Times'Borman is an authoritative and engaging writer, good at prising out those humanising details that make the past alive to us.' The Observer'Fascinating, detailed account of the everyday reality of the royals... This is a book of rich scholarship.' Daily Mail'Tracy Borman's passion for the Tudor period shines forth from the pages of this fascinatingly detailed book, which vividly illuminates what went on behind the scenes at the Tudor court.' Alison Weir'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.' Elizabeth IThe Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers and ministers. Even in their most private moments, they were accompanied by a servant specifically appointed for the task. A groom of the stool would stand patiently by as Henry VIII performed his daily purges, and when Elizabeth I retired for the evening, one of her female servants would sleep at the end of her bed. These attendants knew the truth behind the glamorous exterior. They saw the tears shed by Henry VII upon the death of his son Arthur. They knew the tragic secret behind 'Bloody' Mary's phantom pregnancies. And they saw the 'crooked carcass' beneath Elizabeth I's carefully applied makeup, gowns and accessories. It is the accounts of these eyewitnesses, as well as a rich array of other contemporary sources that historian Tracy Borman has examined more closely than ever before. With new insights and discoveries, and in the same way that she brilliantly illuminated the real Thomas Cromwell - The Private Life of the Tudors will reveal previously unexamined details about the characters we think we know so well. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England Tracy Borman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 238g ISBN13: 9780099549130 ISBN13: 978-0-09-954913-0 ISBN10: 0099549131 EAN: 9780099549130 x Description: Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognised as such by her subjects. Beyond this, however, little is known of her. No contemporary images of her remain, and the chroniclers of her age left us only the faintest clues as to her life. Who was this spectral queen? In this first major biography, Tracy Borman sifts through the shards of evidence to uncover an extraordinary story. Matilda was loving and pious, possessed strength, ambition and intelligence, and was fiercely independent. All of these attributes gave her unparalleled influence over William. But although Matilda would provide an inspiring template for future indomitable queens, it led to treachery, revolt and the fracturing of a dynasty. Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England takes us from the courts of Flanders to the opulence of royal life in England. Alive with intrigue, rumour and betrayal, it illuminates for the first time the life of an exceptional, brave and complex queen pivotal to the history of England. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In Vera Brittain (Author) Series:
Virago Modern Classics
Edition:
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Nov 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 640pp h196mm x w133mm x s42mm 500g ISBN13: 9780349005928 ISBN13: 978-0-349-00592-8 ISBN10: 0349005923 EAN: 9780349005928 x Description: In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era.TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived the period; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world. A passionate record of a lost generation, it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Falcons of Montabard Elizabeth Chadwick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h196mm x w131mm x s32mm 358g ISBN13: 9780751551853 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-5185-3 ISBN10: 0751551856 EAN: 9780751551853 x Description: When war and passion collide, all but the brave will flounder Sabin FitzSimon, disgraced son of an earl, finally has the chance to salvage his reputation when renowned knight Edmund Strongfist asks Sabin to join him on his journey to the Holy Land, offering sword and services to the King of Jerusalem. The only thing Sabin must promise is to keep away from Strongfist's beautiful daughter, Annais. Sabin obeys, but his attraction to Annais's spirit, courage and her wonderful harp playing become increasingly difficult to resist. As Sabin struggles to keep his heart in check, he must also confront the trials of The Holy Land itself. A land in turmoil from constant warfare and the capture of its King, Sabin is faced with taking command of the fortress of Montabard - and marrying its recently widowed chateleine. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Winter Mantle Elizabeth Chadwick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h196mm x w131mm x s34mm 348g ISBN13: 9780751538403 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-3840-3 ISBN10: 075153840X EAN: 9780751538403 x Description: Fresh from his defeat of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy has returned home in triumph, accompanied by the English nobles he cannot trust to leave behind. For Waltheof of Huntingdon, however, rebellion is not at the forefront of his thoughts. From the moment he catches sight of Judith, daughter of the King's formidable sister, he knows he has found his future wife. When Waltheof saves Judith's life, it is clear that the attraction is mutual. But marriage has little to do with love in mediaeval Europe. William refuses to let the couple wed and Waltheof joins an uprising against him. William crushes the rebellion but decides the best way to keep Waltheof in check is to agree to the marriage. But is the match between Saxon earl and Norman lady one made in heaven or hell? As their children grow, Waltheof and Judith must choose between their feelings for each other and older loyalties...Based on an astonishing true story, THE WINTER MANTLE reaches from the turbulent reign of William the Conqueror to the high drama of the crusades...
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The Summer Queen Elizabeth Chadwick (Author) Series:
Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
19 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h133mm x w200mm x s34mm 350g ISBN13: 9780751548303 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-4830-3 ISBN10: 0751548308 EAN: 9780751548303 x Description: Eleanor of Aquitaine's story is legendary. She is an icon who has fascinated readers for over eight hundred years. But the real Eleanor remains elusive - until now. Based on the most up-to-date research, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Chadwick brings Eleanor's magnificent story to life, as never before.Young, vibrant, privileged, Eleanor's future is golden as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly in the summer of 1137, her childhood ends abruptly. Forced to marry the young prince Louis of France, Eleanor is still struggling to adjust to her new role when Louis' father dies and they become King and Queen of France. Leaving everything behind, the vivacious Eleanor must face the complex and faction-riddled French court. She is only 13.Overflowing with scandal, politics, sex, triumphs and tragedies, The Summer Queen is the first novel in a stunning new trilogy, from award-winning and much-loved author Elizabeth Chadwick _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wild Hunt Elizabeth Chadwick (Author) Series:
Wild Hunt
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
04 Dec 2008 (25 Aug 2016)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w147mm x s23mm 236g ISBN13: 9780751540260 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-4026-0 ISBN10: 0751540269 EAN: 9780751540260 x Description: In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. He is Guyon, lord of Ledworth, heir to threatened lands, husband-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands - but they have yet to meet...For this is Wales at the turn of the twelfth century. Dynasties forge and fight, and behind the precarious throne of William Rufus political intrigue is raging. Caught amidst the violence are Judith and Guyon, bound together yet poles apart. But when a dark secret from the past is revealed and the full horror of war crashes over Guyon and Judith, they are forced to face insurmountable odds. Together... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lords Of The White Castle Elizabeth Chadwick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sphere
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 672pp h194mm x w132mm x s44mm 462g ISBN13: 9780751551839 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-5183-9 ISBN10: 075155183X EAN: 9780751551839 x Description: A violent quarrel with the future King John destroys the young Fulke FitzWarin's greatest ambition: to become Lord of the White Castle. Instead of accepting his fate, Fulke rebels. But the danger pursuing Fulke reaches new heights as he begins a passionate love affair with Maude Walter - the wealthy widow chosen by John himself.Negotiating a maze of deceit, treachery and shifting alliances, Fulke's route to success is fraught.
