Nancy Horan

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Imagines the unconventional love affair of Scottish literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson and American divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, who after meeting in late-19th-century rural France take refuge from their respective unhappy lives and embark on two shared decades of international turbulence. By the author of Loving Frank.

Under the Wide and Starry Sky

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First Edition 
Interesting story about Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. 
Beautiful condition with minimal shelf wear. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

Ben Macintyre

Very light shelf wear on jacket. Blemishes few and far in-between. Pages in great shape. Crisp and clean. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incredible untold story of World War II's greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue--coming soon as a limited series on Epix!

"Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Ocean's 11 thrown in for good measure."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * "Rogue Heroes is a ripping good read."--Washington Post (10 Best Books of the Year)
 
Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young aristocrat whose aimlessness belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a World War II battlefield map and saw a protracted struggle, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite men, he could parachute behind Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. Defying his superiors' conventional wisdom, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself.
 
Bringing his keen eye for detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to the SAS archives to shine a light on a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy.

Rogue Heroes

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Tennessee

A comprehensive history of Britain chronicles battles waged by the British, both at home and abroad, details its role as a global power, and examines key events and personalities that shaped more than two centuries of history.

A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire, 1776-2000

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Pennsylvania

Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain

Spanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and not-so-great) Britons, courtesy of one of the world’s most engaging royal historians Beleaguered by scandal, betrayed by faithless spouses, bedeviled by ambitious children, the kings and queens of Great Britain have been many things, but they have never been dull. Some sacrificed everything for love, while others met a cruel fate at the edge of an axman’s blade. From the truth behind the supposed madness of King George to Queen Victoria’s surprisingly daring taste in sculpture, Behind the Palace Doors ventures beyond the rumors to tell the unvarnished history of Britain’s monarchs, highlighting the unique mix of tragedy, comedy, romance, heroism, and incompetence that has made the British throne a seat of such unparalleled fascination. Featuring: • stories covering every monarch, from randy Henry VIII to reserved Elizabeth II • historical myths debunked and surprising “Did you know . . . ?” anecdotes • four family trees spanning every royal house, from the Tudors to the Windsors

Behind the Palace Doors

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Ramie Targoff

Texas

How Women Wrote the Renaissance

This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of “a room of one’s own.” In an innovative and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespeare’s England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid-sixteenth century into the private lives of four women writers working at a time when women were legally the property of men. Some readers may have heard of Mary Sidney, accomplished poet and sister of the famous Sir Philip Sidney, but few will have heard of Aemilia Lanyer, the first woman in the seventeenth century to publish a book of original poetry, which offered a feminist take on the crucifixion, or Elizabeth Cary, who published the first original play by a woman, about the plight of the Jewish princess Mariam. Then there was Anne Clifford, a lifelong diarist who fought for decades against a patriarchy that tried to rob her of her land in one of England’s most infamous inheritance battles. These women had husbands and children to care for and little support for their art, yet against all odds they defined themselves as writers, finding rooms of their own where doors had been shut for centuries. Targoff flings those doors open, revealing the treasures left by these extraordinary women; in the process, she helps us see the Renaissance in a fresh light, creating a richer understanding of history and offering a much-needed female perspective on life in Shakespeare’s day.

Shakespeare's Sisters

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Lucille Recht Penner

New York

How the Revolutionary War Began

How the Revolutionary War Began

The American colonists were fed up with British law. They refused to buy English goods. They formed a militia of tradesmen and farmers ready to fight at a moment's notice. Most importantly, they joined together. All 13 colonies sent representatives to decide whether they should form a new country. That group wrote the Declaration of Independence, the document that summed up a revolution.

Liberty!

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Maryland

Simon SCHAMA

Mild wear to edges , pages are clean and intact

The first volume in this history of Britain tells the story of Britain from the time of the earliest settlements discovered in the Orkneys to the death of Queen Elizabeth the first.

