Following on from Dissolution & Dark Fire Sovereign is the third title in C J Sansom's bestselling Shardlake series As dramatized on BBC Radio 4's 15 Minute Drama series Autumn 1541 King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York Already in the city are lawyer Matthew Shardlake & his assistant Jack Barak As well as assisting with legal work processing petitions to the King Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission for the Archbishop Cranmer
- to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in deeper mysteries connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself & when Shardlake & Barak stumble upon a cache of secret papers which could threaten the Tudor throne a chain of events unfolds that will lead to Shardlake facing the most terrifying fate of the age ' Sansom is a master storyteller' Guardian' So compulsive that until you reach its final page you'll have to be almost physically prised away from it' Sunday Times' Deeper stronger & subtler than The Name of the Rose' Independent on Sunday
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In coming to terms with the still smoldering financial crisis little attention has been paid to the flaws within our monetary system & how these flaws lie at the root of the crisis This book provides an introduction & critical assessment of the current monetary system It begins with an up to date account of the workings of today's system of state-backed bankmoney' illustrating the various forms & issuers of money & discussing money theory & fallacy past & present It also looks at related economic challenges such as inflation & deflation asset inflation & bubble building that lead to market instability & examines the ineffectual monetary policies & primary credit markets that are failing to reach some sort of self-limiting equilibrium In order to fix our financial system we first need to understand its limitations & the flaws in current monetary & regulatory policy & then correct them The concluding part of this book is dedicated to the latter advocating a move towards the sovereign monetary prerogatives of issuing the entire stock of official money & benefitting from the gain thereof (seigniorage) The author argues that these functions should be made the sole responsibility of independent & impartial central banks with full control over the stock of money (not the uses of money) on the basis of a legal mandate that would be more detailed than is the case today This

Includes:: a thorough separation of monetary & fiscal powers & of both from banking & wider financing functions This book provides a welcome addition to the banking literature guiding readers through the inner workings of our monetary & regulatory environments & proposing a new way forward that will better protect our economy from financial instability & crisis

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An epic fantasy in the tradition of Game of Thrones Sovereign is set in a world which once knew gods demons & magic & to which all three are returning New York Times bestseller Chris Roberson joins artist Paul Maybury to tell the story of masked undertakers facing the undead with swords of civil wars & cultures in collision & of ancient threats emerging from the ashes of history to menace the future Collects Sovereign 1-5 plus extras ...

Sovereign&s Chain — a strategic cutthroat card game — is so named due to the class cards played in front of players that form chains You can play cards onto your own chain or those of your opponents While most cards are played face up which activates their abilities some can be played face down to be activated later Class cards come in two suits — stars & planets — & to win you must have the highest difference in points between these two suits when someone&s chain reaches seven cards To add a wrinkle to the game a small deck of event cards is included with unique effects that change the game completely Players 2-4 Playing time 30 mins Ages 14 ...

These are dark days for England The Hood is dead The Sheriff has summoned an ally-one who leads an army sufficient to enter Sherwood & crush the resistance Then comes news that King Richard is the prisoner of a pagan ruler What began as a rebellion has become a war for the throne With hordes of demons & men at his disposal the Sheriff is poised to seize power A desperate mission is mounted to rescue Richard while those who remain behind must hold off the enemy Yet even if the true king returns an epic battle will erupt & the outcome cannot be foretold ...

Photographer Rebecca Litchfield captures many abandoned location&s which were either part of the Soviet Union or occupied satellite states during this period of history including forgotten towns factories prisons schools monuments hospitals theatres military complexes asylums & death camps across the former communist states These photographs deliver a compelling narrative of both moral bankruptcy & flawed ideology Featuring stunning imagery throughout this compelling road-trip through the old USSR breathes new life into these forgotten places finding both beauty & meaning in their post-apocalyptic decay Extended essays by Tristi Brownett Neill Cockwill & Professor Owen Evans offer considerable contextual depth to the locations imbuing them with a wealth of connection & wonder By virtue of its holistic approach the book also explores how & why these once thriving communities became abandoned whether by natural disaster man-made catastrophe or simply through the march of time ...

A model construction kit of the most powerful Soviet battle tank during the Second World War Rotating turret 122mm calibre gun One piece injection moulded tracks that can be shaped Decal set for two versions ...

Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War the posters in this book feature the work of groundbreaking Russian artists such as El Lissitzky & Alexander Rodchenko as well as extraordinary anonymous work Presented in full colour & printed on heavy paper in a large-format the posters gathered here represent the pinnacle of Russian avant-garde design from the 20th century They range in theme from the dangers of alcohol abuse & the creeping Nazi menace to illustrations of utopian harmony & the Soviet industrial machine A special feature of this book allows for the removal of the posters for display or framing A brief introduction offers a chronological overview of the period that produced such eloquent art which has long been a major source of inspiration to artists & designers alike ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Soviet Storm is a top rated show on the HISTORY Channel (H2 in the UK) Soviet Storm WWII In The East tells the incredible stories from the Second World War s biggest & bloodiest theatre of war Told from an unprecedented Russian perspective the 18 episodes explore some of the most devastating battles of World War II from the Red Armys catastrophic encirclement at Kiev in 1941 to the notorious Rzhev meat-grinder The series also looks at the dramatic recovery of the Soviet air force from its almost total destruction in the first days of the war the role of Baltic Sea Fleet submarines the brutal partisan war fought against a backdrop of Nazi genocide & the crucial role of Soviet secret intelligence Four out of five German soldiers killed in World War II died on the Eastern Front The Red Army suffered ten times as many dead as the Western Allies combined The total dead on all sides was more than 30 million most of them civilians Hitler & Stalin were prepared to accept losses on any scale in the pursuit of victory Across 18 episodes the biggest battles the key personalities & the decisive weapons of the war are examined in depth including legendary tanks like the T-34 & the Tiger & less well-known Soviet aircraft such as the Ilyushin 2 flying tank or the superb Lavochkin La-5 fighter From the German invasion of 22nd June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa ) through to the brutal fighting outside the gates of Moscow the savage street-fighting of Stalingrad & the long bloody road to Berlin this is an epic retelling of the world s most devastating conflict ...

The Soviet T-34 was the most produced tank of the Second World War & its revolutionary sloping armour became a major influence on future tank design With its combination of heavy firepower mobility & protection the T-34 gave the Red Army a war-winning weapon with which to break the German Army on the Eastern Front A mainstay of the Soviet armoured divisions it was widely exported after the war & in 2017 it remains in frontline service with many third world countries Author Mark Healy combines a detailed technical examination of the T-34 with its legendary combat history ...