From one of our finest historians comes an outstanding exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised & updated. The monarchy is one of Britain's most revered institutions -- but also one of its most tumultuous. In Crown & Country, David Starkey charts its rollercoaster history from earliest times to the present; from the courtly love of the Middle Ages, through the turbulent reign of the Tudors, to the chaos of the Civil War. Starkey brings this tempestuous story up to date in this complete history, guiding us through the Abdication Crisis to the dissolution of the marriage of Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer. He draws upon rank & romance in light of the wedding of Kate Middleton & Prince William & brings to life a cast of colourful characters & some riveting stories. Crown & Country is both a brilliant overview of the monarchy & a vividly iconoclastic portrait of British culture, politics & nationhood. ...

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Good people, I am come hither to die, & by a law I am condemned to the same.

These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old

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The action-packed, heart-wrenching & fantastically addictive sequel to Sarah J. Maas's epic fantasy debut Throne of Glass.

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London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, embroiled in a costly war against King Philip of France, Sir John is dismayed to discover that the English court is a hotbed of greed, corruption & petty in-fighting. The murder of one of the palace clerks, stabbed in broad daylight & thrown into the River Thames, leads John to suspect that theres a conspiracy underway to overthrow King Richard. & with the visit of the dowager Queen Eleanor fast approaching, the new Coroner must risk his life to prove his suspicions are right, root out the traitors within & prevent a national catastrophe. ...

Covers the youth & marriage of Nakole Drake, adopted into the Drake clan, & the high born Mylayna Covington, who serves Queen Elizabeth at court. Nakole, a barrister, sees the only way of winning Mylayna as a wife is to be rich & so he goes on the pirating raids of Francis against Phillip II of Spain... ...

Broken promises, missed deadlines, poor behavior
- they don't just make others' lives miserable; they can sap up to 50 percent
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The " Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama & classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts & a mixure of boy & girl parts. " The Crucible" is a study of the events which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, & a parable for 1950s Mc Carthyism in the USA. ...

Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy & hermetics
- the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered. His colleague & good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, & what makes these books so dangerous? Crucible is a fantastic historical thriller that imagines deep-rooted deceptions & a secret whose revelation spells danger for anyone who comes close.
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Details: When convicted killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is executed in Virginia's electric chair, he becomes what should be
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