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The Road to Hastings | |||
| The Politics of Power in Anglo-Saxon England | History | |||
| Paul Hill | ||||
| Tempus 2005 224 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752433083 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| The dramatic confrontation between Harold of England and William of Normandy at Senlac Ridge in 1066 was the result of almost a century of political and dynastic struggles. This book explores the prolonged death-throes of Anglo-Saxon England: it sets the Battle of Hastings against a background of political developments, succession crises, negotiations, royal promises and military campaigns in a period stretching from the reign of Aethelred II (979-1016) to that of Harold II (1066). | ||||
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The Mysterious Mistress | |||
| The Life and Legend of Jane Shore | History | |||
| Margaret Crosland | ||||
| Sutton 2006 204 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 075093851X | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| This is the first full biography devoted to Elizabeth 'Jane' Shore, and a much-overdue attempt to rescue her from the myths and fictions with which her name has been surrounded for over 400 years. Margaret Crosland reveals how Jane rose from middle class obscurity to reign as the favourite mistress of Edward IV for at least twelve years, but on his death fell foul of his successor, Richard III, and ended her days in poverty. | ||||
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The Lost Prince | |||
| The Survival of Richard of York | History | |||
| David Baldwin | ||||
| Sutton 2007 220 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750943351 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Off-mint | Our Price £6.99 | ||
| The circumstances surrounding the murder of the princes in the Tower are still uncertain and remain one of history's most enduring and romanticized mysteries. But were the princes really murdered at all? David Baldwin offers a fresh approach to the enigma. Among many other clues, he investigates the persuasive claim that one Richard Plantagenet, a bricklayer from Kent who could read Latin and who, when pressed, claimed to be the natural son of Richard III, may have been the real Duke of York. Off-mint. | ||||
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Harald Hardrada | |||
| The Warrior's Way | History | |||
| John Marsden | ||||
| Sutton 2007 242 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750942908 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| Harald Hardrada is chiefly remembered in British history as the Norwegian king who was defeated by our Harold at Stamford Bridge in 1066, just three weeks before the Battle of Hastings. But this was merely the last chapter of a highly eventful life of constant warfare, which ranged across northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Aegean, Balkans, Asia Minor, and even the Palestinian desert. John Marsden's highly readable biography reveals the remarkable character of the man and the turbulent times in which he lived. | ||||
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King Arthur | |||
| History | ||||
| Christopher Hibbert | ||||
| Tempus 2007 168 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0752439332 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Originally published in 1969 as The Search for King Arthur, Christopher Hibbert's study has become a standard text for those who believe that Arthur was a real man who led the British against the Saxon invaders 1400 years ago. Carefully separating fact from fiction, Hibbert investigates historical references and legends, and reaches conclusions which will be of equal interest to historians and to those who enjoy the magic of Arthurian romance and the enigma of its origins. | ||||
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Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery) | |||
| Preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol VIII: 1422-1485 | History | |||
| Boydell 2003 381 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0851159265 | ||||
| Published Price £120.00 | Our Price £70.00 | |||
| This concluding volume of the Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous covers over 500 documents and represents the diversity of complaints dealt with by the King's investigators - including murder, robbery, piracy, debt, the upkeep of land and buildings and even the spoils of shipwrecks as well as the more usual matters of inheritance and land ownership. With extensive indexes of persons and places, and subjects. No jacket. | ||||
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War and Combat 1150-1270 | |||
| The Evidence from Old French Literature | History | |||
| Catherine Hanley | ||||
| DS Brewer 2003 263 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0859917819 | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Our Price £25.00 | |||
| Exploring depictions of warfare in 12th and 13th century French vernacular literature, Hanley shows how these texts supplement historical accounts of combat and illuminate contemporary perceptions of war. No jacket. | ||||
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Pizarro | |||
| Conqueror of the Inca | History | |||
| Stuart Stirling | ||||
| Sutton 2005 243 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750936827 | ||||
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| A biography focusing on his earlier life of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (1476-1561) who conquered Peru in 1530, having served as a foot soldier in Spain's Italian wars, and who later worked as an Indian fighter and slaver. | ||||
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The Late Anglo-Saxon Army | |||
| History | ||||
| IP Stephenson | ||||
| Tempus 2007 160 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752431412 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| The reputation of the Anglo-Saxon army was destroyed by successive invasions, culminating in the Norman conquest, but that same army had won the most complete victory in Anglo-Saxon history at Stamford Bridge, and under Cnut had carved out a great Scandinavian empire. Stephenson, taking the Battle of Maldon in 991 CE as an example, reviews the history, battlefield organization, tactics and equipment of the army of the late Anglo-Saxon state and places it within its proper context - as part of the mainstream of European military culture. | ||||
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The Battle of Crecy | |||
| A Campaign in Context | History | |||
| Rupert Matthews | ||||
| Spellmount 2007 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1862273693 | ||||
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| Then the English archers stept forth one pace and let fly their arrows, wrote Froissart of the battle which changed everything. The greatest army in Europe was defeated, humble archers had brought down nobles, and the days of the heavily-armed knight were clearly numbered. Seasoned military historian Rupert Matthews provides a thrilling account of the Crecy campaign in its wider strategic context, and brings to life the realities of 14th century warfare for fighting men - from commander down to the humblest foot soldier. | ||||
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Henry V | |||
| History | ||||
| Keith Dockray | ||||
| Tempus 2004 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0752430467 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £12.99 | |||
| Shakespeare portrayed him as an embodiment of Christian virtue and military valour; in the mid-20th century, KB McFarlane judged him perhaps 'the greatest man that ever ruled England': but can Henry V's heroic reputation ultimately be justified? Sceptical of so much adulation of Henry, Keith Dockray looks in depth at historians' perspectives, from contemporary 'lives' to Christopher Allmand's 1992 biography. He then turns to Henry's personality, the events of his reign and his troubled legacy at home and in France. | ||||
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The Formation of a Persecuting Society | |||
| Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250 | History | |||
| RI Moore | ||||
| Blackwell 1990 168 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0631171452 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Off-mint | Our Price £7.99 | ||
| Moore shows how the isolation, repression, exile and attempted extinction of Jews, heretics and lepers in the period 950-1250 should be understood as aspects of a radical transformation in the relation between authority and people. | ||||
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Domesday Book: Rutland | |||
| History | ||||
| Frank Thorn; Celia Parker (Edited by) | ||||
| Phillimore | ||||
| Hardback | ||||
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| Published in the History from the Sources series, this is a transcription of the Domesday survey of Rutland, with a modern English translation en face, notes and a short introduction. | ||||
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Domesday Book: Leicestershire | |||
| History | ||||
| Philip Morgan (Edited by) | ||||
| Phillimore 1979 182 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0850333318 | ||||
| Published Price £14.00 | Our Price £7.99 | |||
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Domesday Book: Herefordshire | |||
| History | ||||
| Frank Thorn; Caroline Thorn (Edited by) | ||||
| Phillimore 1983 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0850334691 | ||||
| Published Price £18.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
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