Eleanor of Aquitaine. Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires, Hardback - Sara, QC Cockerill

'Impeccably researched and beautifully written, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of the most controversial queens in history. Not to be ...

New in paperback - In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources, and the wealth of recent first-rate scholarship, and asse...

Reducere. Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But ...

A unique look at the extraordinary lives of the royal child brides of the Angevin Empire.

The powerful medieval couple who formed an empire beyond England, and whose children included Richard the Lionheart and King John.Publisher: Amberl...

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Described by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history.

An exhilarating chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary storyPublisher: Yale Uni...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Alison WeirNumber of pages: 496Collection: England's Medieval QueensPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x...

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to ...

When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1, 000 m...

Reducere. The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at...

Reducere. Advance Praise""Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic...

Examines the life of Catherine of Aragon, focusing on her personal possessions and the items she bequeathed to those she left behind, to better und...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Eleanor ParkerIllustration(s): 30 bw illusNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 ...

Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East. This book begins with the first intimations of the existence of Georgians...

Reducere. Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the tr...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

For more than 80 years The Shell Channel Pilot has been the ultimate authority on English Channel navigation and pilotage.

Reducere. Queen Mother: A Biblical Theology of Mary's Queenship by Dr. Edward Sri sets out to explain the firm foundation of this dogma in Scripture and Trad...

Examines Caroline theatre as a space where the concerns of the English Roman Catholic community are staged. This title juxtaposes an analysis of Qu...

Reducere. A sumptuous biography of Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the Tudor dynasty In 1485, Henry VII became the first Tudor king of England. His vict...

It's a tale that covers three decades at its heart, with loyalty to family and principles at stake, in a land where foreigners are subject to inten...

Publisher: Hardpress PublishingAuthor(s): Charles Duke YongeIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 374Publication date: 20...

Russia's Road to War with Ukraine is a concise entry-level account of the path to the conflict that now dominates our headlines. It offers an objec...

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In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

Reducere. It is the tragedy of Queen Mary that today, 450 years after her death, she remains the most hated, least understood monarch in English history--rem...

A reassessment of the regency of Queen Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) during the minority of her son, King Carlos II of Spain, offering a new persp...

This book offers a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Ele...

New B-format paperback edition - The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English ...

The first global history of the Normans, who - beyond the conquest of England - came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.Publ...

Hahn demonstrates Mary's essential role in Christianity's redemptive message. He unveils the Marian mystery at the heart of the Book of Revelation ...

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.

Reducere. - As biography, as history, as a rich story superbly told, ATHENAIS will appeal to readers of Antonia Fraser, Amanda Foreman, Francine du Plessix G...

Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most iconic women (if not the single most iconic woman) of the post World War Two era. She has had weekly meetings...