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CATHERINE HOWARD: The Queen Whose Adulteries Made a Fool of Henry VIII (History Revealed (Amberley)) מאת Lacey Baldwin Smith A biography of Henry VIII of England's fifth wife, beheaded for playing Henry at his own game - adultery. At seven o'clock on the morning of 13th February 1542, Catherine Howard stepped out into the cold of the great courtyard of the Tower of London. Slowly she was escorted across the yard and caref...

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OWAIN GLYNDWR: The Story of the Last Prince of Wales מאת Terry Breverton In a recent poll to find the most significant figure of the last 1000 years, 100 world leaders voted Glyndwr in seventh place, above Churchill, Darwin, Gates, Mandela and Einstein.No one knows how or where he died, which adds to the aura of this undefeated Welshman.In his 13-year war against English...

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SHIP 16 - THE TRUE STORY OF THE GERMAN SURFACE RAIDER ATLANTIS מאת Ulrich Mohr The story of Nazi Germany's most successful commerce raider of World War Two, sinking over 160,000 tons of Allied shipping. Ship 16 sank twenty-two British and Allied ships during its 110,000 miles and 602 days continuously - at sea until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire. Her exploits in the Atlantic ...

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THE TUDORS מאת Richard Rex Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII succeeding to throne on 22nd April 1509. Dr. Richard Rex is an acknowledged expert on the Tudors. The Tudor period is regarded by many as England's golden age, and still casts a spell over the public imagination. Whether it's...

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THE ILLUSTRATED TRUTH ABOUT THE TITANIC מאת Archibald Gracie The first fully illustrated version of Archibald Gracie's memoir Titanic Survivor. In April 1912 the Titanic sank, taking 1500 people to their deaths in the freezing Atlantic. One survivor, the author Archibald Gracie, was one of the last to leave the doomed ship, aboard the last lifeboat to leave t...

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SINKING OF THE TITANIC מאת L. T. Myers Fully illustrated and comprehensive account of the ship's final days. In April 1912 the Titanic sank, taking 1500 people to their deaths in the freezing Atlantic. Illustrated with many rare images, the books tells the story of the Titanic's last few days, from accounts of the survivors on board RMS ...

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SS UNITED STATES: Speed Queen of the Seas מאת William H Miller SS United States is the story in words and pictures of this record breaking ocean liner. Built in 1952 for the United States Lines, the SS United States was the largest ocean liner to be built entirely in America. The entry of the SS United States marked the first time a US flagged ship held t...

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MONGOLS: From Genghis Khan To Tamerlane מאת W.B. Bartlett The first new history of the Mongol Empire for over twenty years. In the space of 200 hundred years, the Mongols built the greatest empire that the world had ever known and then lost it again. At its greatest extent, the lands they held dwarfed those under the control of Rome at its prime whilst the...

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THE IMPOSSIBLE BOURBONS מאת Oliver Thomson This traces the initially slow rise of the family from Bourbon in the Massif Central which as a result of tenacity, ambition and good marriages came to win the crowns first of France, then Spain and finally Naples and Sicily. It looks at the diverse characters who headed up the family at various tim...

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GREAT PLAGUE מאת Stephen Porter The bubonic plague epidemic which struck England in 1665-6 was responsible for the deaths of almost a third of London's population. Its sheer scale was overwhelming and it was well-recorded, featuring in the works of Pepys and Defoe and described in terrible detail in the contemporary Bills of Morta...

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SUBMARINE UPHOLDER מאת Sydney Hart The story of the most successful submarine to sail out of Malta, with 25 kills to its name. Submarine Upholder tells the story of His Majesty's Submarine Upholder, ordered just days after war started. She was to serve with the 10th Submarine Flotilla based out of Malta and carried, as commander Davi...