And when the turmoil of the Magna Carta rebellion combines with a shocking tragedy, everything Fulke has fought for is thrown into the path of destruction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Everyone Brave is Forgiven Chris Cleave (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Sceptre
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h201mm x w129mm x s29mm 320g ISBN13: 9781473618718 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-1871-8 ISBN10: 1473618711 EAN: 9781473618718 x Description: 'Ian McEwan did this with Atonement, Sarah Waters did it with The Night Watch, and Chris Cleave does it too with Everyone Brave is Forgiven...A compelling and finely crafted novel.' FTAn extraordinary story of love and honour in extreme circumstances, from the multi-award-winning author of THE OTHER HAND.Instant New York Times bestsellerEvening Standard top ten bestselleriBooks BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016Irish Times summer reading pick'A cracker' Stylist, 10 Exciting Books in 2016'His best book to date' Esquire, 10 best novels of 2016 Guardian Literary Highlight of 2016Independent Best Book to read in 2016 Irish News Top Picks for 2016Washington Post 20 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2016In a powerful combination of both humour and heartbreak, this dazzling novel weaves little-known history, and a perfect love story, through the vast sweep of the Second World War - daring us to understand that, against the great theatre of world events, it is the intimate losses, the small battles, the daily human triumphs, that change us most. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims: (Book 1) Toby Clements (Author) Series:
Kingmaker
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
26 Feb 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 394g ISBN13: 9780099585879 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958587-9 ISBN10: 0099585871 EAN: 9780099585879 x Description: 'An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are imagined here with energy, with ferocity, with hunger to engage the reader.' Hilary Mantel February 1460 In the bitter dawn of a winter's morning, a young man and a woman escape from a priory. In fear of their lives, they are forced to flee across a land ravaged by conflict. For this is the Wars of the Roses, one of the most savage and bloody civil wars in history, Where brother confronts brother, king faces king, And Thomas and Katherine must fight - just to stay alive ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 1) Bernard Cornwell (Author) Series:
The Last Kingdom Series Edition: 1
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
28 Sep 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 250g ISBN13: 9780007218011 ISBN13: 978-0-00-721801-1 ISBN10: 000721801X EAN: 9780007218011 x Description: The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault.The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between christianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up. He is left uncertain of his loyalties but a slaughter in a winter dawn propels him to the English side and he will become a man just as the Danes launch their fiercest attack yet on Alfred's kingdom. Marriage ties him further still to the West Saxon cause but when his wife and child vanish in the chaos of the Danish invasion, Uhtred is driven to face the greatest of the Viking chieftains in a battle beside the sea. There, in the horror of the shield-wall, he discovers his true allegiance.The Last Kingdom, like most of Bernard Cornwell's books, is firmly based on true history. It is the first novel of a series that will tell the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants and of the enemies they faced, Viking warriors like Ivar the Boneless and his feared brother, Ubba. Against their lives Bernard Cornwell has woven a story of divided loyalties, reluctant love and desperate heroism. In Uhtred, he has created one of his most interesting and heroic characters and in The Last Kingdom one of his most powerful and passionate novels. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harlequin (The Grail Quest, Book 1) Bernard Cornwell (Author) Series:
The Grail Quest 1
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
01 May 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s31mm 330g ISBN13: 9780007310302 ISBN13: 978-0-00-731030-2 ISBN10: 0007310307 EAN: 9780007310302 This Product Replaces: 9780006513841 x Description: The first book in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage.The year is 1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste to the French countryside. The army may be led by the King, but it is the archers, the common men, who are England's secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins.Thomas of Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: to avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him through fields smeared with the smoke of fires set by the rampaging English, until at last the two armies face each other on a hillside near the village of Crecy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1356 Bernard Cornwell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s33mm 410g ISBN13: 9780007331864 ISBN13: 978-0-00-733186-4 ISBN10: 000733186X EAN: 9780007331864 x Description: Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. The remarkable new novel by Britain's master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers.1356: France stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the battle of Crecy and led by the Black Prince, is invading and the French are hunting them down. The bloodiest battles of the Hundred Years War are yet to be fought.Thomas of Hookton, an English archer, becomes trapped with his outnumbered army. And here, near the town of Poitiers, an extraordinary confrontation will ignite one of the greatest battles of all time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC Bernard Cornwell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
19 May 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 330g (Tone drawings) ISBN13: 9780007550890 ISBN13: 978-0-00-755089-0 ISBN10: 0007550898 EAN: 9780007550890 x Description: Bernard Cornwell's brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple.One summer's day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn.The three sons of Ratharryn's chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. The eldest, Lengar, the warrior, harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler and take great power for his tribe. Camaban becomes a great visionary and feared wise man, and it is his vision that will force the youngest brother, Saban, to create the great temple on the green hill where the gods will appear on earth. Saban' s love for Aurenna, the sun bride whose destiny is to die for the gods, finally brings the rivalries of the brothers to a head. But it is also his skills that will build the vast temple, a place for the gods, certainly, but also a place that will confirm for ever the supreme power of the tribe that built it.Stonehenge is first and foremost a great historical novel. Bernard Cornwell is well known and admired for the realism and imagination with which he brings earlier worlds to life. And here he uses all these skills to recreate the world of primitive Britain and to solve the mysteries of who built Stonehenge, how and why.`A circle of chalk, a ring of stone, and a house of arches to call the far gods home' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fourth Estate Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Apr 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 544pp h198mm x w129mm x s34mm 380g ISBN13: 9780007548699 ISBN13: 978-0-00-754869-9 ISBN10: 0007548699 EAN: 9780007548699 x Description: WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTIONA beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II
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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) Maurice Druon (Author) Series:
The Accursed Kings 1
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
