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  • James I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Phoenix King

    par Thomas Cogswell ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    James's reign marked one of the very rare major breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland and a highly experienced ruler who had established his authority over the Scottish Kirk, he marched south on Elizabeth I's death to become James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British Isles for the first time and founding the Stuart dynasty which would, with several lurches, reign for ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Murder of King James I

    A year after the death of James I in 1625, a sensational pamphlet accused the Duke of Buckingham of murdering the king. It was an allegation that would haunt English politics for nearly forty years. In this exhaustively researched new book, two leading scholars of the era, Alastair Bellany and Thomas Cogswell, uncover the untold story of how a secret history of courtly poisoning shaped and ... En savoir plus

    $71.99 CAD

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  • Richard III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Failed King?

    par Rosemary Horrox ...
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    No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the centuries since, more than Richard III.He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and died fighting his own subjects on the battlefield. This is the vision of Richard we have inherited from Shakespeare. Equally, he inspired great loyalty in his followers.In ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Summer King

    par A J Pollard ...
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    In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a ... En savoir plus

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  • Charles I (Penguin Monarchs)

    An Abbreviated Life

    par Mark Kishlansky ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    The tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a deadly, entangled series of religious and political disputes. In Mark Kishlansky's brilliant account it is never in doubt that Charles created his own catastrophe, but he was nonetheless opposed by men with far fewer scruples and less consistency who for ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Study in Insecurity

    par Helen Castor ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history'In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England's iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring ... En savoir plus

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  • Edward III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Heroic Failure

    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for fifty years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the ... En savoir plus

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  • William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)

    Partners in Revolution

    par Jonathan Keates ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting France, initiating an immensely long period of warfare and colonial expansion. Jonathan Keates' ... En savoir plus

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  • Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)

    From Playboy Prince to Warrior King

    par Anne Curry ...
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    Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: AgincourtHenry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding ... En savoir plus

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  • Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Terrors of Kingship

    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young ... En savoir plus

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  • Stephen (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Reign of Anarchy

    par Carl Watkins ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    Known as 'the anarchy', the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy, that without clear rules ordering succession, conflict between members of William the Conqueror's family were inevitable. But there was another problem, too: Stephen himself.With the nobility of England and Normandy anxious about the ... En savoir plus

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  • Mary I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Daughter of Time

    par John Edwards ...
    Collections series Penguin Monarchs
    The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one of the great potential turning points in the country's history. As a convinced Catholic and the wife of Philip II, king of Spain and the most powerful of all European monarchs, Mary could have completely changed her country's orbit, making it a province ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD