false 31112 1 0 55139 0316511579 9780316511575 64 <![CDATA[The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170448639m/55139.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170448639s/55139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55139.The_Year_1000_What_Life_Was_Like_at_the_Turn_of_the_First_Millennium 3.70 330 31112 3.78 815 168 1999 200628 031610910X 9780316109109 19 <![CDATA[Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More (Volume 1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630241m/200628.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630241s/200628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200628.Great_Tales_from_English_History_The_Truth_About_King_Arthur_Lady_Godiva_Richard_the_Lionheart_and_More 3.94 86 31112 3.78 815 168 2003 200629 031610924X 9780316109246 15 <![CDATA[Great Tales from English History (Book 2): Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton, and More]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630241m/200629.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630241s/200629.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200629.Great_Tales_from_English_History_Book_2_Joan_of_Arc_the_Princes_in_the_Tower_Bloody_Mary_Oliver_Cromwell_Sir_Isaac_Newton_and_More 3.90 69 31112 3.78 815 168 2004 2089503 0380617625 9780380617623 10 <![CDATA[The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'Ud]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2089503.The_Kingdom_Arabia_and_the_House_of_Sa_Ud 4.07 27 31112 3.78 815 168 1981 200630 0316114596 9780316114592 7 <![CDATA[Great Tales from English History (Volume 3): Captain Cook, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Edward the Abdicator, and More]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630242m/200630.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172630242s/200630.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200630.Great_Tales_from_English_History_Volume_3_Captain_Cook_Samuel_Johnson_Queen_Victoria_Charles_Darwin_Edward_the_Abdicator_and_More 4.00 27 31112 3.78 815 168 2006 849522 0743236696 9780743236690 4 <![CDATA[Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178892513m/849522.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178892513s/849522.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/849522.Monarch_The_Life_and_Reign_of_Elizabeth_II 3.80 25 For more than fifty years, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor -- who became Elizabeth II, Queen of England on February 6, 1952 -- has been loved and loathed, revered and feared, applauded and criticized by her people. Still she endures as a captivating figure in the world's most durable symbol of political authority: the British monarchy.

In Monarch, a meticulously detailed portrait of Elizabeth II as both a human being and an institution, bestselling author Robert Lacey brings the queen to life as never before: as baby "Lilibet" learning to wave to a crowd in the Royal Mews; as a child "ardently praying for a brother" so as to avoid her fate; as a young woman falling in love with and marrying her cousin Philip; and as the mother-in-law of the most complicated royal of all, Princess Diana.

Updated with new material to reflect the 2002 Golden Jubilee and the passing of the Queen Mum -- and featuring dozens of photographs, a family tree of the Hanoverian-Windsor-Mountbatten families, and a map that charts the location of royal castles -- Monarch is an engaging, critical, and celebratory account of Elizabeth's half-century reign that no reader of popular history should be without.

]]> 31112 3.78 815 168 2002 911361 0399138722 9780399138720 2 <![CDATA[Grace]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215738968m/911361.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215738968s/911361.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/911361.Grace 3.60 25 Ford: The Men and the Machine penetrates the storybook veneer around Kelly's life to reveal a surprisingly complex, conflicted woman. Lit Guild Main.]]> 31112 3.78 815 168 1994 1968396 0316067571 9780316067577 3 <![CDATA[Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191038770m/1968396.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191038770s/1968396.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1968396.Great_Tales_from_English_History_A_Treasury_of_True_Stories_about_the_Extraordinary_People_Knights_and_Knaves_Rebels_and_Heroes_Queens_and_Commoners_Who_Made_Britain_Great 4.47 19
From ancient times to the present day, the story of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion. In GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY, Robert Lacey recounts the remarkable episodes that shaped a nation as only a great storyteller can: by combining impeccable accuracy with the timeless drama that has made these tales live for centuries.

This new paperback edition is encyclopedic in scope, gathering together all of Robert Lacey's great tales previously published in three separate hardcover volumes.

The book comprises 154 delectable stories, each brimming with insight, humor, and fascinating detail. Bite-sized history at its best, GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY belongs on every Anglophile's bookshelf.

"An informative, trustworthy distillation, less a debunking than an entertaining, wryly lucid reconstruction of the facts. . . . The tales weave a narrative as finely thatched as an English cottage." -Tennessean

"Eminently readable, highly enjoyable. . . GREAT TALES should appeal to the reader who appreciates individuals and their personalities more than mere mass movements." -<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:place></st1:City> Post-Dispatch

"Beautifully written, full of things you didn't know, and well worth a read if you want a new view on stories you thought you'd already understood." -Living History


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