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Alfred the Great by Horspool David
Category: Biography
The discovery earlier this year in Winchester of human remains, almost certainly of Alfred the Great or his eldest son, has sparked renewed interest in England's most celebrated monarch. King Alfred's historical achievements, saving his kingdom from invasion by marauding Vikings and attempting both to e ...Show more
Oliver Cromwell : England's Protector by David Horspool
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Oliver Cromwell (Penguin Monarchs) by David Horspool
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs Ser.
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback Although he styled himself 'His Highness', adopted the court ritual of his royal predecessors, and lived in the former royal palaces of Whitehall and Hampton Court, Oliver Cromwell was not a king ...Show more
Richard III: A Ruler and His Reputation by David Horspool
Category: History
Famously depicted as 'Crookback Dick', and as Shakespeare's 'bunch-back'd toad', the murderer of the Princes in the Tower and the warrior vanquished at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III is one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Now, with the discovery of Richard's bones under a car park in Le ...Show more
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