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Charles I by Mark Kishlansky
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
The tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a deadly, entangled series of religious and political disputes. In Mark Kishlansky's brilliant account it is never in doubt that Charles created his own catastroph ...Show more
Elizabeth II: The Steadfast by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Just as this book is being published, Elizabeth II will become the longest-serving monarch who ever sat on the English or British throne. Yet her personality and influence remain elusive. This book, by a senior politician who has spent significant periods of time in her company, and is also a distinguis ...Show more
George I (Penguin Monarchs) - The Lucky King by Tim Blanning
$33.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Penguin Monarchs Ser.
George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have reigned in England but he was probably the most important. He was certainly the luckiest.Born the youngest son of a landless German duke, he was taken by repeated strokes of good fortune to become, first the ruler of a major state ...Show more
George V by David Cannadine
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Penguin Monarchs
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an e ...Show more
Henry V: From Playboy Prince to Warrior King by Prof. Anne Curry
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt. Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that ...Show more
Henry VIII by John Guy
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. Said to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: magni ...Show more
William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution by Jonathan Keates
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting ...Show more
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