11 Apr 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 260g ISBN13: 9780007491261 ISBN13: 978-0-00-749126-1 ISBN10: 0007491263 EAN: 9780007491261 x Description: `This is the original game of thrones' George R.R. Martin From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin's epic work. "Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!" The Iron King - Philip the Fair - is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men. A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hand of Fatima Ildefonso Falcones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 976pp h180mm x w110mm x s40mm 503g ISBN13: 9780552776479 ISBN13: 978-0-552-77647-9 ISBN10: 0552776475 EAN: 9780552776479 x Description: Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose... 1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims. Amidst the conflict is young Hernando , the son of an Arab woman and the Christian priest who raped her. He is despised and regularly beaten by his own step-father for his 'tainted' heritage. Fuelled with the love of the beautiful Fatima, Hernando hatches a plan to unite the two warring faiths - and the two halves of his identity... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cathedral of the Sea Ildefonso Falcones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 752pp h198mm x w127mm x s46mm 521g ISBN13: 9780552773973 ISBN13: 978-0-552-77397-3 ISBN10: 0552773972 EAN: 9780552773973
x Description: A masterful eipc of love, war, treason, plague, famine, witchcraft, anti-Semitism and the Inquisition. 14th-century Spain, the medieval city of Barcelona is enjoying a golden age of prosperity. Its humblest inhabitants are building, stone by stone, a magnificent church to overlook their harbour. This is the Cathedral of the Sea: a church to be built for the people by the people. In its shadow, Arnau, a young serf on the run from his feudal lord, struggles to earn his freedom. After famine, plague and thwarted love, Arnau's fortunes begin to turn when King Pedro makes him a baron as a reward for his courage in battle. But he is also forced to marry Eleonor, a ward of the King whom he does not love. His newfound status excites jealousy from his friends who plot his downfall with devastating consequences. Arnau's journey from slave to nobleman is the story of a struggle between good and evil that will turn Church against State and brother against brother ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Barefoot Queen Ildefonso Falcones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Black Swan
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Spanish Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 896pp h198mm x w127mm x s45mm 631g ISBN13: 9780552779722 ISBN13: 978-0-552-77972-2 ISBN10: 0552779725 EAN: 9780552779722 x Description: 1748, Seville: Caridad, a recently freed Cuban slave, wanders the streets of the city. Her master is dead and she has nowhere to go. When she meets Milagro Carmona - a young, rebellious gypsy - the two women are instantly inseparable. Milagros introduces Caridad to the gypsy community, an exotic fringe society that will soon bring them love and change their life forever. From the tumultuous bustle of 18th-century Seville to the theatres of Madrid, THE BAREFOOT QUEEN takes us into the murky world of tobacco smuggling and ther persecution of the gypsies. Showing us the birth of Flamenco, it is a historical fresco filled with characters that live, love, fight and suffer for what they believe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Column of Fire Ken Follett (Author) Series:
The Kingsbridge Novels 3 Edition:
Main Market Ed.
Imprint:
Macmillan
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
12 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 768pp h241mm x w159mm x s48mm 944g ISBN13: 9781447278733 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-7873-3 ISBN10: 1447278739 EAN: 9781447278733 x Description: The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire. Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald. Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country's first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and invasion plans. Elizabeth knows that alluring, headstrong Mary Queen of Scots lies in wait in Paris. Part of a brutally ambitious French family, Mary has been proclaimed the rightful ruler of England, with her own supporters scheming to get rid of the new queen.
Over a turbulent half-century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed, as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. With Elizabeth clinging precariously to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents, it becomes clear that the real enemies - then as now - are not the rival religions. The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else - no matter the cost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 Andrew Gimson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Square Peg
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 256pp h222mm x w144mm x s26mm 383g B&W integrated by Martin Rowson ISBN13: 9780224101196 ISBN13: 978-0-224-10119-6 ISBN10: 0224101196 EAN: 9780224101196 x Description: `Totally gripping - a factually accurate version of 1066 And All That'- Boris Johnson Gimson's Kings and Queens whirls us through the lives of our monarchs --- from 1066 and William the Conqueror right up to Queen Elizabeth II and the present-day - to tell a tale of bastardy, courage, conquest, brutality, vanity, vulgarity, corruption, anarchy, absenteeism, piety, nobility, divorce, execution, civil war, madness, magnificence, profligacy, frugality, philately, abdication, dutifulness, family breakdown and family recovery. Written in Andrew Gimson's inimitable style, and illustrated by Martin Rowson, Gimson's Kings and Queens is both a primer and a refresher for anyone who can't quite remember which were the good and bad Edwards or Henrys, or why so-and-so succeeded to the throne rather than his second cousin.
Gimson's Kings and Queens is the most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read. Gimson's Prime Ministers will be released in March 2018. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to be a Victorian Ruth Goodman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Viking
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Mar 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 379g ISBN13: 9780670921362 ISBN13: 978-0-670-92136-2 ISBN10: 067092136X EAN: 9780670921362 x Description: How to be a Victorian - a time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC's Ruth Goodman We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Dress in whalebone and feed opium to the baby? Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living.Drawing on Ruth's unique first-hand experience, gained from living on a Victorian farm for a year, this book will teach you everything you need to know about 19th century living.If you liked A Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England or If Walls Could Talk, you will love this book.Popular Historian Ruth Goodman is an expert in nineteenth-century social and domestic history. She has presented a number of BBC television series, including Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm and is a regular expert on The One Show. She spent ten years as a historical advisor to the Royal Shakespeare Company's Globe Theatre and has co-authored three books, including the Number One Bestseller Victorian Farm. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria Daisy Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
20 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w133mm x s30mm 326g ISBN13: 9780755396115 ISBN13: 978-0-7553-9611-5 ISBN10: 0755396111 EAN: 9780755396115 x Description: You've seen her on the screen, now read her story...From the creator of the ITV Sunday night drama, VICTORIA, now in its second year, comes the novel by Daisy Goodwin, author of the bestselling MY LAST DUCHESS and THE FORTUNE HUNTER.In June 1837, the eighteen-year-old Victoria wakes up to find that she is Queen of the most powerful nation in the world. Can this tiny girl prevail against the men who believe that women are too hysterical to rule? And what are the secrets behind her famously passionate relationship with her husband, Albert?From one of our greatest historical writers comes a new take on one of our most beloved monarchs... Victoria as you've never seen her before. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nightingale Kristin Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main Market Ed.
