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Author: J. B. BlackBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative historical account, The Reign Of Elizabeth 1558-1603, chronicles the pivotal era...

Author: Roy Strong; Julia Trevelyan OmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Elizabeth, chronicles the life and reign of England's iconic...

Author: Jasper RidleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the life and reign of Elizabeth I, one of England's most iconic monarchs....

Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson., 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Elizabeth R, chronicles the extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II, from her unexpected...

Elizabeth II is within a few years of becoming the longest-reigning British monarch. Michael Paterson paints a portrait of one of the world's great leaders of state, as well as...

The fascinating royal and social history that inspired Seasons 2 and 3 of The Crown , written by the show's historical consultant. In this incredible companion to the second and...

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Author: Helen Castor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the...

Author: Maria PerryBinding: HardbackPublished: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal biography Elizabeth I chronicles the extraordinary life and reign of one of England's most iconic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: yellowed, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few periods in English history have captured the imagination quite like the Elizabethan Age...

Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the 'Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII's...

Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places on the globe a male ruler was preferred to a woman, with female...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the respected Foundations of Modern History series, The Government of...

Author: Andrew Morton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The...

*Now with an exclusive extract of Elizabeth Chadwick's next novel, The Royal Rebel - only in the paperback!*Wales, 1093.The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys...

Power and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This "excellent, all-embracing" ( The New York Times ) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a...

This is an examination of those women in history that have both ruled and led in war. From Boadicea to Margaret Thatcher, the author compares and contrasts the various styles...

*Now with an exclusive extract of Elizabeth Chadwick's next novel, The Royal Rebel - only in the paperback!* Wales, 1093. The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in history command the imagination quite like Elizabeth I — a woman who seized the throne...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew monarchs in history have wielded the written and spoken word with the lethal precision of Elizabeth I, and Maria Perry's Elizabeth I: The...

Power and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few monarchs in history have commanded both a throne and the imagination...

Author: Katie Nicholl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire...

Sarah Gristwood celebrates the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II and how her enduring popularity was tantamount to her many supporters. The twists and turns of her life follow her teenage...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/yellowed. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. A richly illustrated entry in the acclaimed Portraits of Greatness series, this biography chronicles the extraordinary...

Britain's foremost female historian reveals the true story of this key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty who began life a princess, spent her youth...

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Wales, 1093. The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth, is destroyed when her father...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: embossed stamp on fep. Usual shelf-wear. Few monarchs have so captivated the historical imagination as Elizabeth I,...

For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a...

Author: Lord LichfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis commemorative volume, Elizabeth R.: A Photographic Celebration Of 40 Years, chronicles the remarkable four-decade reign...

Author: Peter LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePeter Lane's Elizabethan England chronicles a pivotal era...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the heart of one of history's most formidable reigns stands a woman of startling contradictions — a young girl who ascended the throne at eighteen...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damage to FEP - top quarter ripped off. Silver fish...

Author: Matthew Engel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 640 She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids...

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Few people know the truth about Elizabeth II and her family. But biographer Sarah Bradford has spent the last ten years penetrating the Palace facade, uncovering unpublished documents and talking...

The book that inspired the major documentary Edward vs George: The Windsors at WarPower and Glory begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A visually arresting and scholarly portrait, this work captures the...

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