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CNUT (PENGUIN MONARCHS) by Lavelle Ryan
$16.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Charles I by Mark Kishlansky
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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
George V by David Cannadine
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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 II: A Prince Among Princes by Richard Barber
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic, restless and clever men ever to rule England, he was brought down both by his catastrophic relationship with his archbishop Thomas Becket and his debilitating argum ...Show more
Henry VIII by John Guy
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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
James II: The Last Catholic King by David Womersley
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
The short, action-packed reign of James II (1685-88) is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history. James managed, despite having access to tremendous reserves of good will and deference, to so alienate his supporters that he had to flee for his life. And yet, most of that life wa ...Show more
Richard I - The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge
$15.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs Ser.
Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous medieval monarchs and a potent symbol of national identity, he barely spent six months on English soil during a ten-year reign and spoke French as his first language. Contemporaries dubbed him the 'Lionhear ...Show more
Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress by Jane Ridley
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
This title is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific a ...Show more
William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution by Jonathan Keates
$26.00 NZD
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
William III and Mary II (Penguin Monarchs) by Jonathan Keates
$24.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Penguin Monarchs Ser.
'The couple's fate was to become a celebrity icon, their crowned likenesses adorning everything from earthenware dishes, fans and playing cards to banners, song sheets and medals'William III and Mary II, Britain's only ever joint monarchs, came to the throne through a coup with the 'Glorious Revolution' ...Show more
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