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  • Richard III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Failed King?

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the centuries since, more than Richard III.He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and died fighting his own subjects on the battlefield. This is the vision of Richard we have inherited from Shakespeare. Equally, he inspired great loyalty in his followers.In ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • James I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Phoenix King

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    James's reign marked one of the very rare major breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland and a highly experienced ruler who had established his authority over the Scottish Kirk, he marched south on Elizabeth I's death to become James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British Isles for the first time and founding the Stuart dynasty which would, with several lurches, reign for ... Read more

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  • Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Summer King

    by A J Pollard ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a ... Read more

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  • Henry III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Simple and God-Fearing King

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Henry III was a medieval king whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He was on the throne for 56 years and during this time England was transformed from being the private play-thing of a French speaking dynasty into a medieval state in which the king answered for his actions to an English parliament, which emerged during Henry's lifetime.Despite Henry's central ... Read more

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  • Richard II (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Brittle Glory

    by Laura Ashe ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally ... Read more

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  • Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Terrors of Kingship

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young ... Read more

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  • Edward I (Penguin Monarchs)

    A New King Arthur?

    by Andy King ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackEdward I (1272-1307) is one of the most commanding of all English rulers. He fought in southwest France, in Wales, In Scotland and in northern France, he ruled with ruthlessness and confidence, undoing the chaotic failure of his father, Henry III's reign. He reshaped England's legal system ... Read more

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  • Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Study in Insecurity

    by Helen Castor ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history'In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating account of England's iconic queen, Helen Castor reveals her reign as shaped by a profound and enduring ... Read more

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  • Edward III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Heroic Failure

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for fifty years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the ... Read more

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  • Stephen (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Reign of Anarchy

    by Carl Watkins ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Known as 'the anarchy', the reign of Stephen (1135-1141) saw England plunged into a civil war that illuminated the fatal flaw in the powerful Norman monarchy, that without clear rules ordering succession, conflict between members of William the Conqueror's family were inevitable. But there was another problem, too: Stephen himself.With the nobility of England and Normandy anxious about the ... Read more

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  • Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Last Boy King

    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and become as commanding a figure as his father had been.Stephen Alford's wonderful book gives full play ... Read more

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  • Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)

    From Playboy Prince to Warrior King

    by Anne Curry ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: AgincourtHenry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding ... Read more

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