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A-Z of the Knights Templar: Classic Histories Series
A Guide to their History and Legacy
Häftad, 2020
137 kr
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The Knights Templar were among the most famous of Christian military orders. Created after the First Crusade of 1096 and endorsed by the Catholic Church in 1129, the Order grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights were some of the best equipped, trained and disciplined fighting units of …
New History of England: Classic Histories Series
Av Jeremy Black
Häftad, 2020
185 kr
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In this new and updated edition of A New History of England, historian Jeremy Black takes a cool and dispassionate look at the vicissitudes of over two millennia of English history. He identifies two central themes: the lack of geographical and economic uniformity within England; and the fact that, …
Richard III: Classic Histories Series
Häftad, 2016
189 kr
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Richard III has been written off in history as one of England’s evil kings. His usurpation of the throne from his nephew Edward V and then subsequent generations of pro-Tudor historians ensured his fame as the disfigured murderer portrayed by Shakespeare. In the twentieth century, Richard found his …
Making of the Tudor Dynasty: Classic Histories Series
Av Ralph A. Griffiths, Roger S. Thomas
Häftad, 2021
184 kr
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Tudor monarchs have consistently attracted more popular and scholarly attention than any other royal dynasty in British history. The peculiar origins of the Tudor family and the improbable saga of their rise and fall and rise again in the centuries before the Battle of Bosworth have, however, …
The Kings and Queens of Scotland
Av Richard Oram
Häftad, 2030
198 kr
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The history of the Scottish monarchy is a long tale of triumph over adversity, characterised by the personal achievements of remarkable rulers who transformed their fragile kingdom into the master of northern Britain. The Kings and Queens of Scotland charts that process, from the earliest Scots and …
Crusades: Classic Histories Series
The War Against Islam 1096-1798
Häftad, 2016
133 kr
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In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. With God at their backs, the first Christian crusaders embarked on an unprecedented religious war. While addressing the contribution of flamboyant characters like Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, Malcolm …
Vikings: Classic Histories Series
Häftad, 2016
184 kr
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The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody …
Normans: Classic Histories Series
Häftad, 2020
137 kr
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The Normans were a relatively short-lived cultural and political phenomenon. The emerged early in the tenth century and had disappeared off the map by the mid-thirteenth century. Yet in that time they had conquered England, southern Italy and Sicily, and had established outposts in North Africa and …
Battle of Hastings: Classic Histories Series
Av Jim Bradbury
Häftad, 2020
184 kr
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The Battle of Hastings is probably the best-known and perhaps the most significant battle in English history. Its effects were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury here explores the full military background to the battle and …
Battle of Hastings: Classic Histories Series
Av Jim Bradbury
E-bok, 2010
158 kr
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The Battle of Hastings is probably the best-known and perhaps the most significant battle in English history. Its effects were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury here explores the full military background to the battle and …
Lost Prince: Classic Histories Series
The Survival of Richard of York
Häftad, 2016
135 kr
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Did Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes on the Tower, survive his imprisonment? In this revealing new book medieval historian David Baldwin presents an original and intriguing scenario.On 27 December 1550 an old man named Richard Plantagenet was buried at Eastwell in Kent. He had …
Young Victoria: Classic Histories Series
Häftad, 2016
100 kr
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'I delight in this work', wrote the young Victoria shortly after she became Queen. She was an engaging creature, high-spirited and eager to be 'amused'. But her early years were difficult ones. Fatherless from the age of eight months, she was brought up at Kensington Palace in an atmosphere thick …
