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Publisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire, The History Press: 2013
Edition: Revised and Updated
Our Product Number: 608765
ISBN: 0752492055
Condition: Fine
222 pages. The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively pursuing his own agenda. It also re-examines the aftermath of Bosworth: the treatment of Richard's body; his burial; and the construction of his tomb. And there is the fascinating story of why, and how, Richard III's family tree was traced until a relative was found, alive and well, in Canada... View more info
By: Baird, Julia
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Publisher: New York, Random House: 2017
Our Product Number: 608675
ISBN: 0812982282
Condition: New
Genealogical table . 696 pages. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe’s monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public’s expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand... View more info
By: Bogue, Allan G.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 604201
ISBN: 0806130393
Condition: As New in As New dust jacket
Protected in a removable archival cover. . 557 pages View more info
By: Boyd, Douglas
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Publisher: Gloucestershire, ENG, The History Press: 2011
Edition: First Edition Thus
Our Product Number: 605642
ISBN: 0752459120
Condition: New
Genealogical tables. 368 pages. Recreating the turbulent life of one of the most exciting women in European medieval history, this biography reveals a peculiarly "modern" queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only person ever to sit on the thrones of both France and England. This account of the adventures of the extraordinary mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John takes us into the heart and mind of the woman who changed the shape of Europe for 300 years by marrying Henry of Anjou, making him England’s Henry II. Eleanor was a European with a continent-wide vision and a woman who ... View more info
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Publisher: New York, Free Press: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 606911
ISBN: 0743223799
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Publisher: Hanover, University Press of New England: 1998
Our Product Number: 603189
ISBN: 0874518830
Condition: As New
0.91 x 8.47 x 5.5 Inches. 304 pages. A shrewd observer of 19th-century America, Harriet Hanson Robinson's participation in important events and her salty comments, preserved and recorded in the poetry and books she wrote during her lifetime, offer a dramatic account of how one strong-minded woman, who first worked as a textile worker in the industrial town of Lowell, MA, turned to writing and politics to sustain her family after her husband's early death. Harriet's personal papers shed light on such topics as labor history, state politics, and the mechanics of writing and publication. Her best... View more info
By: Chang, Jung
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Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1991
Our Product Number: 609091
ISBN: 0671685465
Condition: Fine
Genealogical table. 524 pages. The story of three generations in twentieth-century China, Wild Swans is an engrossing record of Mao's impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love. Jung Chang describes the life of her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot... View more info
By: Chipman, Donald E.; Joseph, Harriet Denise
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Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 607163
ISBN: 0292712189
Condition: Fine
SIGNED on title page by both AUTHORS . 359 pages. Signed by All Authors View more info
By: Chipman, Donald E.; Joseph, Harriet Denise
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press: 1999.
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 607791
ISBN: 0292712189
Condition: Fine
359 pages. Signed by All Authors. The Spanish colonial era in Texas (1528-1821) continues to emerge from the shadowy past with every new archaeological and historical discovery. In this book, years of archival sleuthing by Donald E. Chipman and Harriett Denise Joseph now reveal the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas. By combining dramatic, real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background, the authors bring to life these famous (and sometimes infamous) men of Spanish Texas, including: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca... View more info
By: Davus, Jefferson; Strode (Editor), Hudson
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Publisher: New York, Da Capo Press: 1995.
Edition: 1st Da Capro Press Edition
Our Product Number: 608053
ISBN: 030680638X
Condition: Near Fine
Remainder mark on bottom of text block. 580 pages. This fascinating collection of intimate letters from and to Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) illuminates the character and personality of the President of the Confederacy. These letters (the majority appearing fully in print for the first time) range widely over one of the most turbulent periods in American history, from his fifteenth year to his death at eighty-one. Here is Jefferson Davis in all aspects: in love and in house slippers; as wounded war hero; at dramatic heights of statesmanship; in grief over four dead sons; refusing Lee's resigna... View more info
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Publisher: New York, Random House: c1993.
Our Product Number: 607596
ISBN: 0679753028
Condition: Very Good
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By: de Madariaga, Professor Isabel
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Publisher: Yale University Press: 1993
Our Product Number: 606275
ISBN: 0300054270
Condition: Very Good
Minor wear at corners. Genealogical table . 248 pages. This brief account of Catherine's reign incorporates the research findings of the last twenty years, (1970-1990). Isabel de Madariaga has written an account of Catherine's life which disentangles myth from the verifiable reality and focusses on her 34 year reign. De Madariaga places the changes and reforms of Catherine's reign in the context of the prevailing trends and political climate of Europe, and examines Russia's military activity to demonstrate Catherine's part in building Russia into a formidable European power. The book also poi... View more info
By: Ellis, Joseph J.
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Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2000
Our Product Number: 608153
ISBN: 0375405445
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Maroon boards with cream spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Deckle-edged pages. 288 pages. An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify ... View more info
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Publisher: Orlando, Florida, Harcourt: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Our Product Number: 600027
ISBN: 0151005591
Condition: As New in As New dust jacket
Illus. , index. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Gold boards with gray spine imprinted with title and author in gold. Full letter line K J I H G F E D C B A . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342 pages. The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most of the 174 on shift did not. Nineteen men were trapped, plunged into darkness, hunger, thirst, and hallucination. As days and nights passed, the survivors be... View more info
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Publisher: Texas State Historical Association: 1993
Our Product Number: 603351
ISBN: 0876111258
Condition: Very Good
Bent corner on front. . 0.22 x 8.49 x 5.52 Inches. 60 pages View more info
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Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 2005
Our Product Number: 603356
ISBN: 0571217699
Condition: Fine
1.02 x 7.56 x 4.96 Inches. 240 pages View more info
By: Isaacson, Walter
Price: $8.49
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2004
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster Edition
Our Product Number: 608180
ISBN: 074325807X
Condition: Very Good
Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 586 pages View more info
By: Laplante, Eve
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Publisher: New York, Harper San Francisco: 2005
Edition: 1st HarperCollins Paperback
Our Product Number: 600225
ISBN: 0060750561
Condition: New
Bibliog. , index. Genealogical table. Named by Christian Science Monitor as one of the best nonfiction books of 2004. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 312 pages. Recounts the life and political achievements of the seventeenth-century feminist, noting her successful reform efforts in spite of the limitations placed on Puritan women and multiple charges of heresy and sedition, in a portrait that also identifies her role in the establishment of modern concepts of religious freedom, gender equality, and civil rights. View more info
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Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press: 1987
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Our Product Number: 605374
ISBN: 0292750986
Condition: Very Good
Sticker ghost. Genealogical table. 480 pages. Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series. Mary Austin Holley found life challenging and made it interesting for others. As wife and widow of Horace Holley, eminent orator, clergyman, and educator, and as cousin and friend of Stephen F. Austin, founder of the first Texas colony, she formed friendships among important people. From New Haven to New Orleans and Brazoria, Texas, she was beloved. The panorama of her life, described in vivid detail by a former head of the English Department at Texas Christian University, transports the reader to the te... View more info
By: Lepore, Jill
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Publisher: New York, Vintage Books: 2014
Our Product Number: 608834
ISBN: 0307948838
Condition: Fine
442 pages. From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians--a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother's fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world View more info
