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2) The royals
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c1997
Physical Desc
xxi, 547, [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, Royal Panoply is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history.
With her trademark blend of probing scholarship, lively prose, and psychological insight, Carolly Erickson focuses on each monarch's entire life--from the puny, socially awkward Charles I, to the choleric, violent William the Conqueror, to the well-meaning, deeply affectionate...
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Renowned historian Christopher Hibbert offers an accessible and enlightening portrait of George III, one of England most misunderstood monarchs. George III is most often remembered as the tyrant who taxed American colonists into a revolution. In recent years he has been portrayed in film as a madman clad in a nightshirt running through the halls of his palace. Neither view captures the life of a man who held the throne during a time when the absolute...
12) Henry VIII
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Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Description
A biography of the sixteenth-century English monarch who effected the separation of England from the Church of Rome.
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Pub. Date
[C1981]
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69 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table (on lining papers) ; 25 cm.
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A biography of the daughter of Henry VIII, depicting not only her vulnerability as a human being, but her decisiveness as a queen whose policies changed England from a minor country into a world power.
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Pub. Date
[1967, c1966]
Physical Desc
160 p. illus., coats of arms, geneal. tables, ports. 21 cm.
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A brief history of England presented in a summary of the ruling personality of each English monarch and the main events of their reign. Includes coats of arms and genealogical trees of the royal families.
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2009
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
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128 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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He was loved by British Revolutionary War loyalists and hated by American patriots. What made King George III so mad? Hoping to restore glory to the British crown, he instead plunged two countries into a seven-year bloodbath and died plagued by insanity and failure.
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