Imprint:
Pan Books
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
07 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h197mm x w130mm x s29mm 330g ISBN13: 9781447283072 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-8307-2 ISBN10: 1447283074 EAN: 9781447283072 x Description: 'Great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?' - Isabel Allende, bestselling author of The House of the Spirits The New York Times number one bestselling novel. Despite their differences, sisters Viann and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight and Viann finds herself isolated so Isabelle is sent by their father to help her. As the war progresses, the sisters' relationship and strength is tested. With life changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquisite in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with atrocities, but also humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale will leave you breathless. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wars of the Roses: Stormbird: Book 1 Conn Iggulden (Author) Series:
The Wars of the Roses
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 374g ISBN13: 9780718196349 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-9634-9 ISBN10: 0718196341 EAN: 9780718196349 x Description: Historical fiction master Conn Iggulden retells the gripping story of the English Civil War in this first instalment of his latest Wars of the Roses series. King Henry V - the great Lion of England - is long dead. In 1437 his gentle son comes of age and takes the throne. Frail in body and mind, King Henry VI is dependent on his supporters to run his kingdom. Richard, Duke of York, however, believes that without a strong king England will fall. His fears seem justified as English power comes under threat from France, and discontent and rebellion spread at home. On the counsel of his advisers, Henry marries the young princess Margaret of Anjou, in order to forge an alliance with France - but is it too late? As the storm clouds gather, King Henry and his queen are besieged abroad and at home. Who can save the throne? Who will save the kingdom? Stormbird is followed by Trinity, also available from Penguin Random House UK. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Ken Follett and Hilary Mantel. Praise for Conn Iggulden: 'This is energetic, competent stuff; Iggulden knows his material and his audience' Independent 'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror 'Iggulden...tells an absolutely cracking story' The Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dunstan: One Man Will Change the Fate of England Conn Iggulden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
28 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h236mm x w157mm x s36mm 628g ISBN13: 9780718181451 ISBN13: 978-0-7181-8145-1 ISBN10: 071818145X EAN: 9780718181451 x Description: ** 'Iggulden has created an intriguingly complex saint - flawed, spiteful and unreliable as the teller of his own tale. Through his eyes we watch the story of the making of England' Times **From acclaimed historical writer Conn Iggulden comes a novel set in the red-blooded days of AngloSaxon England. This is the original game for the English throne.In the year 937, King AEthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to throw a great spear into the north. His dream of a kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field and the passage of a single day. At his side is Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit, perhaps enough to damn his soul. His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome - from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan's vision, by his guiding hand, England may come together as one great country - or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . . From one of our finest historical writers, Dunstan is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings - the man who changed the fate of England. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors Dan Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9780571288083 ISBN13: 978-0-571-28808-3 ISBN10: 0571288081 EAN: 9780571288083
x Description: The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown together in these chaotic years. Yet efforts were made to maintain some semblance of peace and order, as chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived, and the Renaissance began to flourish. Following on from Dan Jones' best selling The Plantagenets, The Hollow Crown is a vivid and engrossing history of these turbulent times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England Dan Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
04 Jul 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s43mm 480g (16pp B/W plates) ISBN13: 9780007213948 ISBN13: 978-0-00-721394-8 ISBN10: 0007213948 EAN: 9780007213948 x Description: This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Britain.England's greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a highly organised kingdom that spanned a vast expanse of Europe. Plantagenet rule saw the establishment of laws and creation of artworks, monuments and tombs which survive to this day, and continue to speak of their sophistication, brutality and secrets.Dan Jones brings you a new vision of this battle-scarred history. From the Crusades, to King John's humbling over Magna Carta and the tragic reign of the last Plantagenet, Richard II - this is a blow-by-blow account of England's most thrilling age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Orphan Train: A Novel Christina Baker Kline (Author) Series:
Edition:
International ed.
Imprint:
William Morrow Paperbacks
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Pub Date:
01 Apr 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Rough front 320pp h203mm x w135mm x s20mm 250g ISBN13: 9780061950728 ISBN13: 978-0-06-195072-8 ISBN10: 0061950726 EAN: 9780061950728 x Description: The #1 New York Times BestsellerChristina Baker Kline's Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America's past-and it includes a special PS section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more.Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse...As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life-answers that will ultimately free them both.Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Raven: Blood Eye (Raven 1) Giles Kristian (Author) Series:
Raven
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Jan 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w127mm x s29mm 315g B & W map ISBN13: 9780552157896 ISBN13: 978-0-552-15789-6 ISBN10: 0552157899 EAN: 9780552157896 x Description: The first book in a thrilling Viking trilogy that launched the career of acclaimed historical novelist Giles Kristian - who's now confronting the tumult and devastation of the English Civil War in The Bleeding Land... For two years Osric has lived a simple life, though he is feared and shunned for his mysterious past and blood-red eye. When raiders from across the sea ransack his village, Osric finds himself taken prisoner by their chief, Sigurd the Lucky. Immersed in the Norsemen's world and driven by their lust for adventure, Osric proves a natural warrior and forges a deep bond with Sigurd, who renames him Raven. But the Norsemen's world is a savage one, where loyalty is often repaid in blood, and a young man must become a killer to survive... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
God of Vengeance: (The Rise of Sigurd 1) Giles Kristian (Author) Series:
Sigurd
Edition:
Imprint:
Corgi Books
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pub Date:
04 Dec 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w127mm x s34mm 367g B & W map ISBN13: 9780552162425 ISBN13: 978-0-552-16242-5 ISBN10: 0552162426 EAN: 9780552162425 x Description: Norway 785 AD. It began with the betrayal of a lord by a king . . . King Gorm puts Jarl Harald's family to the sword, but makes one fatal mistake - he fails to kill Harald's youngest son, Sigurd. His kin slain, his village seized and its people taken as slaves, Sigurd wonders if the gods have forsaken him. Hunted by powerful men, he is unsure who to trust and yet he has a small band of loyal followers at his side. With them - and with the help of the All-Father, Odin - he determines to make a king pay in blood for his treachery. Using cunning and war-craft, Sigurd gathers together a fellowship of warriors - including his father's right-hand man Olaf, Bram (who men call Bear), Black Floki who wields death with a blade, and the shield maiden Valgerd, who fears no man - and convinces them to follow him. For, whether Odin is with him or not, Sigurd will have vengeance. And neither men nor gods had best stand in his way . . . God of Vengeance is a must-read for all who enjoy thrilling, action-packed fiction - from Bernard Cornwell to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture Joshua Levine (Author) Series:
Edition:
ePub Film tie-in edition
Imprint:
William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
29 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s27mm 350g ISBN13: 9780008227876 ISBN13: 978-0-00-822787-6 ISBN10: 000822787X EAN: 9780008227876
x Description: THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF DUNKIRK - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AND STARRING KENNETH BRANAGH, TOM HARDY AND MARK RYLANCE. In 1940, at the French port of Dunkirk, more than 300,000 trapped Allied troops were dramatically rescued from destruction at the hands of Nazi Germany by an extraordinary seaborne evacuation. The true history of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians involved in the nine-day skirmish has passed into legend. Now, the story Winston Churchill described as a 'miracle' is narrated by bestselling author Joshua Levine in its full, sweeping context, including new interviews with veterans and survivors. Told from the viewpoints of land, sea and air, Joshua Levine's Dunkirk is a dramatic account of a defeat that paved the way to ultimate victory and preserved liberty for generations to come. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria Christopher McIntosh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
I.B.Tauris
Publisher:
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd.
Pub Date:
30 Jul 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp 17bw illustrations in 8pp plates ISBN13: 9781848858473 ISBN13: 978-1-84885-847-3 ISBN10: 1848858477 x Description: "The Swan King" is the biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the 19th century, described by Verlaine as 'the only true king of his century'. A man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, Ludwig II of Bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of Richard Wagner and for the fabulous palaces which he created as part of a dream-world to escape the responsibilities of state. In realization of his fantasies, he created a ferment of creativity among artists and craftsmen, while his neglect of Bavaria's political interests made powerful enemies among those critical of his self-indulgence and excesses. At the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose him, Ludwig died in mysterious circumstances. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain Marc Morris (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
05 Mar 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 341g 16 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099481751 ISBN13: 978-0-09-948175-1 ISBN10: 0099481758 EAN: 9780099481751 x Description: This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale, and leaving a legacy of division that has lasted from his day to our own. In his astonishingly action-packed life, Edward defeated and killed the famous Simon de Montfort in battle; travelled across Europe to the Holy Land on crusade; conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, and constructed - at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon - the most magnificent chain of castles ever created. After the death of his first wife he erected the Eleanor Crosses - the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 279g ISBN13: 9781845950996 ISBN13: 978-1-84595-099-6 ISBN10: 1845950992 EAN: 9781845950996 x Description: The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there... Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, and hear, and smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? And how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller's Guide Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived, whether that's the life of a peasant or a lord. The result is perhaps the most astonishing history book you are ever likely to read; as revolutionary as it is informative, as entertaining as it is startling. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 310g ISBN13: 9780099542070 ISBN13: 978-0-09-954207-0 ISBN10: 0099542072 EAN: 9780099542070 x Description: The past is a foreign country - this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would that glory sit alongside the vagrants, diseases, violence, sexism and famine of the time? In this book Ian Mortimer reveals a country in which life expectancy is in the early thirties, people still starve to death and Catholics are persecuted for their faith. Yet it produces some of the finest writing in the English language, some of the most magnificent architecture, and sees Elizabeth's subjects settle in America and circumnavigate the globe. Welcome to a country that is, in all its contradictions, the very crucible of the modern world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Jun 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 289g 8 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099552222 ISBN13: 978-0-09-955222-2 ISBN10: 0099552221 EAN: 9780099552222
x Description: One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. A year later, as lovers, they returned with an invading army: King Edward II's forces crumbled before them, and Mortimer took power. He removed Edward II in the first deposition of a monarch in British history. Then the ex-king was apparently murdered, some said with a redhot poker, in Berkeley Castle. Brutal, intelligent, passionate, profligate, imaginative and violent: Sir Roger Mortimer was an extraordinary character. It is not surprising that the queen lost her heart to him. Nor is it surprising that his contemporaries were terrified of him. But until now no one has appreciated the full evil genius of the man. This first biography reveals not only the man's career as a feudal lord, a governor of Ireland, a rebel leader and a dictator of England but also the truth of what happened that night in Berkeley Castle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1415: Henry V's Year of Glory Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Sep 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 656pp h198mm x w128mm x s34mm 496g ISBN13: 9781845950972 ISBN13: 978-1-84595-097-2 ISBN10: 1845950976 EAN: 9781845950972 x Description: Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice, he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be thought of as 'the greatest man who ever ruled England?' In Ian Mortimer's groundbreaking book, he portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did. The result is not only a fascinating reappraisal of Henry; it brings to the fore many unpalatable truths which biographers and military historians have largely ignored. At the centre of the book is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agincourt: a slaughter ground designed not to advance England's interests directly but to demonstrate God's approval of Henry's royal authority on both sides of the Channel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 375g 30 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9781844135295 ISBN13: 978-1-84413-529-5 ISBN10: 1844135292 EAN: 9781844135295 x Description: In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. Henry IV had not always been so unpopular. In his youth he had been a great chivalric champion and crusader. The son of John of Gaunt, he was courteous, confident, well-educated, generous, devoted to his family, musical and spiritually fervent. In 1399, at the age of thirty-two, he was enthusiastically greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the insecure and tyrannical King Richard II. But therein lay Henry's weakness. He had to contend with men who supported him only as long as they could control him; when they failed, they
plotted to kill him. Welsh, French and Scottish adversaries also tried to take advantage of his questionable right to the crown. Such overwhelming threats transformed him from a hero into a duplicitous murderer: a king prepared to go to any lengths to save his family and his throne. That legacy of unrest has defined Henry's subsequent reputation. Henry's notoriety in the sixteenth century was such that merely to write about him was to risk imprisonment in the Tower. Shakespeare was forced to downplay his achievements, and instead to present his adversary Richard II as the wronged man. But what Henry actually provoked was a social revolution as much as a political one. Against all the odds, he took a poorly ruled nation, established a new Lancastrian dynasty, and introduced the principle that a king must act in accordance with parliament. He might not have been the most glorious king England ever had, but he was one of the bravest, and certainly the greatest survivor of them all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation Ian Mortimer (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2008
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm x s35mm 411g 16pp b/w plates ISBN13: 9780099527091 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952709-1 ISBN10: 009952709X EAN: 9780099527091 x Description: He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had, and three hundred years after his death it was said that his kingship was perhaps the greatest that the world had ever known. In this first full study of the man's character and life, Ian Mortimer shows how Edward personally provided the impetus for much of the drama of his fiftyyear reign. Under him the feudal kingdom of England became a highly organised nation and experienced its longest period of domestic peace in the middle ages. Nineteenth century historians saw in Edward the opportunity to decry a warmonger, and painted him as a self-seeking, rapacious, tax-gathering conqueror. Yet as this book shows, beneath the strong warrior king was a compassionate, conscientious and often merciful man - resolute yet devoted to his wife, friends and family. He emerges as a strikingly modern figure, to whom many will be able to relate - the father of both the English nation and the English people. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sunne in Splendour Sharon Penman (Author) Series:
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Main Market Ed.
