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Charles I by Mark Kishlansky
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Category: Biography & Memoir | 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 catastroph ...Show more
Elizabeth II: The Steadfast by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
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Category: British | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Just as this book is being published, Elizabeth II will become the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent significant periods of time in her company, and is also a distinguis ...Show more
George V by David Cannadine
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Penguin Monarchs
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an e ...Show more
Henry II: A Prince Among Princes by Richard Barber
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Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating argum ...Show more
Henry V: From Playboy Prince to Warrior King by Prof. Anne Curry
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Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt. Henry 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 ...Show more
Henry VIII by John Guy
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. Said to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: magni ...Show more
James II: The Last Catholic King by David Womersley
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Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Monarchs
The short, action-packed reign of James II (1685-88) is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history. James managed, despite having access to tremendous reserves of good will and deference, to so alienate his supporters that he had to flee for his life. And yet, most of that life wa ...Show more
Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy by Carl Watkins
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Category: British | 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 p ...Show more
Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress by Jane Ridley
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Category: Historical | Series: Penguin Monarchs
This title is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific a ...Show more
William II: The Red King by John Gillingham
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Category: British | Series: Penguin Monarchs
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out hunting, perhaps through accident or perhaps murder. But, as John Gillingham makes clear in this elegant book, as the son and successor to William the Conqueror it was William Rufus who had t ...Show more
William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution by Jonathan Keates
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Category: Historical | 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 ...Show more
William IV: A King at Sea by Roger Knight
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Category: British | Series: Penguin Monarchs
William IV, 'the Sailor King', is best known for his naval career and for living for twenty years with the actress Mrs Jordan, with whom he had ten children. Knight's book shows that William was pretty much a disaster in whatever field he found himself.
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