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Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
by Jane Dunn
This is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth l and Mary Queen of Scots. Distinguished historian and biographer Jane Dunn reveals an extraordinary story of two rival queens reigning in one isle, both with a right to the throne of England, both embodying opposing qualities of character, ideals of womanliness and divinely-ordained kingship.
It is a story of sex and power, recklessness, passion and political intrigue in a period of history that was as dark and dangerous as it was dazzling.
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Empire
by Niall Ferguson
The British Empire was the largest in all history, its reach the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of the Second World War, over a fifth of the world's land surface and nearly a quarter of the world's population were under some form of British rule. Yet for today's generation, the British Empire has come to stand for nothing more than a lost Victorian past--one so remote that it has ceased even to be a target for satire. The time is ripe for a reappraisal.
In this major new work of synthesis and revision, Niall Ferguson argues that the British Empire should be regarded not merely as vanished Victoriana but as the very cradle of modernity.
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The World of King Arthur
by Christopher Snyder
A survey of, and companion to, all things connected with the Arthurian legend.
The author has examined archaeological evidence and medieval texts, and provides quotes from
contemporary sources, a timeline, numerous sidebars and special features on key figures and
events.
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Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley
by Alison Weir
On 10th 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 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.
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The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany
by Aubrey Burl
The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about
these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual
desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised book The Stone
Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles.
It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the
first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of
archaeo-astronomy as related to stone circles, and includes a greatly expanded
Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
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Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination
by Peter Ackroyd
From Beowulf and the Venerable Bede through King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to Tolkeinís LORD OF THE RINGS; from Chaucer through
Shakespeare to Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters; from Purcell to Vaughan Williams,
Hogarth to Turner; from mystery plays and lives of the saints through music hall to
pantomime.
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
by Patricia Cornwell
Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell utilizes the demanding methods of
modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders.
These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of
watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She also
uses her knowledge of profiling on the possible suspects, as well as consulting experts in the field. On presenting her conclusions to a very senior
Metropolitan Police officer she learns that had the investigators of the time been
presented with the facts she has unearthed, her suspect would definitely have been
arrested and would probably have faced trial. Naming the killer as the artist, Walter
Sickert, Cornwell details the reasons and evidence for this conclusion.
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
by David Starkey
Take a look at the wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, pious Catholic princess and mother of Mary Tudor; Anne Boleyn, the pretty Lutheran with whom Henry was madly in love; Jane Seymour, whose submissiveness was in such contrast to Anne's vampish style and who gave Henry his longed-for son; Anne of Cleves, who was declared so plain by the now grossly overweight Henry; Catherine Howard, the "flirty child" whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing king; and Catherine Parr, a shrewd Protestant bluestocking who eventually outlived him. In this study of Henry VIII's six queens, Starkey draws on the letters, artefacts and documents of the period, concentrating on the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy and private religion, to give a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor court from the woman's point of view.
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Prehistoric Wales
by Frances Lynch, Jeffrey L. Davies, Stephen Aldhouse-Green
A title which aims to give the reader a modern and authoritative summary of research interpretations
on prehistoric monuments, sites and artefacts. This book should be of interest to anyone
who has a serious interest in Welsh history and in early settlement and society in the
British Isles.
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Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
by Claire Tomalin
A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful. This text, which draws on Pepys' own personal diary, covers his childhood and young adulthood. It moves through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting up of a new household. While using the diary as a source, the author goes beyond its narrative to the inner man, at the same time revealing life as a young man in Restoration London. Explored within are Pepys' relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts and his agonies and delights.
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Britain and the End of the Roman Empire
by Ken Dark.
A detailed and unorthodox work on the period.
It makes use of the latest archaeological knowledge and takes a sceptical approach to
conventional views on the subject.
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Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans
by Francis Pryor
Aided by aerial photography, coastal erosion (which has helped expose such coastal sites as Seahenge) and new planning legislation which requires developers to excavate the land they build on, archaeologists have unearthed a far more sophisticated life among the Ancient Britons than has been previously supposed. Far from being the woaded barbarians of Roman propaganda, we Brits had our own religion, laws, crafts, arts, trade, farms, priesthood and royalty. And the Scots, English and Welsh were fundamentally one and the same people.
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The Heirs of King Verica
by Martin Henig
A modern reinterpretation of Roman rule and its aftermath.
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman
How the Scots Invented the Modern World (The Scottish Enlightenment is the UK/European title) reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic
ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable
historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan
Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William
'Braveheart' Wallace to James Bond.
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Blue Latitudes
by Tony Horwitz
Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook's voyages and the exotic scenes the captain encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, cannibal feasts, human sacrifice.
He also relives Cook's adventures by traveling in the captain's wake to such places as
Tahiti, Savage Island, and the Great Barrier Reef; along the way, he discovers Cook's
embattled legacy in the present day. Signing on as a working crewman aboard a replica of
Cook's vessel, Horwitz experiences the thrill and terror of sailing a tall ship. He also
explores Cook the man: an impoverished farm boy who broke through the barriers of his
class and time to become the greatest navigator in British history. This book bears the title "Into the Blue" in
the UK/European edition.
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