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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World
by Puhak, Shelley
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- 2022
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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak
Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet -- in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport --… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780 - 1829](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/093/663/1604663093.0.m.jpg)
The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780 - 1829
by Fraser, Antonia
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- 2019
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The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780 - 1829 by Antonia Fraser
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In the summer of 1780, mob violence swept through London. Nearly one thousand people were killed, looting was widespread, and torch-bearing protestors marched on the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street.… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Edward VII: The Prince of Wales & the Women He Loved](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/995/609/1603609995.0.m.jpg)
Edward VII: The Prince of Wales & the Women He Loved
by Arnold, Catherine
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- 2017
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- 9781250069146
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Edward VII: The Prince of Wales & the Women He Loved by Catharine Arnold
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Edward Prince of Wales, better known as "Bertie," was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Charming and dissolute, he was a larger-than-life personality with king-size appetites. A lifelong womanizer, Bertie conducted his countless liaisons against the glittering… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/632/531/1603531632.0.m.jpg)
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
by Wilson-Lee, Kelcey
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- 2019
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- 9781643131948
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Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized -- and largely mythical -- notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/924/124/1603124924.0.m.jpg)
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
by Chang, Leah Redmond
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- 2023
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- 9780374294489
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Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
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Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
by Roberts, Andrew
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- 2021
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The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts
Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon -- a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathon Goff's preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/827/1601827904.0.m.jpg)
The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance
by Doubleday, Simon R.
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- 2015
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The Wise King: A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance by Simon R. Doubleday
"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was renowned by friends and enemies alike for… Read more about this item Item Price
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