wyszukanych pozycji: 25
James VI & I: First King of Great Britain
ISBN: 9781911190196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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28,18 zł |
Thomas Cromwell: Henry VIII's Chief Minister
ISBN: 9781911190066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Thomas Cromwell has been in the limelight recently, with the huge success of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall and its television adaptation. This Tudor Times Insight gives a factual outline of Cromwell's life, from his early years, through his time of greatest influence in the 1530s to his downfall in 1540. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of information about the Tudor and Stewart period 1485 - 1625. There you can find material on People, Places, Daily Life,...
Thomas Cromwell has been in the limelight recently, with the huge success of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall and its television adaptat...
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24,50 zł |
Queen Elizabeth I Book of Days
ISBN: 9781913134860 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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76,01 zł |
Margaret Tudor: Queen of Scots
ISBN: 9781911190202 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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26,27 zł |
Bess of Hardwick: Countess of Shrewsbury
ISBN: 9781911190226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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26,27 zł |
Sir James Melville: Scottish Ambassador
ISBN: 9781911190127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sir James Melville is little known today, but he lived a life at the heart of Anglo-Scottish politics in the second half of the sixteenth century. Son of a traitor, executed for revealing secrets to Henry VIII's government, he served Mary Queen of Scots as ambassador to Elizabeth I of England, as well as managing other aspects of her foreign affairs. The Scottish court was a dangerous place, and Melville steered a careful path between the factions, whose increasingly bitter rivalry resulted in the murder of the Queen's secretary, her husband, and, later, two of the four regents for her son,...
Sir James Melville is little known today, but he lived a life at the heart of Anglo-Scottish politics in the second half of the sixteenth century. Son...
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31,83 zł |
James V: Scotland's Renaissance King
ISBN: 9781911190080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. James V's life, although short, was action packed. King from the age of eighteen months, he weathered a difficult minority, as Scottish lords around him vied for supremacy in a period when influence within Scotland was bitterly contested between France and England. Taking a firm grip on power at the age of sixteen, James soon showed he was a king to be reckoned with. Concerned with justice, as well as improving crown authority, he still had time to travel to France and bring back new ideas of architecture, embodied in his beautiful palaces of Stirling and Falkland. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor...
James V's life, although short, was action packed. King from the age of eighteen months, he weathered a difficult minority, as Scottish lords around h...
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24,50 zł |
Lady Margaret Beaufort: Tudor Matriarch
ISBN: 9781911190141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Lady Margaret Beaufort was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. Lancastrian by birth and her marriage to Henry VI's half-brother, she was later a prominent courtier at the courts of Edward IV and Richard III. A woman with a talent for intrigue, she spotted the opportunity to promote the claim of her son, Henry Tudor, to the crown of England, and supported him in his successful invasion. Once her dynasty was established, Margaret turned to building and education, founding two great Cambridge Colleges. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are books and ebooks collating articles from our...
Lady Margaret Beaufort was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. Lancastrian by birth and her marriage to Henry VI's half-brother, she was later a pr...
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26,18 zł |
Lady Katherine Grey: Tudor Prisoner
ISBN: 9781911190097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Lady Katherine Grey was the second of the ill-fated Grey sisters. Her elder sister, Lady Jane Grey, was executed for being a pawn in an attempt to subvert the Tudor succession, and Katherine's royal blood meant that she was regarded with suspicion by Elizabeth I. Her secret marriage called down the Queen's wrath.... ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of information about the Tudor and Stewart period 1485 - 1625. There you can find material on People, Places, Daily Life, Military &...
Lady Katherine Grey was the second of the ill-fated Grey sisters. Her elder sister, Lady Jane Grey, was executed for being a pawn in an attempt to sub...
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Lady Margaret Pole: Countess of Salisbury
ISBN: 9781911190035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The death of Lady Margaret Pole is famous as one of Henry VIII's more tragic victims. Aged 68, she was executed without trial, in a botched execution on Tower Green. But Lady Margaret was more than just a victim - as a great feudal magnate in her own right, she played a part in the politics of Henry's reign. His mother's cousin, his first wife's friend, and his daughter's governess, Margaret was at the heart of the court. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of information about the...
The death of Lady Margaret Pole is famous as one of Henry VIII's more tragic victims. Aged 68, she was executed without trial, in a botched execution ...
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24,50 zł |
Tudors & Stewarts: 2015
ISBN: 9781911190004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Tudors & Stewarts 2015 is a collection of twelve Profiles of interesting or influential personalities at the English and Scottish Courts during the sixteenth century. The collection encompasses royalty, nobles and politicians, covering some of the most important events of the century. The Profiles are of Katherine Parr, James IV, Lady Margaret Pole, Cardinal Wolsey, Marie of Guise, Thomas Cromwell, Lady Penelope Devereux, James V, Lady Katherine Grey, Sir William Cecil, Lady Margaret Douglas and Sir James Melville. The inter-relationships between these individuals, which affected the politics...
Tudors & Stewarts 2015 is a collection of twelve Profiles of interesting or influential personalities at the English and Scottish Courts during the si...
