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Mary Rose by David Loades
epub |eng | 2012-06-18 | Author:David Loades [Loades, David]

6 MARY, SUFFOLK & THE KING Suffolk’s marriage to Mary brought about significant changes in his life. Any child born to the couple would have a claim to the throne, ...
( Category: Great Britain November 24,2014 )
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt
epub |eng | 2014-10-21 | Author:Eleanor Roosevelt [Roosevelt, Eleanor]

Twenty-three Visit to England IN RETROSPECT, the thing that strikes me about these days is my triple-barreled effort to work with the OCD, carry out my official engagements, and still ...
( Category: Women November 24,2014 )
Embattled Rebel by James M. McPherson
epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:James M. McPherson

5. WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE As commander in chief, Davis spent most of his time and energy on questions of strategy and command. But armies must be armed, fed, ...
( Category: American Civil War November 24,2014 )
The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family by David Loades
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-15 | Author:David Loades [Loades, David]

It could hardly have been a more composed or orthodox departure, and even Chapuys was impressed. The formalities were quickly completed, and her body was committed for burial beside that ...
( Category: Great Britain November 24,2014 )
While the World Watched by Carolyn McKinstry
epub |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Carolyn McKinstry

Chapter 12 The Most Dangerous Racist in America * * * [George Wallace is] perhaps the most dangerous racist in America. . . . I am not sure that he ...
( Category: State & Local November 24,2014 )
Patriots by A. J. Langguth
epub |eng | 2013-09-17 | Author:A. J. Langguth [Langguth, A. J.]

Thomas Jefferson in 1768 PRIVATE COLLECTION Jefferson 1775–76 EARLY IN the winter of 1776, John Adams read a new pamphlet with a provocative title. He sent a copy to Abigail ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding November 23,2014 )
This Boy by Johnson Alan
azw3 |eng | 2013-05-08 | Author:Johnson, Alan [Johnson, Alan]

If returning to unlovely North Kensington and the dreaded autumn term at Sloane was dispiriting after the glories of Denmark, I had the new football season to cheer me up. ...
( Category: Great Britain November 23,2014 )
Elvis Presley by Williamson Joel
epub |eng | 2014-09-19 | Author:Williamson, Joel

Sheila Leaves Elvis was compelled to feel that he was a generous man, but Sheila Ryan had difficulty expressing unbounded gratitude for Elvis’s gifts. Joe tutored her. She had to ...
( Category: State & Local November 23,2014 )
The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara Cooney
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-10-13 | Author:Kara Cooney [Cooney, Kara]

She continues with a section on how temple building is akin to marking herself as the chosen one. The temple of the mistress of Qusae, which had (completely) fallen into ...
( Category: Women November 23,2014 )
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books by Azar Nafisi
epub |eng | 2014-10-21 | Author:Azar Nafisi [Nafisi, Azar]

5 It seems quite simple, this condemnation of consumer society, until one realizes that we are, of course, part of the problem. What are my exact grievances against my laptop, ...
( Category: United States November 23,2014 )
Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester
epub |eng | 2012-11-05 | Author:William Manchester [MANCHESTER, WILLIAM]

Thus the rush of cataclysmic events came down to Tuesday, August 4, 1914, when at midnight Berlin time—11:00 P.M. in London—Grey’s ultimatum to Germany would expire. In Pear Tree Cottage, ...
( Category: Great Britain November 23,2014 )
My Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War by Sinclair Anne
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-09-15 | Author:Sinclair, Anne [Sinclair, Anne]

The meeting between Paul and Picasso took place that summer before the end of the First World War. The Rosenbergs had taken a villa in Biarritz, a few hundred yards ...
( Category: France November 23,2014 )
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Norton Elizabeth
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-05 | Author:Norton, Elizabeth [Norton, Elizabeth]

He marryed my mother, a lady bright; That is long sith I saw her with sight; I trust in Iesu [Jesus] wee shall meete with winne, & I shall maintaine ...
( Category: Great Britain November 23,2014 )
Anne Neville: Richard III's Tragic Queen by Licence Amy
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-06 | Author:Licence, Amy [Licence, Amy]

9 Richard’s Wife 1472–1483 With love founded on profit, pleasure and honesty then shall true friendship reign among you.1 For the next decade, the rule of Edward IV went unchallenged. ...
( Category: England November 23,2014 )
Elizabeth's Spymaster: Francis Walsingham & the Secret War that Saved England by Hutchinson Robert
epub |eng | 2011-12-15 | Author:Hutchinson, Robert [Hutchinson, Robert]

Soon after Drake’s return from ‘singeing the King of Spain’s beard’, as his exploits were now popularly labelled, Walsingham sat down and drew up plans to gather more timely and ...
( Category: England November 23,2014 )

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