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Pan Books
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
24 Apr 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 1248pp h197mm x w130mm x s56mm 1135g ISBN13: 9781447247845 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-4784-5 ISBN10: 1447247841 EAN: 9781447247845 x Description: To celebrate thirty years since its first publication, Pan Macmillan are proud to publish this special, re-edited edition of the bestselling The Sunne in Splendour, featuring an author's note from Sharon Penman Richard, last-born son of the Duke of York, was seven months short of his nineteenth birthday when he bloodied himself at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, earning his legendary reputation as a battle commander in the Wars of the Roses, and ending the Lancastrian line of succession. But Richard was far more than a warrior schooled in combat. He was also a devoted brother, an ardent suitor, a patron of the arts, an indulgent father, a generous friend. Above all, he was a man of fierce loyalties, great courage and firm principles, who was ill at ease among the intrigues of Edward's court. The very codes Richard lived by ultimately betrayed him. But he was betrayed by history too. Leaving no heir, his reputation was at the mercy of his successor, and Henry Tudor had too much at stake to risk mercy. Thus was born the myth of King Richard III, the man who would stop at nothing to gain the throne.
Filled with the sights and sounds of battle, the customs and love of daily life, the rigours and dangers of Court politics and the touching concerns of very real men and women, The Sunne in Splendour is a richly coloured tapestry of medieval England. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When Christ and His Saints Slept Sharon Penman (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books Ltd
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Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Aug 1995 (07 Dec 2000)
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 928pp h198mm x w129mm x s39mm 627g ISBN13: 9780140166361 ISBN13: 978-0-14-016636-1 ISBN10: 014016636X EAN: 9780140166361 x Description: With this novel Sharon Penman moves to a new set of characters and to 12th Century England and the early civil war between Stephen and his cousin, The Empress Made - A long fight to won the English throne. Stephen was handsome, unreliable and beguiling. Maude was courageous, beautiful and insanely arrogant. They fought for twenty years and devastated England. Their flair for dramatic events and immense catastrophes made sure that they were never boring. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England Thomas Penn (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2012
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 341g ISBN13: 9780141040530 ISBN13: 978-0-14-104053-0 ISBN10: 014104053X EAN: 9780141040530 x Description: Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2011'He were a dark prince, and infinitely suspicious, and his times full of secret conspiracies and troubles' Sir Francis BaconIn his remarkable debut, Penn vividly recreates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII. He traces the transformation of a young, vulnerable boy, Prince Henry, into the aggressive teenager who would become Henry VIII, and of Catherine of Aragon, his future queen. And at the book's heart is the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victorian London: The Life of a City 1840-1870 Liza Picard (Author) Series:
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2006
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h148mm x w199mm x s33mm 392g 40 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780753820902 ISBN13: 978-0-7538-2090-2 ISBN10: 0753820900 EAN: 9780753820902 x Description: From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of
everyday life so often left out of history books. This period of mid Victorian London covers a huge span: Victoria's wedding and the place of the royals in popular esteem; how the very poor lived, the underworld, prostitution, crime, prisons and transportation; the public utilities - Bazalgette on sewers and road design, Chadwick on pollution and sanitation; private charities - Peabody, Burdett Coutts - and workhouses; new terraced housing and transport, trains, omnibuses and the Underground; furniture and decor; families and the position of women; the prosperous middle classes and their new shops, such as Peter Jones and Harrods; entertaining and servants, food and drink; unlimited liability and bankruptcy; the rich, the marriage market, taxes and anti-semitism; the Empire, recruitment and press-gangs. The period begins with the closing of the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons and ends with the first (steam-operated) Underground trains and the first Gilbert & Sullivan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alfred the Great Justin Pollard (Author) Series:
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John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
29 Jun 2006
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h197mm x w129mm x s25mm 270g 16 pp b/w plus map ISBN13: 9780719566660 ISBN13: 978-0-7195-6666-0 ISBN10: 0719566665 EAN: 9780719566660 x Description: Alfred is the only English king ever to be called 'Great'. It was not a title given by political supporters, not the sycophantic gift of an official biographer, nor a self-styled title. It was the gift of history. Justin Pollard's enthralling, authoritative account befits Alfred - a soldier, a scholar and statesman like no other in English history. His rule spanned troubled times. His shores were under constant threat from Viking marauders and he faced turmoil at home. Soon after he began his rule a conspiracy erupted and he was hounded out of his kingdom into solitary exile in forests and fens. But his ambition was not felled by adversity. Alone in this damp, dangerous, half-world of bogs and quicksand Alfred looked within and found the motivation to create a new type of nation. Drawing on the latest historical, textual and archaeological research Justin Pollard radically reassesses the key moments in Alfred's life. He offers a new interpretation of what caused this most remarkable king to begin the formation of England and how it coloured the subsequent history of the Western World down to the present day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Katherine Anya Seton (Author) Series:
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Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2006
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h199mm x w130mm x s37mm 396g n/a ISBN13: 9780340839881 ISBN13: 978-0-340-83988-1 ISBN10: 0340839880 EAN: 9780340839881 x Description: 'A great adventure, powerfully told' (Philippa Gregory) A sumptuous tale of passion and danger in the medieval court, Anya Seton's Katherine is an all-time classic. Katherine comes to the court of Edward III at the age of fifteen. The naive convent-educated orphan of a penniless knight is dazzled by the jousts and the entertainments of court. Nevertheless, Katherine is beautiful, and she turns the head of the King's favourite son, John of Gaunt. But he is married, and she is soon to be betrothed. A few years later their paths cross again and this time their passion for each other cannot be denied or suppressed. Katherine becomes the prince's mistress, and discovers an extraordinary world of power, pleasure and passion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy David Starkey (Author) Series:
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HarperPress
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
29 Sep 2011
