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Blenheim(2005) SPENCER, LORD CHARLESHow two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Children of England(2008) WEIR, ALISONWhen 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.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Witch Craze(2006) ROPER, LYNDALIn the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book presents an account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches, particularly in Germany, as well as a deeper expVezava: Mehka41,82 €
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Glorious Revolution(2007) VALLANCE, EDWARDThe definitive popular account of the landmark event in British history by an acclaimed young historian.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Elizabeth's London(2004) PICARD, LIZAThe everyday realities and practical details of life in Elizabethan London - a Sunday Times bestseller.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England(2013) MORTIMER, IANThe past is a foreign country - this is your guide, from the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Last Days Of The Incas(2008) MACQUARRIE, KIMThe haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisationVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Eyam(2012) PAUL, DAVIDA look in to the history behind the village of Eyam when the plague came killing the majority of the population.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Mercurial Emperor(2007) MARSHALL, PETERIn the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his tiVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Wars of the Roses(2012) HICKS, MICHAELThe Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were a major turning point in English history. This title examines the difficult economic, military, and financial crises and explains the real reasons why the Wars of the Roses began, why they kept recurring, and why, evenVezava: Mehka32,30 €
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Sisters Who Would Be Queen(2010) LISLE, LEANDA DEThe dramatic untold story of the Grey sisters, heirs to the Tudor throne. 'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' PVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Globe(2016) ARNOLD, CATHARINEA fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Scotland Re-formed, 1488-1587(2007) DAWSON, JANE (PROFESSOR OF REFORMATION HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV’s accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution. At its heart is Scottish political life viewed from local and regional perspectives as well as the centre.Vezava: Mehka41,69 €
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives: A Guide to Historic Tudor Sites(2014) PETER BRAMLEYVezava: Mehka35,05 €
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History of England(1979) MACAULAY, THOMASBegins with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and concludes at the end of the reign of William III in 1702. This book presents a time of deep struggle throughout Britain and Ireland in vivid prose. It offers a gripping narrative, and draws on a wide range oVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Scotland's Empire(2012) DEVINE, T. M.Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. In this book, the author traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect thisVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Modern World-System II(2011) WALLERSTEIN, IMMANUELA panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka50,09 €
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1688(2011) PINCUS, STEVEBased on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England’s Glorious Revolution to claim that it—not the French Revolution—was the first truly modern revolutionVezava: Mehka47,52 €
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Brief History of Britain 1485-1660(2011) HUTTON, PROFESSOR RONALDA fresh look at the Tudors and Stuarts by one of Britain's leading historians of the period.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €