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Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publisher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2014-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147211731X |
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Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages - an accessible source for students and general readers.
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publisher | : Running PressBook Pub |
Total Pages | : 808 |
Release | : 1999-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780786706921 |
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Covers more than 1000 rulers and two millennia of history
Author | : Christopher Cannon |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-04-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0745654762 |
Download Middle English Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Author | : Plantagenet Somerset Fry |
Publisher | : DK |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780744086980 |
Download Kings & Queens of England and Scotland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From the Saxons to the Windsors, from the Tudors to Hanovers, Britain's royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Kings and Queens of England and Scotland comprehensively chronicle the drama and fortunes of the royal dynasties. Confused about which Henry had six wives and which one was crowned at the age of eight? Want to know more about the birth of Prince George Alexander Louis? The year-by-year chronologies and major events of each monarch's reign are extensively covered in this fascinating volume. Tracing the history of Britain's monarchs through family trees, this stylishly illustrated guide presents an insightful overview of the royal houses. Their private and public lives are encapsulated through contemporary poets, artifacts, paintings, and photographs. Features on key achievements of each monarch help you get an in-depth knowledge of how they shaped the countries of England and Scotland to be what it is today. With easy-to-read text and crisp biographies of each sovereign, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland is an essential encyclopedia for history buffs of all ages.
Author | : Mike Ashley |
Publisher | : Running Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-01-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780786711048 |
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In one portable volume, A Brief History of British Kings and Queens offers a royal biographical A–Z, its pages lavish in details on all the rulers of the kingdoms within the British Isles, together with their wives or consorts, pretenders, usurpers, and regents, from Queen Boadicea of the early Britons to today's Elizabeth II. This complete record of Britain's kings and queens contains more than 1,000 monarchs and 2,000 years of fascinating history. "Everything its title promises. The pages are filled with ... everything anyone might ever want to know about the royals."—Publishers Weekly "Highly recommended."—Choice
Author | : John Cannon |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2009-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191580287 |
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This authoritative and accessible guide to the British monarchy spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day House of Windsor. Generously illustrated with maps, photos, paintings, and genealogies, it contains a wealth of information on the rulers of Britain, including their policies, personalities, key dates, and legacies. There are almost 600 entries, which are organised by regions up to 1066 and by royal lines thereafter. Feature articles throughout the guide provide in-depth information on key royal topics, including Coronations, Regalia, the Tower of London, and - new to this edition - Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral. Revised and updated to include recent events, such as the second marriage of Prince Charles, this new edition also contains a topical introductory article on the changing role of the monarchy. There is a useful glossary, a list of recommended further reading, and a new appendix of recommended web links, accessed and kept up to date via a companion website. Comprehensive and elegantly written, this fascinating guide to the British monarchy is an essential reference resource for teachers and students of British history, and for anyone with an interest in Britain's rulers through the ages.
Author | : G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville |
Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9781853263958 |
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Dr G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville was the consultant for Burke's Royal Families of the World, and his major work was the Chronology of World History. This specially commissioned Book of the Kings & Queens of Britain, a magisterial and entertainingly written overview of British monarchs from Cerdic, First King of Wessex, to George VI, is an invaluable guide to the regal chronology of Britain, and contains many insights into the foibles of one of the world's most interesting and resilient constitutional monarchies - through the vagaries of war, pestilence, regicide, civil wars and marriage.
Author | : David Starkey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2010-10-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0007424825 |
Download Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated.
Author | : Ian Crofton |
Publisher | : Quercus Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780857385314 |
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A richly illustrated history of the lives and reigns of the kings and queens of England - from the house of Wessex to the house of Windsor.
Author | : Ronald Pearsall |
Publisher | : Todtri Productions |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781880908976 |
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Over 100 illustrations. The story of the kings and queens of England is long and fascinating. It begins with the early monarchs who were little more than tribal warlords, and moves down through the centuries to the present day and the court of Queen Elizabeth II. It is a story of treachery, lust, persecution, and faltering but unremitting progress, sometimes despite the monarchs themselves rather than because of them. This beautifully illustrated and informative volume contains over 100 full-color historical reproductions.