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John (Penguin Monarchs) by Nicholas Vincent
azw3 |eng | 2020-07-29 | Author:Nicholas Vincent [Vincent, Nicholas]

4 The Worst of All Our Kings Tyranny Unmasked? Combining the tastes of Caligula with the morals of an absconding bookmaker, King John is popularly perceived as a monster: in ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Henry IV (The English Monarchs Series) by Chris Given-Wilson
azw3 |eng | 2016-02-01 | Author:Chris Given-Wilson [Given-Wilson, Chris]

Nor was there any doubt about what Arundel placed at the top of that agenda; the outstanding achievement of his administration was the restoration of solvency to crown finance. Insofar ...
( Category: Memoirs August 8,2020 )
Henry VI (The English Monarchs Series) by Bertram Wolffe
azw3 |eng | 2001-05-31 | Author:Bertram Wolffe [Wolffe, Bertram]

1 Stevenson, Wars, I, 151–2. 2 Ibid., 118. 3 Ibid., 109. 4 Ibid., 116. 5 Over two dozen examples of this correspondence are recorded in print, most of them by ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
William the Conqueror (The English Monarchs Series) by David Bates
azw3 |eng | 2016-10-31 | Author:David Bates [Bates, David]

A SHORT VISIT TO NORMANDY Although it is not mentioned in the literary sources, William and Matilda must have crossed to Normandy in the autumn of 1068 and spent Christmas ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Edward II (Penguin Monarchs) by Christopher Given-Wilson
azw3 |eng | 2016-09-28 | Author:Christopher Given-Wilson [Given-Wilson, Christopher]

4 ‘Make it Your Business that We Become Rich’ Edward’s triumph in 1321–2 gave him the opportunity to establish strong and responsible rule in England. Despite the return of the ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs) by James Ross
azw3 |eng | 2016-12-28 | Author:James Ross [Ross, James]

3 Collapse and Catastrophe, 1453–1461 In early August 1453, at the royal hunting lodge of Clarendon near Salisbury, Henry VI lost his senses. He would never fully recover them. The ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Henry V (The English Monarchs Series) by Christopher Allmand
azw3 |eng | 2014-10-31 | Author:Christopher Allmand [Allmand, Christopher]

1 M. Harvey, Solutions to the Schism. A study of some English attitudes, 1378 to 1409 (Sankt Ottilien, 1983), p. 196. 2 Cited by E.F. Jacob, Essays in the conciliar ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Edward I (The English Monarchs Series) by Michael Prestwich
azw3 |eng | 2008-09-30 | Author:Michael Prestwich [Prestwich, Michael]

One element of Edward's policy in Gascony which was strikingly successful, was the creation of the bastides. The founding of new towns was a feature of his activities in Wales, ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series) by Charles Ross
azw3 |eng | 1998-01-20 | Author:Charles Ross [Ross, Charles]

1 Rymer, Foedera, XI, 760; Morice, Mémoires de Bretagne, III, 246–9 (for text of treaty); Pocquet du Haut-Jussé, 172–3. 2 For a contemporary account of his visit, see ‘The Record ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Edward III (The English Monarchs Series) by W Mark Ormrod
azw3 |eng | 2012-01-23 | Author:W Mark Ormrod [Ormrod, W Mark]

Chapter 14 THE RANSOMING OF RULERS , 1356–1360 If any confirmation was needed of the invincibility of English arms after the time of Crécy and Neville's Cross, then the battle ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
George VI (Penguin Monarchs) by Philip Ziegler
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-12-03 | Author:Philip Ziegler [Ziegler, Philip]

5 The King at War What was a king supposed to do in wartime in the twentieth century? Clearly George VI was not going to lead his troops into battle, ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
George IV (Penguin Monarchs) by Stella Tillyard
azw3 |eng | 2019-07-03 | Author:Stella Tillyard [Tillyard, Stella]

4 Regent of Style Under the terms of the act that enabled the Regency, George III was suspended from carrying out his royal functions and the Prince of Wales, as ...
( Category: Specific Group Biographies August 8,2020 )
George IV (The English Monarchs Series) by E. A. Smith
azw3 |eng | 1999-06-09 | Author:E. A. Smith [Smith, E. A.]

Chapter 14 REBELLIOUS DAUGHTER One of the major causes of George’s unpopularity as Regent was his supposed cruel treatment of his daughter Charlotte. She was growing up to be a ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )
Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs) by Douglas Hurd
azw3 |eng | 2015-08-26 | Author:Douglas Hurd [Hurd, Douglas]

8 Vox Populi It is now possible to measure scientifically the state of public opinion about the Queen and the monarchy. In earlier centuries the ebb and flow of royal ...
( Category: American History August 8,2020 )
Henry VIII (The English Monarchs Series) by J. J. Scarisbrick
azw3 |eng | 2011-05-30 | Author:J. J. Scarisbrick [Scarisbrick, J. J.]

Primary responsibility for the conduct of Henry's affairs at the Curia lay with two English envoys, William Benet and Edward Carne, able and stout‐hearted men, but of small status – ...
( Category: Historical Biographies August 8,2020 )

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