Six Wives Of Henry VIII (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

Six Wives Of Henry VIII (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of Henry VIII's six wives; a subject of enduring

Six Wives of Henry VIII (Weir Alison)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII shows us a court where personal needs frequently influenced public events and where a life of gorgeously ritualised pleasure was shot through with ambition, treason and

Marie Antoinette: The Journey (Fraser Antonia)(Paperback)

The national bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wives of Henry VIII. France's beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous 'Let them eat cake,' was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death; she has since been the object of debate and

Six Wives - The Queens of Henry VIII (Starkey Dr David)(Paperback / softback)

ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to Henry changed England forever... JANE SEYMOUR: the demure and submissive contrast to Anne Boleyn's radical and vampish

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Weir Alison)(Paperback)

The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account

My History - A Memoir of Growing Up (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative

Perilous Question - The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

Warrior Queens (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

An inspired evaluation of women leaders in war by a bestselling

Six Wives (Starkey David)(Paperback)

No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness -- and

Mary Queen Of Scots (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British

Cromwell, Our Chief Of Men (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling historian's biography of a decisive figure in England's

Love and Louis XIV - The Women in the Life of the Sun King (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

The new bestseller from Antonia

Pleasure of Reading - 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

King and the Catholics - The Fight for Rights 1829 (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

King Charles II (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

'The fullest and most sophisticated account of the most charming and approachable of English kings'

Henry VIII (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

Conspiracies and intrigue are rife in the court of Henry VIII as the Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason, having been tricked by his enemy Cardinal Wolsey. And when the King falls in love with Anne Boleyn and decides to divorce his wife, Katherine of Aragon, he causes an irrevocable rift

Autobiography Of Henry VIII (George Margaret)(Paperback / softback)

'A remarkable achievement' Mary

Gunpowder Plot - Terror And Faith In 1605 (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

A bestselling historian's account of the Gunpowder Plot - 'History as it should be written' - Roy

Must You Go? - My Life with Harold Pinter (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring

Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII (Lindsey Karen)(Paperback)

A fascinating, revisionist look at 16th century English politics (both public and private), examining the lives of Henry VIII's six wives as active personalities 'Provocative thoughts on the why and wherefore of the matrimonial quests of Henry VIII and the women who were party to them.'--Denver

Marie Antoinette (Fraser Lady Antonia)(Paperback / softback)

The Oscar-winning film about the legendary French queen, directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on this magnificent book by bestselling historian Antonia

Henry VIII: Heads Will Roll (MacDonald Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Everybody knows that king Henry VIII is horribly famous for having a bit of a weight problem, marrying six unlucky wives and getting very carried away with his chopping block. But this book will also tell them the facts no other biography is likely to tell

Henry VII (Chrimes S. B.)(Paperback)

Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of

King Henry VIII: Third Series (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a complex