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  • Alexander III, 1249-1286

    First Among Equals

    by Norman H. Reid ...
    Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise of the Scottish state.This study ... Read more

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  • Alexander III, 1249-1286

    First Among Equals

    by Norman H. Reid ...
    Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise of the Scottish state.This study ... Read more

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  • King Rufus

    The Life and Murder of William II of England

    by Emma Mason ...
    The future William II was born in the late 1050s the third son of William the Conqueror. The younger William, - nicknamed Rufus because of his ruddy cheeks - at first had no great expectations of succeeding to the throne. This biography tells the story of William Rufus, King of England from 1087-1100 and reveals the truth behind his death. ... Read more

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  • The Hollow Crown

    A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

    by Miri Rubin ...
    series Penguin History of Britain
    There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power, and Richard III, the demon king. The extraordinary events - the Black Death that destroyed a third of the population, the Peasants' Revolt, the Wars ... Read more

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  • A History of Scotland

    by Bruce Lenman, J.L. Mackie ...
    A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening, illustrating all of the changes of power and intricacies that are necessary to understand the interrelation between England and Scotland and the Highland and Lowland populations. It shows how Duncan (1034-40) emerged from 'the union of the four peoples' as the first king of a united Scotland and provides detailed, reign-by-reign accounts ... Read more

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  • The Kings and Queens of England

    by The British Library ...
    This title offers a historical context in which to appreciate the political and moral significance of both the famous and the more obscure incidents in the public and private lives of Britain's monarchs. ... Read more

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  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    by Jenny Wormald ...
    series The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland
    The acclaimed Scottish historian offers a provocative reassessment of one of British royalty’s most famous figures in this authoritative biography.Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has long been portrayed as one of history’s romantically tragic figures. Devious, naive, beautiful and sexually voracious, often highly principled, she secured the Scottish throne and bolstered the position of the Catholic ... Read more

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  • Scotland : A History

    A History

    by Jenny Wormald ...
    Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances-the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce have also got in on the act, because of their heroism in resisting English aggression. This has had its own ... Read more

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  • Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore'

    An Eleventh-Century Scottish King

    by Neil McGuigan ...
    A study of the life and times of the great king known for his role in Macbeth’s downfall, his marriage to St. Margaret, and his dealings with the Normans.The legendary Scottish king Máel Coluim III, also known as “Malcolm Canmore,” is often held to epitomize Scotland’s “ancient Gaelic kings.” But Máel Coluim and his dynasty were in fact newcomers, and their legitimacy and status were far from ... Read more

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  • The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery

    Britain 1066-1284

    by Prof David Carpenter ...
    series Penguin History of Britain
    The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynasty and aristocracy. This book shows how the English domination of the kingdom was by no means a foregone conclusion.The struggle for mastery in ... Read more

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  • Edward III

    by W M Ormrod ...
    series English Monarchs
    The fifty-year reign of one of England's most charismatic leaders is assessed in this lucid and incisive work. W.M. Ormrod traces Edward's life from his birth, when the very future of the monarchy in England was under threat, to his death when he was regarded throughout Europe as the very model of an ideal monarch. ... Read more

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  • Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction

    by John Gillingham, Ralph A. Griffiths ...
    series Very Short Introductions
    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the later Middle Ages. Out of the turbulence came stronger senses of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD