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97 produkter
Tree & Serpent
Early Buddhist Art in India
Av John Guy
Inbunden, 2023
846 kr
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With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions “Both the show and the book are extraordinary achievements. . . . They will astonish even those who …
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Tie-in
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2018
172 kr
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Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months …
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Tie-In
Av John Guy
Ljudbok, 2019
290 kr
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Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period.Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months …
Queen of Scots
Av John Guy
Ljudbok, 2004
321 kr
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An intimate, myth-shattering new biography of Mary Queen of Scots by a premier historian that draws on a trove of newly discovered sources. Queen of Scots, the first full-scale biography of Mary in more than thirty years, offers a singularly novel, nuanced, and dramatic portrait of one of …
Hunting the Falcon
Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
Inbunden, 2023
400 kr
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A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Annes triumph and tragedy." Tina Brown, New York Times Book Review A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh reality of …
Hunting the Falcon
E-bok, 2023
290 kr
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A groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in history: Henry VIIIs long courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn. Hunting the Falconis the story of how Henry VIIIs obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him and his …
Hunting the Falcon
Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
Ljudbok, 2023
424 kr
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“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne’s triumph and tragedy."" — Tina Brown, New York Times Book Review “ A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by the harsh …
Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2013
165 kr
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From Thomas Becket's early life as a merchant's son and his time as the Archbishop of Canterbury to his assassination in the Cathedral itself, this enlightening book brings to life a colossal figure of British history. 'Lively, effortlessly readable, superb. A beautifully layered portrait of one of …
Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2012
108 kr
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From Thomas Becket's early life as a merchant's son and his time as the Archbishop of Canterbury to his assassination in the Cathedral itself, this enlightening book brings to life a colossal figure of British history. 'Lively, effortlessly readable, superb. A beautifully layered portrait of one of …
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Quest for Fame
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. Said to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: …
Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Quest for Fame
Av John Guy
Ljudbok, 2018
122 kr
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame by John Guy, read by John Banks. Henry VIII''s reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. Magnificent, tyrannical, a strong ruler, a ''pillager of the commonwealth'', this most notorious of kings …
Children of Henry VIII
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2013
101 kr
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Behind the façade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England''s wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the …
Children of Henry VIII
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2013
101 kr
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Behind the façade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England''s wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the …
Tudors
A Very Short Introduction
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2013
95 kr
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The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction . Looking at all aspects of the period, from beginning to end, he considers …
Tudors
A Very Short Introduction
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2013
95 kr
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The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction . Looking at all aspects of the period, from beginning to end, he considers …
The Children of Henry VIII
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2014
146 kr
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Behind the façade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the …
The Tudors
A Very Short Introduction
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2013
116 kr
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The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction. Looking at all aspects of the period, from beginning to end, he considers …
Elizabeth
The Forgotten Years
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2016
108 kr
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'A masterful biography' Amanda Foreman'A gripping story of Queen Elizabeth's last years, authoritatively researched and engagingly recounted by the leading Tudor historian of our age' James Shapiro, author of 1599 and 1606____________________An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: …
Elizabeth
The Forgotten Years
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2017
165 kr
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History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary, Queen of …
Daughter's Love
Thomas and Margaret More - The Family Who Dared to Defy Henry VIII
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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Leading British historian John Guy, author of Thomas Becket and My Heart is My Own, uncovers one of the most touching and compelling family relationships in history in A Daughter's Love.Sir Thomas More is a stalwart figure of British history. Lord Chancellor in Henry Tudor's government, opposed to …
My Heart is My Own
The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. For centuries, Mary, Queen of Scots has been a figure of scholarly debate. Where many have portrayed her as the weak woman to Elizabeth''s rational leader, John …
Thomas Becket
Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold
Av John Guy
Ljudbok, 2012
159 kr
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From Thomas Becket''s early life as a merchant''s son and his time as the Archbishop of Canterbury to his assassination in the Cathedral itself, this enlightening book brings to life a colossal figure of British history. ''Lively, effortlessly readable, superb. A beautifully layered portrait of one …
Elizabeth
The Forgotten Years
Av John Guy
Ljudbok, 2016
136 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is …
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Tie-In
Av John Guy
E-bok, 2019
170 kr
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WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BIOGRAPHY AWARDNow a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period.For centuries, Mary, Queen of Scots has been a figure of scholarly debate. Where many have portrayed her as the weak woman …
Thomas More
A very brief history
Av John Guy
Häftad, 2019
131 kr
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'If the English people were to be set a test to justify their history and civilization by the example of one man, then it is Sir Thomas More whom they would perhaps choose.' So commented The Times in 1978 on the 500th anniversary of More's birth.Twenty-two years later, Pope John Paul II proclaimed …
Tudor Monarchy
Häftad, 1997
385 kr
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Making available a selection of some of the most significant recent work on the Tudor monarchy, this text provides a sense of the issues that have preoccupied historians, and of the ways in which the traditional concerns of power and politics have been enlarged by growing attention to less …
The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics
The Political Career of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1585-1597
Av Paul E. J. Hammer, Anthony Fletcher m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
586 kr
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The final decades of the reign of Elizabeth I were marked by the meteoric career of her last great favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), and the outbreak of bitter political divisions at Court and across the realm. This revisionist 1999 study challenges the traditional …
The Family of Love in English Society, 1550-1630
Av Christopher W. Marsh, Anthony Fletcher m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
921 kr
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This book traces the history of the outlawed mystical fellowship, the 'Family of Love', in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The Familists, devoted followers of a Messianic Dutch mystic named 'H. N.', were passionately denounced by many literate contemporaries, and an association with …
Sermons at Court
Politics and Religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean Preaching
Av Peter McCullough, Anthony Fletcher m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
586 kr
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This 1998 study describes the most neglected site of political, religious and literary culture in early modern England: the court pulpits of Elizabeth I and James I. It unites the most fertile strains in early modern British history - the court and religion. Dr McCullough shows work previous to his …
The Blessed Revolution
English Politics and the Coming of War, 1621-1624
Av Thomas Cogswell, Anthony Fletcher m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
838 kr
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This book examines the background to the English military intervention in the Thirty Years War. Blending accounts of diplomacy and factional in-fighting at Court with parliamentary and popular politics, it aims to illuminate the 'revolution' of 1624 when the Palatine crisis forced James I to …
