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Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs)
The Steadfast
Av Douglas Hurd
Häftad, 2018
102 kr
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The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackElizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent …
Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)
The Summer King
Av A J Pollard
Häftad, 2019
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
104 kr
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'Edward was a man of considerable charm, who perhaps relied too much upon that charm to keep tensions within his entourage at bay' In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome, charismatic eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne during the first and most fierce of the Wars of the Roses. The years …
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
A Study in Insecurity
Av Helen Castor
Häftad, 2019
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
116 kr
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'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating …
George VI (Penguin Monarchs)
The Dutiful King
Häftad, 2018
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
68 kr
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The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life he dedicated himself to the pursuit of what he …
Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs)
Treason and Trust
Inbunden, 2026
187 kr
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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format'A scholarly and highly readable account of the king who traditionally has been overshadowed by the dynasty that he founded. Henry VII emerges as a wily, skilful and often ruthless monarch …
Edward VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
The Uncrowned King
Häftad, 2018
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
67 kr
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The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback'After my death', George V said of his eldest son and heir, 'the boy will ruin himself in 12 months'. From the death of his father in 1936 to the constitutional crisis provoked by his proposal …
Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs)
Av James Ross
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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Henry VI, son of the all-conquering Henry V, was one of the least able and least successful of English kings. His long reign, which started when he was only nine months old, ended in catastrophe, with the loss of England's territories in France and a bankrupt England's long decline into civil war: …
Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)
The Failed King
E-bok, 2018
74 kr
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'Æthelred's reign of nearly thirty-eight years was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon ruler. If he had died in AD 1000, history would have remembered him more kindly'Few monarchs of the Middle Ages have had a worse popular reputation than Æthelred II, 'the Unready', remembered as the king who lost …
Cnut (Penguin Monarchs)
The North Sea King
Av Ryan Lavelle
E-bok, 2017
79 kr
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'A reputation as a ruthless ruler was sealed that would last beyond his lifetime. In that respect, at least, Cnut had succeeded...'Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great 'what ifs' of English history. The Dane who became King of England after a long period of Viking attacks and settlement, his reign …
Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)
The Summer King
Av A J Pollard
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his …
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
A Study in Insecurity
Av Helen Castor
E-bok, 2018
57 kr
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'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating …
Athelstan (Penguin Monarchs)
The Making of England
Av Tom Holland
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inherited the rule of both Mercia and Wessex, conquered …
George I (Penguin Monarchs)
The Lucky King
Av Tim Blanning
E-bok, 2017
57 kr
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George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England but he was probably the most important. He was certainly the luckiest.Born the youngest son of a landless German duke, he was taken by repeated strokes of good fortune to become, first the ruler of a major …
Richard I (Penguin Monarchs)
The Crusader King
E-bok, 2018
57 kr
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Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous medieval monarchs and a potent symbol of national identity, he barely spent six months on English soil during a ten-year reign and spoke French as his first language. Contemporaries dubbed him the …
William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)
Partners in Revolution
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting …
George V (Penguin Monarchs)
The Unexpected King
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was …
Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)
The Last Boy King
E-bok, 2014
55 kr
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Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and …
James II (Penguin Monarchs)
The Last Catholic King
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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'James was a king tragically trapped by principle. Yet was it wise to attempt to change the national religion?'The short reign of James II is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history, ending in his exile after he unsuccessfully tried to convert England to Catholicism, a …
Henry II (Penguin Monarchs)
A Prince Among Princes
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating …
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: …
Stephen (Penguin Monarchs)
The Reign of Anarchy
Av Carl Watkins
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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Known as 'the anarchy', the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy, that without clear rules ordering succession, conflict between members of William the Conqueror's family were inevitable. But there was …
Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)
Queen, Matriarch, Empress
Av Jane Ridley
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatQueen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military …
William IV (Penguin Monarchs)
A King at Sea
Av Roger Knight
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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William IV, the 'Sailor King', reigned for just seven years. Rash and impetuous as a young man, he was sent to join the navy by his father, George III, to bring him to order, but he was overpromoted at an early age and saw his years of active service marked by a series of calamities. He was also …
George VI (Penguin Monarchs)
The Dutiful King
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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Written by Philip Ziegler, one of Britain's most celebrated biographers, George VI is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible formatIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the title of …
John (Penguin Monarchs)
An Evil King?
E-bok, 2020
74 kr
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King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years, yet his entire reign is usually reduced to one image: of the villainous monarch outmanoeuvred by rebellious barons into agreeing to Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. Ever since, John has come to be seen as an archetypal tyrant. But how evil …
Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs)
Treason and Trust
E-bok, 2026
170 kr
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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format'A scholarly and highly readable account of the king who traditionally has been overshadowed by the dynasty that he founded. Henry VII emerges as a wily, skilful and often ruthless monarch …
William I (Penguin Monarchs)
England's Conqueror
Av Marc Morris
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to …
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)
The Terrors of Kingship
E-bok, 2016
57 kr
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'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he …
Henry III (Penguin Monarchs)
A Simple and God-Fearing King
E-bok, 2017
57 kr
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Henry III was a medieval king whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He was on the throne for 56 years and during this time England was transformed from being the private play-thing of a French speaking dynasty into a medieval state in which the king answered for his …
