King Edward VIII: An American Life

The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers.Publisher: HarperCollins Publis...

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Description'After my death, ' George V said of his eldest son and heir, 'the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.' The forecast proved uncan...

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Part memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John Adams, one of today's ...

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Did MI5 and Special Branch allow an assassination plot against King Edward VIII to go ahead in July 1936?

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From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victori...

The first full biography of Edward Seymour, kinsman of Tudor royalty, from Lord Protector of England to the block

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He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He ...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the 100 Years War ground to its dismal end, England groaned under the misrule of Henry VI and his Lancastrian favorites. The House of...

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Interpreting the Death of Edward VI is an exploration into the life, illness and unusually early death of Henry VIII's overshadowed son.Publisher: ...

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Turnul întunecat (Seria TURNUL ÎNTUNECAT partea a VII-a ed. 2019)

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How the King of Beers collapsed without a fight and what it means for America's place in the post-Recession world How did InBev, a Belgian company ...

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave - Frederick Douglass

DescriptionOn Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged 4, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York....

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Reducere. Master story-teller and renowned Egyptologist, Aiden Dodson, reveals the secrets of Rameses III, in this fully-illustrated, accessible history, the...

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King Edward III is increasingly thought to have been written in significant part by Shakespeare. This landmark new edition by textual expert and Ge...

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Sportin' Life tells for the first time the full, dramatic story of one of America's great song-and-dance men. A groundbreaking tap dancer who provi...

This seminal Pitkin guide to one of England's greatest monarchs has been revised and updated for 2019. Fully illustrated throughout in a fresh, con...

The first book to explore the contentious death and burial of Edward IIIllustrations: 8 Plates, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white