Another in the ongoing ‘Penguin Monarchs’ series.
Richard III (Penguin Monarchs): A Failed King?
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978014197893224/09/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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A thorough, readable biography of the Queen's grandfather that seeks to understand how this supposedly dull man navigated the monarchy successfully through a succession of crises.
George V
Hardback £30.00 -
Bracing, perhaps, to be reminded that people lived through crises before. This is a fine account of a tense moment.
The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication
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Daughter of James I & VI, she briefly became Queen of Bohemia before being deposed along with her husband, Frederick V, Elector Palatine. This fine new biography of 'the Winter Queen' portra... read more
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts
Hardback £20.00 -
Nubia and Egypt, the empires of the Sudan, the kingdoms of Ethiopia and Benin and those of the Asante, Yoruba, Hausa and Zulus... Nine scholars on African kingship; some illustrations.
Great Kingdoms of Africa
Hardback £25.00