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137,29 zł |
Katharine of Aragon: Henry VIII's First Wife
ISBN: 9781911190189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Katharine of Aragon is one of the most famous queens in European history. First wife of Henry VIII of England, she was at his side for over half his reign, loved and honoured, before the king's desire to remarry, for a combination of personal and political reasons led him to try to set her aside. Katharine's determination to resist the annulment of her marriage lasted for years, and resulted in Henry breaking with the Church of Rome. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of...
Katharine of Aragon is one of the most famous queens in European history. First wife of Henry VIII of England, she was at his side for over half his r...
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27,32 zł |
Lady Margaret Douglas: Countess of Lennox
ISBN: 9781911190110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, lived a dangerous, and action-packed life. Niece of Henry VIII, she was both aunt and mother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots. Her determination to promote her son, Darnley, as Mary's husband, along with her Catholic faith, made her vulnerable to Elizabeth I's wrath. It wasn't all politics with Margaret - just after the death of Anne Boleyn, she was imprisoned for an illicit relationship with Anne's uncle... ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide...
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, lived a dangerous, and action-packed life. Niece of Henry VIII, she was both aunt and mother-in-law of Mary...
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31,83 zł |
Thomas Wolsey: Henry VIII's Cardinal
ISBN: 9781911190042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Cardinal Wolsey was Henry VIII's chief minister for some fifteen years - during that period, he negotiated treaties, organised military campaigns, planned the great spectacle of the Field of Cloth of Gold, and managed Henry's business in Parliament. He also found time to found a school and a college. He was loved by the King, but hated by everyone else, so when he failed to gain the King's divorce, there was no-one to speak for him. This Tudor Times Insight covers all of the main aspects of Wolsey's rise and fall. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times is the place to go for a wide variety of...
Cardinal Wolsey was Henry VIII's chief minister for some fifteen years - during that period, he negotiated treaties, organised military campaigns, pla...
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24,50 zł |
Marie of Guise: Regent of Scotland
ISBN: 9781911190059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Marie of Guise was whisked from a quiet childhood in a convent to an arranged marriage with a French Prince du Sang at the instigation of Francois I. Widowed within three years, she was obliged to marry again, this time to the widowed James V of Scotland (her other choice being Henry VIII - whom she hastily refused ) Carried off to Scotland, leaving her three-year old son behind, she quickly became an important patron of arts and culture at the Scottish court. Widowed again, 31 year old Marie was left to fight a valiant battle to protect not only the inheritance, but also the life, of her...
Marie of Guise was whisked from a quiet childhood in a convent to an arranged marriage with a French Prince du Sang at the instigation of Francois I. ...
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24,50 zł |
James, Earl of Moray: Regent of Scotland
ISBN: 9781911190165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. James Stewart, Earl of Moray was an illegitimate son of James V. He played a pivotal role in the politics of Scotland between 1555 and his assassination in 1571, first as a supporter of his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, but later as her rival for power. Moray's career is controversial - definitely involved in the murder of Mary's secretary, Rizzio, was he also behind the plot to assassinate Darnley with a hidden plan to overthrow Mary? Or was he merely a dutiful servant of the Scottish state, who took on the role of Regent to try to bring stability to the nation? ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor...
James Stewart, Earl of Moray was an illegitimate son of James V. He played a pivotal role in the politics of Scotland between 1555 and his assassinati...
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29,55 zł |
Who's Who in Britain's Bloody Crown
ISBN: 9781911190134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Love Britain's Bloody Crown, Channel 5's series on the Wars of the Roses, but losing track of all of the individuals as they change sides, fall in battle, or are lynched? This Who's Who guide gives the key facts for all of the protagonists, and also indicates those who died in battle, or met a different untimely end. It also lists the names and dates of the battle, and whether it was a Lancastrian, Yorkist or Tudor victory. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of information about...
Love Britain's Bloody Crown, Channel 5's series on the Wars of the Roses, but losing track of all of the individuals as they change sides, fall in bat...
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25,49 zł |
James IV: King of Scots
ISBN: 9781911190028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. James IV was one of the most successful of all the Kings of Scotland. He expanded the reach of the Crown, began to build a navy, and increased the importance of Scotland in the eyes of Europe. He was also a man of wide-ranging intellectual tastes, who had a grand vision of what he wanted to achieve. Unfortunately, he was cut down in his prime at the bloody field of Flodden, killed by the army of his brother-in-law, Henry VIII of England. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are ebooks collating articles from our website www.tudortimes.co.uk which is a repository for a wide variety of...
James IV was one of the most successful of all the Kings of Scotland. He expanded the reach of the Crown, began to build a navy, and increased the imp...
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24,50 zł |
Jasper Tudor: Brother and Uncle of Kings
ISBN: 9781911190172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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28,46 zł |
Mary I: Queen of England
ISBN: 9781911190158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon, was the first woman crowned as sovereign in England. Her life veered between triumph and tragedy, as the doted on child became an outcast, deprived of her status and separated from her mother. She overcame opposition to claim her rightful inheritance, but memories of her short reign have been been largely negative. This account draws on the latest scholarship to show a queen who was far more than the religious fanatic she has been portrayed as. ABOUT THE SERIES: Tudor Times Insights are books and ebooks collating articles from our...
Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon, was the first woman crowned as sovereign in England. Her life veered between triumph and trage...
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26,18 zł |