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  • The Wars of the Roses

    by J.G. Edgar ...
    It is generally admitted that no period in England's history is richer in romantic incident than the three decades occupied by the Wars of the Roses; but the contest is frequently described as having been without interest in a political point of view. This idea seems erroneous. That struggle of thirty years was no mere strife of chiefs, ambitious of supremacy and unscrupulous as to means. Indeed, ... Read more

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  • DANES SAXONS and NORMANS

    Stories of our Ancestors

    by J G Edgar ...
    The author has endeavoured to tell the events preceding and of the Norman Conquest in a popular manner, and to give an idea of the principal personages who figured in England at the period when that memorable event took place. He also endeavoured to treat the subject in a popular and picturesque style, without sacrificing the of historic truth.He has delivered a sweeping history of the major ... Read more

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  • The Wars of the Roses

    by J.G. Edgar ...
    About the middle of the ninth century a warrior named Tertullus, having rendered signal services to the King of France, married Petronella, the king's cousin, and had a son who flourished as Count of Anjou. The descendants of Tertullus and Petronella rose rapidly, and exercised much influence on French affairs. At length, in the twelfth century, Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, surnamed Plantagenet, from ... Read more

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  • The Wars of the Roses

    by J.G. Edgar ...
    It is generally admitted that no period in England's history is richer in romantic incident than the three decades occupied by the Wars of the Roses; but the contest is frequently described as having been without interest in a political point of view. This idea seems erroneous. That struggle of thirty years was no mere strife of chiefs, ambitious of supremacy and unscrupulous as to means. Indeed, ... Read more

    $1.44 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Wars of the Roses

    by Alison Weir ...
    The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, - some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England's soil. Between 1455 and 1487 the royal coffers were bankrupted and the conflict resulted in the downfall of the houses of Lancaster and York and the emergence of the illustrious ... Read more

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  • Elizabeth, The Queen

    An intriguing deep dive into Queen Elizabeth I’s life as a woman and a monarch

    by Alison Weir ...
    In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of England's most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I.This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portrayed as both ... Read more

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  • History of Richard III

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    Richard III , from Abbotts Makers of History series, is a brief, illustrated history on the life of the English King. Richard III includes chapters on the Lancaster family, the War of the Roses, and the Battle of Bosworth Field. ... Read more

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  • Children of England

    The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558

    by Alison Weir ...
    When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor.Picking up from the point that The Six Wives of Henry VIII left off, Children of England covers the period up to Elizabeth's ascension to the throne in 1558. Making use of a huge variety of contemporary sources, Alison ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses

    by Mr Desmond Seward ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    During the fifteenth century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses, Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of ... Read more

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  • Richard the Third

    by Paul Murray Kendall ...
    "The best biography of Richard III that has been written."—A. L. Rowse, Chicago TribunePaul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure. ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders

    Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick

    by Nathen Amin ...
    On 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the Battle of Bosworth victorious. His disparate army vanquished the forces of Richard III and, according to Shakespeare over a century later, brought ‘smooth-faced peace, with smiling aplenty and fair prosperous days’ back to England. Yet, all was not well early in the Tudor reign. Despite later attempts to portray Henry VII as single-handedly uniting a ... Read more

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  • A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

    by Daniel Defoe ...
    Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist and spy, and his Tour (1724-6) is an invaluable source of social and economic history. But this book is far more than a beautifully written guide to ... Read more

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