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Historical Problems eBook Series

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  • Tudor Dynastic Problems

    1460-1571

    by Mortimer Levine ...
    Series series Historical Problems
    Originally published in 1973, this book provides a detailed history and analysis of Tudor dynastic problems from their origin in 1460 when Richard of York asserted his claim to the crown, to 1571 when Elizabeth I’s second Treasons Act virtually established parliamentary statute as the constitutional way to settle questions of succession. The book deals with each important development and provides ... Read more

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  • Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 2 - The History of England
    Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I.Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect ... Read more

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  • Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 3 - The History of England
    Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ending with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II.The ... Read more

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  • Mary Tudor

    Princess, Bastard, Queen

    by Anna Whitelock ...
    She was the first woman to inherit the throne of England, a key player in one of Britain’s stormiest eras, and a leader whose unwavering faith and swift retribution earned her the nickname “Bloody Mary.” Now, in this impassioned and absorbing debut, historian Anna Whitelock offers a modern perspective on Mary Tudor and sets the record straight once and for all on one of history’s most compelling ... Read more

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  • Richard III

    by David Baldwin ...
    Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively, consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others, but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of Gloucester and, later still, King Richard III. Richards character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended, and the arguments between his ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

    Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

    by John Schofield ...
    Thomas Cromwell was a man of humble origins and outstanding intellect who rose up to become Henry VIII's chief minister and right-hand man during the English Reformation. He wielded enormous power while he retained the king's favour, but the failure of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves, which Cromwell had arranged, led to his swift downfall and execution. In this biography, John Schofield reveals ... Read more

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  • Mary Tudor

    by David Loades ...
    Mary Tudor was the first female English sovereign a ruling queen who was not simply the consort of the king. Yet little is known about this complex woman, whose reputation for ruthlessness belied her emotional fragility and who, like her half-sister Elizabeth, had to survive from childhood in the turbulent Tudor court.David Loades explores the twisting path whereby Princess Mary, daughter of a ... Read more

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  • Henry VIII

    by David Loades ...
    Means to be God, and do as pleases himself Martin Luther observed. It was a shrewd comment, not merely on the divorce in which the King was then embroiled, but upon his whole career. Henry VIII was self righteous, and convinced that he enjoyed a special relationship with the Almighty, which gave him a unique claim upon the obedience of his subjects. He subdued the church, sidelined the old ... Read more

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  • The Blazing World

    A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

    by Jonathan Healey ...
    AN ECONOMIST AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative” history (The New York Times) of seventeenth-century England, a time of revolution when society was on fire and simultaneously forging the modern world. • “Recapture[s] a lost moment when a radically democratic commonwealth seemed possible.”—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker“[Healy] makes a convinci... ... Read more

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  • The Lost Prince: Classic Histories Series

    The Survival of Richard of York

    by David Baldwin ...
    Series series Classic Histories Series
    Did Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes on the Tower, survive his imprisonment? In this revealing new book medieval historian David Baldwin presents an original and intriguing scenario.On 27 December 1550 an old man named Richard Plantagenet was buried at Eastwell in Kent. He had spent much of his life working as a bricklayer at St John's Abbey, Colchester, but, unusually for a ... Read more

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  • The Penguin History of Britain

    New Worlds, Lost Worlds:The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1630

    by Susan Brigden ...
    Series series Penguin History of Britain
    No period in British history today retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. The leading figures of the time have become almost mythical, and the terrors and grandeurs of Tudor Britain have resonance with even the least historically minded readers. Above all Brigden sees the key to the Tudor world as religion - the new world of Protestantism and its battle with the the old ... Read more

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  • Richard the Third

    by Paul Murray Kendall ...
    "The best biography of Richard III that has been written."—A. L. Rowse, Chicago TribunePaul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure. ... Read more

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