History of Britain (vol 1) at The

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#hardcover #sallybedellsmith #princecharles #biography #britishhistory #monarchy #royalfamily #thecrown #royals #royalty

Virginia

This is an unprecedented in-depth look at Prince Charles: the real man, with all of his contradictions, complexities and ambitions. Beginning with his lonely childhood, and moving through his many love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, the tragedy of his marriage to Diana and his eventual reunion with his true love Camilla - this is a riveting, insightful portrait of a man who possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet who has spent his life in waiting for the ultimate role

Prince Charles

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Lucy Lethbridge

A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain

Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-century Britain is the social history of the last century through the eyes of those who served. From the butler, the footman, the maid and the cook of 1900 to the au pairs, cleaners and childminders who took their place seventy years later, a previously unheard class offers a fresh perspective on a dramatic century. Here, the voices of servants and domestic staff, largely ignored by history, are at last brought to life: their daily household routines, attitudes towards their employers, and to each other, throw into sharp and intimate relief the period of feverish social change through which they lived.Sweeping in its scope, extensively researched and brilliantly observed, Servants is an original and fascinating portrait of twentieth-century Britain; an authoritative history that will change and challenge the way we look at society.

Servants

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Geraldine McCaughrean

#paperback #british #britishhistory #movers #recordbreakers #history #soldiers #wars

20 Stories from British History

Movers, Shakers and Record Breakers

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Carolly Erickson

Louisiana

A tale inspired by the life of Mary Queen of Scots depicts her as a spirited young woman who fights to keep her throne, enters into a happy but scandal-marked third marriage, and is betrayed by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth. 75,000 first printing.

The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots

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#paperback #americanhistory #britishhistory #declarationofindependence #childrens #history #homeschool #landmarkbooks 

Massachusetts

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Sally Bedell Smith

In amazing condition. Slight damage around the bottom edge.

South Dakota

Richard Barber

Colorado

A Biography

This volume is a biography of King Henry II of England (1133-1189). The author offers both a study of his character, and an estimate of his work as a ruler. Considered one of the most effective of all England's monarchs, Henry's many innovations in civil and criminal procedure had a lasting effect upon English Law and his expansion of the royal court system made royal justice available throughout England. Henry's expansion of royal justice did, however, bring him into conflict with Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, who opposed the king's efforts to punish members of the clergy who had been convicted of crimes in ecclesiastical courts and removed from their clerical status.

Henry Plantagenet

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John Guy

The Forgotten Years

COSTA AWARD FINALIST ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding "A fresh, thrilling portrait... Guy's Elizabeth is deliciously human." -Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power. Elizabeth was crowned queen at twenty-five, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were behind her that she began to wield power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers, who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but to rule. In this magisterial biography, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. We see her confronting challenges at home and abroad: war against France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggers riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she is smitten by a much younger man, but can she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne? For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring handwritten letters and court documents to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has enabled him to reveal, for the first time, the woman behind the polished veneer: determined, prone to fits of jealous rage, wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone. At last we hear her in her own voice expressing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own. "Significant, forensic and myth-busting, John Guy inspires total confidence in a narrative which is at once pacey and rich in detail." -- Anna Whitelock, TLS "Most historians focus on the early decades, with Elizabeth's last years acting as a postscript to the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Guy argues that this period is crucial to understanding a more human side of the smart redhead." - The Economist, Book of the Year

Elizabeth

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Harold F. Hutchison

1284-1327

Explores the dramatic facts of the life of Edward II and gives a new understanding of this tragic figure.

Edward II

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Alison Weir

Offers a solution to the centuries-old mystery of the fate of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother, who were believed killed by their uncle, Richard III

The Princes in the Tower

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#hardcover #britain #england #history #britishhistory #1960s #1970s #politics 

This book is in good condition with no wear to the spine or binding. Pages are clean and unmarked though stained slightly around the edges ( see photos). Dust jacket has some tears near the top, as well as some fading and discoloration, particularly in the spine. Covers are in good shape. Printed in 1972, 773 pp.

Minnesota

The New Anatomy of Britain

Slightly tattered cover but inside is in good condition 

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