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 488pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 450g ISBN13: 9780007307722 ISBN13: 978-0-00-730772-2 ISBN10: 0007307721 EAN: 9780007307722 x Description: From one of our finest historians comes an outstanding exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated.The monarchy is one of Britain's most revered institutions - but also one of its most tumultuous. In Crown and Country, David Starkey charts its rollercoaster history from earliest times to the present; from the courtly love of the Middle Ages, through the turbulent reign of the Tudors, to the chaos of the Civil War.Starkey brings this tempestuous story up to date in this complete history, guiding us through the Abdication Crisis to the dissolution of the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. He draws upon rank and romance in light of the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William and brings to life a cast of colourful characters and some riveting stories. Crown and Country is both a brilliant overview of the monarchy and a vividly iconoclastic portrait of British culture, politics and nationhood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1 Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
26 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 624pp h197mm x w132mm x s40mm 432g ISBN13: 9781472227515 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-2751-5 ISBN10: 1472227514 EAN: 9781472227515 x Description: *A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of The Lost Tudor Princess, is the first in a spellbinding six novel series about Henry VIII's Queens. Alison takes you on an engrossing journey at Katherine's side and shows her extraordinary strength of character and intelligence. Ideal for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick. 'Shatters the many myths about Henry VIII's long-suffering first wife' Tracy Borman'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' GuardianA Spanish princess. Raised to be modest, obedient and devout. Destined to be an English Queen.Six weeks from home across treacherous seas, everything is different: the language, the food, the weather. And for her there is no comfort in any of it. At sixteen-years-old, Catalina is alone among strangers.She misses her mother. She mourns her lost brother.She cannot trust even those assigned to her protection.KATHERINE OF ARAGON. The first of Henry's Queens. Her story.History tells us how she died. This captivating novel shows us how she lived.SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS.Praise for Alison Weir and Katherine of Aragon: 'A tender understanding of and genuine sympathy for this proud, much-loved and honourable Queen. . . I was gripped [from] start to finish' Mavis Cheek'Well-researched and engrossing' Good Housekeeping'Yet again, Alison Weir has managed to intertwine profound historical knowledge with huge emotional intelligence, to compose a work that throws light on an endlessly fascinating historical figure. Yet her real gift in all of this is making it feel so fresh and alive' Earl Spencer'This exquisite book charts the rise and fall of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine. . . A fascinating insight into this period of our history. Weir's undeniable strength is her immaculate description, enabling the reader to be transported back to Tudor England' Sun'Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen is a true tour de force. Finely crafted, this novel is wonderful historical fiction and an outstanding introduction to the Six Tudor Queens series' Queen Anne Boleyn Blog'Known for bestselling historical biographies, Alison Weir is in command of her detail . . . her handling of Katherine's misery and dignified response to her predicament is very touching' Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, a King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2 Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Headline Review
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472227669 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-2766-9 ISBN10: 1472227662 EAN: 9781472227669 x Description: Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose true motivations may surprise you. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' GuardianThe young woman who changed the course of history.Fresh from the palaces of Burgundy and France, Anne draws attention at the English court, embracing the play of courtly love.But when the King commands, nothing is ever a game.Anne has a spirit worthy of a crown - and the crown is what she seeks. At any price. ANNE BOLEYN. The second of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us why she died. This powerful novel shows her as she lived.SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth, The Queen Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm x s33mm 402g ISBN13: 9780099524250 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952425-0 ISBN10: 0099524252 EAN: 9780099524250 x Description: In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I. This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth's intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings - sometimes comical, sometimes poignant - with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
22 Nov 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 656pp h198mm x w129mm x s39mm 471g 1 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099523628 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952362-8 ISBN10: 0099523620 EAN: 9780099523628
x Description: One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. In this remarkable composite biography, Alison Weir brings Henry's six wives vividly to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right. Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII shows us a court where personal needs frequently influenced public events and where a life of gorgeously ritualised pleasure was shot through with ambition, treason and violence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Aug 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 235g ISBN13: 9781784700041 ISBN13: 978-1-78470-004-1 ISBN10: 1784700045 EAN: 9781784700041 x Description: Includes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. In this gripping book Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence - including that against the Princes' uncle, Richard III, whose body was recently discovered beneath a Leicester car park. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why and by whose order they died. Previously published as The Princes in the Tower _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mary Queen of Scots: And the Murder of Lord Darnley Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 640pp h198mm x w129mm x s40mm 460g 16pp b/w and colour plates ISBN13: 9780099527077 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952707-7 ISBN10: 0099527073 EAN: 9780099527077 x Description: On the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The noise was heard as far away as Holyrood Palace, where Queen Mary was attending a wedding masque. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation. It was clear that they had been murdered and the house destroyed in an attempt to obliterate the evidence. Darnley was not a popular king-consort, but he was regarded by many as having a valid claim to the English throne. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the rightful queen of England. Alison Weir's investigation of Darnley's murder is set against one of the most dramatic periods in British history. Her conclusions will shed a brilliant new light on the actions and motives of the conspirators and, in particular, the extent of Mary's own involvement. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eleanor Of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 335g 16pp b/w plates ISBN13: 9780099523550 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952355-0 ISBN10: 0099523558 EAN: 9780099523550 x Description: Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages and also one of the most controversial. She was beautiful, intelligent and wilful, and in her lifetime there were rumours about her that were not without substance. She had been reared in a relaxed and licentious court where the arts of the troubadours flourished, and was even said to have presided over the fabled Courts of Love. Eleanor married in turn Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and was the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John. She lived to be 82, but it was only in old age that she triumphed over the adversities and tragedies of her earlier years and became virtual ruler of England. Eleanor has exerted a fascination over writers and biographers for 800 years, but the prevailing myths and legends that attach to her name still tend to obscure the truth. By careful research, Alison Weir has produced a vivid biography with a fresh and provocative perspective on this extraordinary woman. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Children Of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558 Alison Weir (Author) Series:
