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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Author: Alison Weir  
ISBN: 0802136834   /   Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press   /   1991-01-10
List Price: $16.95
The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir ... Read more
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Gandhi Churchill
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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Author: Arthur Herman  
ISBN: 0553804634   /   Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam   /   2008-04-29
List Price: $30.00
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The Children of Henry VIII
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The Children of Henry VIII
Author: Alison Weir  
ISBN: 0345407865   /   Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books   /   1997-07-08
List Price: $16.00
The royal family may have its problems these days, but as Alison Weir reminds us in this cohesive and impeccably researched book, the nobility of old England could be both loveless and ruthless. Weir, an expert in the period and author of a book on H ... Read more
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Endurance
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Author: Alfred Lansing  
ISBN: 078670621X   /   Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books   /   1999-03-18
List Price: $14.95
In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the int ... Read more
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The Life of Elizabeth I
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The Life of Elizabeth I
Author: Alison Weir  
ISBN: 0345425502   /   Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books   /   1999-10
List Price: $17.00
The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both with panache. She's especially good at evoking the physical texture of Tudor England: the elaborate royal gow ... Read more
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The Professor and the Madman
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
Author: Simon Winchester  
ISBN: 0060839783   /   Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial   /   2005-07-01
List Price: $13.95
When the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary put out a call during the late 19th century pleading for "men of letters" to provide help with their mammoth undertaking, hundreds of responses came forth. Some helpers, like Dr. W.C. Minor, pr ... Read more
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Gertrude Bell
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Author: Georgina Howell  
ISBN: 0374531358   /   Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux   /   2008-04-29
List Price: $15.00
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Too Close to the Sun
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Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
Author: Sara Wheeler  
ISBN: 1400060699   /   Hardcover
Publisher: Random House   /   2007-04-24
List Price: $27.95
Denys Finch Hatton was adored by women and idolized by men. A champion of Africa, legendary for his good looks, his charm, and his prowess as a soldier, lover, and hunter, Finch Hatton inspired Karen Blixen to write the unforgettable stories in Ou ... Read more
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Queen Isabella
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
Author: Alison Weir  
ISBN: 0345453204   /   Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books   /   2006-12-26
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Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that follo ... Read more
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Desert Queen
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Author: Janet Wallach  
ISBN: 1400096197   /   Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books   /   2005-07-12
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A biography of the woman who, indirectly, was the catalyst for many of the troubles in the Middle East, including the Gulf War. In 1918, Gertrude Bell drew the region's proposed boundaries on a piece of tracing paper. Her qualifications for doing so ... Read more
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