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The Dublin King: The True Story of Lambert Simnel and the Princes in the Tower by John Ashdown-Hill
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-01-14 | Author:John Ashdown-Hill [Ashdown-Hill, John]

Notes Abbreviations CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography PROME Parliament Rolls of Medieval England 1. See, for example, Ashdown-Hill, Royal Marriage Secrets, pp. 70–3. 2. ...
( Category: England March 21,2015 )
Sir Francis Walsingham by Derek Wilson
epub |eng | | Author:Derek Wilson

Chapter 7 ‘SHE SEEMETH TO BE VERY EARNESTLY BENT TO PROCEED’ 1581–4 ‘I content myself, Monsieur, that you assure yourself of me as of the most faithful friend that ever ...
( Category: Great Britain March 21,2015 )
An Unlikely Prince by Niccolò Capponi
epub |eng | 2010-08-01 | Author:Niccolò Capponi [Capponi, Niccolò]

This negative portrait notwithstanding, Machiavelli believed that the French would eventually prevail in the Italian struggle. France was the strongest country in Europe: “There is no ruler capable of confronting ...
( Category: Italy March 18,2015 )
Autobiography (Routledge Classics) by Russell Bertrand
mobi |eng | 2009-07-02 | Author:Russell, Bertrand [Russell, Bertrand]

MEMORANDUM ON THE BOXER INDEMNITY by Bertrand Russell The Boxer Indemnity Bill, now in Committee, provides that what remains unpaid of the Boxer Indemnity shall be spent on purposes to ...
( Category: Great Britain March 8,2015 )
Her Majesty by Robert Hardman
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Robert Hardman

* Some have accused Blair of breaking the code of secrecy surrounding the meetings of monarch and Prime Minister by describing them in his memoirs. But there are no complaints ...
( Category: Great Britain March 6,2015 )
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh by Colley Linda
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-30 | Author:Colley, Linda. [Colley, Linda]

‘A View of the Town of Rio Janeiro’. Pencil drawing by Alexander Buchan, 1768. Because of the bad weather it had suffered, and of not being able to refit and ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
The King in the North by Max Adam Max Adams
epub, mobi | | | Author:Max Adam, Max Adams [Adams, Max]

It is also a tradition which has become proverbial, that he died with a prayer on his lips. When he was beset by the weapons of his enemies and saw ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
The Widow Clicquot (P.S.) by Mazzeo Tilar J
mobi |eng | 2008-10-15 | Author:Mazzeo, Tilar J. [Mazzeo, Tilar J.]

After her stunning coup in Russia, Barbe-Nicole discovered that she had a new set of problems. Increasingly, it was production that worried her. With Louis in Saint Petersburg capitalizing on ...
( Category: France March 4,2015 )
The Three Edwards by Thomas B. Costain
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Thomas B. Costain [Costain, Thomas B.]

Isabella decided that she would exercise the duties of a regent, even though the title and recognition had been withheld. Mortimer and Adam of Orleton had been given places on ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-10-06 | Author:Tilar J. Mazzeo [Mazzeo, Tilar J.]

After her stunning coup in Russia, Barbe-Nicole discovered that she had a new set of problems. Increasingly, it was production that worried her. With Louis in Saint Petersburg capitalizing on ...
( Category: France March 4,2015 )
Mitterrand by Philip Short
epub |eng | 2013-09-29 | Author:Philip Short [Philip Short]

* * * fn1 Mitterrand confessed years later that he put the codes in his jacket pocket and promptly forgot about them, remembering their existence only the next day when ...
( Category: France March 4,2015 )
There is No Alternative by Claire Berlinski
epub |eng | 2012-02-02 | Author:Claire Berlinski

I offered Scargill the chance to reply to Kinnock’s characterization of him, but he didn’t take me up on it. Linda Sheridan, however, held forth with gusto. Dear Claire I ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
The Greatest Traitor by Mortimer Ian
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-05 | Author:Mortimer, Ian [Mortimer, Ian]

* On the day of the coronation the Scots had launched an exploratory raid on Norham Castle. They had been beaten back, but in March the court was informed by ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
Everything is Wonderful by Sigrid Rausing
epub, mobi |ara, eng | 2014-02-18 | Author:Sigrid Rausing

( Category: Travel March 4,2015 )
The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens by Mike Ashley
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mike Ashley

NC. JORVIK (YORK) Jorvik, the Danish kingdom of York, was essentially the same as the old Saxon kingdom of Deira in Northumbria (see page 269). From 910 the kingdom was ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )

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