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Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 289g 1 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099532675 ISBN13: 978-0-09-953267-5 ISBN10: 0099532670 EAN: 9780099532675 x Description: When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor. Children of England begins at the point where Alison Wier's bestseller, The Six Wives of Henry VIII came to an end, and covers the period until Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1558. Her interest is in the characters and relationships with Henry's four heirs. Making use of a huge variety of contemporary sources, she brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods of English history, when each of Henry's heirs was potentially the tool of powerful political or religious figures, and when the realm was seething with intrigue and turbulent change. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages Martyn Whittock (Author) Series:
Brief Histories
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Imprint:
Robinson Publishing
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
20 Sep 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h132mm x w199mm x s23mm 240g ISBN13: 9781845296858 ISBN13: 978-1-84529-685-8 ISBN10: 1845296850 EAN: 9781845296858
x Description: Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life. Thus we glimpse 11th century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master.The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of Roger 'the Raker' who drowned in his own sewage, a 'merman' imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society. Through these characters and events - and using the latest discoveries and research - the dynamic and engaging panorama of medieval England is revealed.Interesting facts include:When the life expectancy for women dropped to 26 years in Sierra Leone in 2002, following a catastrophic civil war, it was one year longer than the estimate for early medieval women.So great was the extent of church construction in the thirteenth century that it has been calculated it was the equivalent, in modern terms, of every family in England paying GBP500 every year, for the whole century!Murder rates for East Anglia, in the fourteenth century, were comparable with those of modern New York. For England generally the homicide rate was far higher than that of the urban USA today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Viking Britain: An Exploration Tom Williams (Author) Series:
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William Collins
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h240mm x w159mm x s38mm 750g ISBN13: 9780008171933 ISBN13: 978-0-00-817193-3 ISBN10: 0008171939 EAN: 9780008171933 x Description: A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields. To many, the word `Viking' brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage, of marauders from beyond the sea rampaging around the British coastline in the last gloomy centuries before the Norman Conquest. It is true that Britain in the Viking Age was a turbulent, violent place. The kings and warlords who have impressed their memories on the period revel in names that fire the blood and stir the imagination: Svein Forkbeard and Edmund Ironside, Ivar the Boneless and Alfred the Great, Erik Bloodaxe and Edgar the Pacifier amongst many others. Evidence for their brutality, their dominance, their avarice and their pride is still unearthed from British soil with stunning regularity. But this is not the whole story. In Viking Britain, Thomas Williams has drawn on his experience as project curator of the British Museum exhibition of Vikings: Life and Legend to show how the people we call Vikings came not just to raid and plunder, but to settle, to colonize and to rule. The impact on these islands was profound and enduring, shaping British social, cultural and political development for hundreds of years. Indeed, in language, literature, place-names and folklore, the presence of Scandinavian settlers can still be felt, and their memory - filtered and refashioned through the writings of people like J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morris and G.K.Chesterton - has transformed the western imagination. This remarkable makes use of new academic research and first-hand experience, drawing deeply from the relics and landscapes that the Vikings and their contemporaries fashioned and walked: their runestones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields, poems and chronicles. The book offers a vital evocation of a forgotten world, its echoes in later history and its implications for the present. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria: A Life A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 656pp h198mm x w129mm x s47mm 625g 2 x 8pp plates (tbc) ISBN13: 9781848879584 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-958-4 ISBN10: 184887958X EAN: 9781848879584 x Description: 'Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before published, and grown used to her as to a friend. Maddening? Egomaniac? Hysterical? A bad mother? Some have said so. What emerged for me was a brave, original woman who was at the very epicentre of Britain's changing place in the world: a solitary woman in an all-male world who understood politics and foreign policy much better than some of her ministers; a person possessed by demons, but demons which she was brave enough to conquer. Above all, I became aware, when considering her eccentric friendships and deep passions, of what a loveable person she was.' A. N. Wilson
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Insurrection: Insurrection Trilogy Book 1 Robyn Young (Author) Series:
Insurrection Trilogy
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w139mm x s43mm 478g Map ISBN13: 9780340963661 ISBN13: 978-0-340-96366-1 ISBN10: 0340963662 EAN: 9780340963661 x Description: 1286 A.D. Scotland is in the grip of the worst winter in living memory. Some say the Day of Judgement has arrived.The King of Scotland rides out from Edinburgh into the stormy night. On the road he is murdered by one of his own men, leaving the succession to the throne wide open. Civil war threatens as the powerful Scottish families jostle for power, not knowing that King Edward I of England has set his own plans for conquest in motion.But all is not destined to go Edward's way. Through the ashes of war, through blood feuds and divided loyalties, a young squire will rise to defy England's greatest king. His name is Robert Bruce. Insurrection is the first in an addictive and action-packed trilogy in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Manda Scott. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Reckoning Sharon Kay Penman (Author) Series: Imprint:
Edition: St Martin's Press
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St Martin's Press
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Unknown
Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) h208mm x w137mm x s28mm 454g maps ISBN13: 9780312382476 ISBN13: 978-0-312-38247-6 ISBN10: 0312382472 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________