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It is England, in the late fourteenth century, a time when the whim of a lord or the pleasure of a bishop can seal nearly anyone's fate. The printing press has yet to be invented. Books, written only in Latin or Norman French, are rare and costly, painstakingly lettered and illuminated with exquisite paintings---far beyond the reach of ordinary people. But there are cracks in the old feudal order---and in the... (more)

Elizabeth Wydeville: The Slandered Queen

Elizabeth Wydeville: The Slandered Queen

by Arlene Okerlund

Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. But was she a cunning vixen or a tragic wife and mother? As this extraordinary biography shows, the first queen to bear the name Elizabeth lived a life of tragedy, love, and loss that no other queen has since endured. This shocking revelation about the survival of one woman through vilification and... (more)

The Bastard KingJean Plaidy

The Bastard King

by Jean Plaidy

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth

by Robert Louis Stevenson

This is Robert Louis Stevenson's historical romance set during the War of the Roses.

Queen Victoria: A Personal History

by Christopher Hibbert

First time in paperback: An intimate biography of a larger-than-life persona-and a radical reassessment of a monarch we thought we knew. In this surprising new life of Victoria, Christopher Hibbert, master of the telling anecdote and peerless biographer of England's great leaders, paints a fresh and intimate portrait of the woman who shaped a century. His Victoria is not only the formidable, demanding,... (more)

The Unruly Queen : The Life of Queen Caroline

The Unruly Queen : The Life of Queen Caroline

by Flora Fraser

Flora Fraser gives us the fascinating story of a mismatched Prince and Princess of Wales, married in 1795 and separated less than a year later. George III arranged the marriage of his niece Caroline of Brunswick to his son George. Their disastrous, and probably bigamous, marriage (George having earlier privately married a Catholic widow), had profound political consequences culminating in the... (more)

The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

by Suzannah Dunn

She was the dark-eyed commoner who captivated a king, causing a monumental upheaval in the land that would sever England from the rest of the Western world. Yet, after three short years of marriage, she would die by the headsman's sword, leaving behind a young daughter destined to rule as the greatest of all British monarchs. She was enchantress and martyr, manipulator and pawn, a complex, misunderstood... (more)

The Princes in the Tower

by Elizabeth Jenkins

A landmark look at one the most heartrending, tragic acts in British history: the murder of two defenseless young princes in the Tower of London by their uncle, King Richard III. Written by the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Great , it uses contemporary scientific research to examine what really happened. Was Richard a cold-blooded, villainous killer? How did political events of the time affect the king's... (more)

Henry VII

by Alexander Grant

The importance of Henry VII is the topic of this controversial study. Several points are put accross answering questions about his reign and asking new ones considering a number of details about his time on the throne.

King Charles I

by Pauline Gregg

"A fine book...so obviously the fruit of devoted labour...there is everything to enjoy in it."--The New York Times. A sympathetic biography of the man who was right at the heart of all the struggles in the 17th century--and a thoroughly researched history that reads like the thriller it is. Written in a bold and evocative style, this engrossing volume weaves an extraordinary story of a sickly child who became a... (more)

Elizabeth the Queen

by Alison Weir

A brilliant book about one of England's most famous queens, from one of out best known historians.

A History of the English Church and People (Classics S.)

A History of the English Church and People (Classics S.)

by Bede Venerablis

The Kingdom of Northumbria: Ad 350-1100 (History)N. J. Higham

The Kingdom of Northumbria: Ad 350-1100 (History)

by N. J. Higham

An examination of the history and archaeology of Northumbria, from its ancient origins, through its many political and cultural changes.

The Slimy Stuarts (Horrible Histories)

by Deary; Terry

Henry VIII - Vol. I

by Edward Hall

THE TRIUMPHANT REIGN OF KING HENRY THE VIII VOL - INTRoDUCTION - VIII., was born in London towards the end of the fifteenth century. His parents, of gentle birth and affluent circumstances, gave their son the best education that the time afforded, and from Eton he proceeded, in 1514, to Kings College, Cambridge, where he took his degree in due course. In the spurious edition of Woods Athena it is claimed that he... (more)

Confessions of a Convert

by Robert Hugh Benson

At the turn of the century, Robert Hugh Benson became one of the most famous converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism in England. This is his story, told in his own words. "The Unsung Genius of the Catholic Literary Revival" Benson's masterly Confessions of a Convert stands beside John Henry Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua and Ronald Knox's A Spiritual Aeneid as a timeless classic in the literature of... (more)

The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries

by Geoffrey Moorhouse

Exploring the enormous upheaval caused by the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries, this vivid new history draws on long-forgotten material from the recesses of one of the world’s greatest cathedrals—the great Benedictine Durham Priory, now the Anglican Durham Cathedral. Once a bastion of the Benedictine monks in the north of England, the Priory was dissolved after nearly 500 years on the... (more)

A History of the English Speaking Peoples Volume 1 - The Birth of Britain

A History of the English Speaking Peoples Volume 1 - The Birth of Britain

by Winston Churchill

King Edward IIIPacke Michael

King Edward III

by Packe Michael

Conciliation with the colonies: The speech by Edmund Burke (The Riverside literature series [no. 100])

Conciliation with the colonies: The speech by Edmund Burke (The Riverside literature series [no. 100])

by Edmund Burke

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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