British history books

British history books

British history books

The World of King Arthur

British History

Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

Prehistoric Wales

The Heirs of King Verica

Browse the Amazon.co.uk database | 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. More information and prices from: - British pounds - Australian Dollars - Euros - Euros 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars (different cover and sub-title) - British pounds - Euros - Euros ## 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. More information and prices (covers vary) from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - British pounds - Canadian dollars - Euros - Euros | | # British History ## 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars (different cover) - British pounds - Euros - Euros 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros 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 TolkeinÃs 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros ## 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros | ## 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds ## 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros | | Browse the Amazon.com database 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. More information and prices from: - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros ## The Heirs of King Verica by Martin Henig A modern reinterpretation of Roman rule and its aftermath. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - Canadian dollars - British pounds - Euros - Euros 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. More information and prices from: - US dollars - Australian Dollars - British pounds - Canadian dollars - Euros - Euros 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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British history books