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Product Description: In a field in Nottingham in the summer of 1642, King Charles I watched his standard being raised in a high wind and driving rain. For six years thereafter, England was rent by civil war. Before it was over, some 200,000 lives were lost, many from plague in strife-torn towns - and the king himself was beheaded on January 30, 1649...read more

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9780736663564 | Abridged edition (Books on Tape, March 1, 2001), cover price $72.00 | About this edition: In a field in Nottingham in the summer of 1642, King Charles I watched his standard being raised in a high wind and driving rain.

Product Description: In George III: A Personal History, British historian Christopher Hibbert reassesses the royal monarch George III (1738–1820). Rather than reaffirm George III's reputation as “Mad King George,” Hibbert portrays him as not only a competent ruler during most of his reign, but also as a patron of the arts and sciences, as a man of wit and intelligence, indeed, as a man who “greatly enhanced the reputation of the British monarchy” until he was finally stricken by a rare hereditary disease...read more

Hardcover:

9780465027231 | Basic Books, March 1, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the eighteenth-century British monarch explores the life of the misunderstood and misrepresented king to offer a detailed and complex appraisal of George the man

Paperback:

9780465027248 | Basic Books, February 3, 2000, cover price $23.00

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788746758 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, March 1, 2001), cover price $94.00 | About this edition: In George III: A Personal History, British historian Christopher Hibbert reassesses the royal monarch George III (1738–1820).

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Product Description: This work features the recollections of Benjamin Harris who fought in the British Army's campaign against Napoleon in Spain and Portugal. Harris joined the army in 1802 and later joined the 95th Rifles, a regiment which became the elite of the Army through their expertise with the rifle, their alertness, discipline and regimental pride...read more

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9780900075643 | Windrush Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This work features the recollections of Benjamin Harris who fought in the British Army's campaign against Napoleon in Spain and Portugal.

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Product Description: The first title in a series of reprints of classic books about Great Battles- battles that were to prove a turning point in history for the nations, commanders and soldiers concerned (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780880290548 | Reissue edition (Dorset Pr, January 1, 1986), cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Few victories have been so complete, or achieved against such heavy odds, as that won by Henry V (1387-1422), king of England, against the army of the French sovereign Charles V1 (1368-1422) at the small French village of Agincourt on October 14, 1415.

Paperback:

9780900075292 | Windrush Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The first title in a series of reprints of classic books about Great Battles- battles that were to prove a turning point in history for the nations, commanders and soldiers concerned
9780815410539 | 1 edition (Cooper Square Pub, May 1, 2000), cover price $16.95

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9780900075896 | Windrush Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $16.95

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Product Description: The last year in the life of Bristish general James Wolfe.

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9780815410164 | Reprint edition (Cooper Square Pub, October 1, 1999), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The last year in the life of Bristish general James Wolfe.

Product Description: In this classic volume, Hibbert reveals his impressions of the appearance and social life of 21 of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their development. From Thebes to Sydney, Rome to Moscow, Hibbert focuses on the origins of these cities and the nature of the civilizations from which they emerged...read more

Hardcover:

9781555840174 | Grove Pr, June 1, 1986, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: In this classic volume, Hibbert reveals his impressions of the appearance and social life of 21 of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their development.

Paperback:

9781566490702, titled "Cities & Civilizations" | Welcome Rain, August 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In this classic volume, Hibbert reveals his impressions of the appearance and social life of 21 of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their development.
9781556704963 | Stewart Tabori & Chang, September 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In this classic volume, Hibbert reveals his impressions of the appearance and social life of 21 of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their development.

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Product Description: This account of the French Revolution is published to coincide with the bicentenary of the French Revolution and is written by the author of "The Dragon Wakes", "Africa Explored", "Rome: The Biography of a City" and "The Last of the Medicis".

Paperback:

9780688169787 | Avon A, July 1, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A narrative history of the cataclysmic events surrounding the French Revolution focuses on the events of significant days, from the storming of the Bastille to the bloody Terror and Napoleon's coup
9789990036350 | Harpercollins, July 1, 1999, cover price $0.02
9780688007461 | William Morrow & Co, November 1, 1981, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A narrative history of the cataclysmic events surrounding the French Revolution focuses on the events of significant days, from the storming of the Bastille to the bloody Terror and Napoleon's coup

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9781439502112 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This account of the French Revolution is published to coincide with the bicentenary of the French Revolution and is written by the author of "The Dragon Wakes", "Africa Explored", "Rome: The Biography of a City" and "The Last of the Medicis".

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An account of the fortunes and influences of the great Florentine banking family, covering over three hundred years of soldiers, art patrons, collectors, builders, popes, statesmen, and scholars

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9780688053390 | Avon A, June 1, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: An account of the fortunes and influences of the great Florentine banking family, covering over three hundred years of soldiers, art patrons, collectors, builders, popes, statesmen, and scholars

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9781417618637, titled "House Of Medici: Its Rise And Fall" | Turtleback Books, June 1, 1999, cover price $28.20 | About this edition: An account of the fortunes and influences of the great Florentine banking family, covering over three hundred years of soldiers, art patrons, collectors, builders, popes, statesmen, and scholars

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Looks at the private life of the great British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Hardcover:

9780201632323 | Perseus Books, September 1, 1997, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Looks at the private life of the great British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Paperback:

9780738201481 | Da Capo Pr, May 6, 1999, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Looks at the private life of the great British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

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Traces the life and career of the British naval hero, and discusses Nelson's personality, personal and political friendships, and love affair with Lady Hamilton (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780201624571 | Perseus Books, October 1, 1994, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of the British naval hero, and discusses Nelson's personality, personal and political friendships, and love affair with Lady Hamilton

Paperback:

9780201408003 | Da Capo Pr, June 9, 1996, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of the British naval hero, and discusses Nelson's personality, personal and political friendships, and love affair with Lady Hamilton

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A social history of Florence from Roman times to the present, which also serves as a comprehensive guide to its buildings and treasures

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9780393035636 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1, 1993, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A social history of Florence from Roman times to the present, which also serves as a comprehensive guide to its buildings and treasures

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Analyzes the events before, during, and after the English Civil War, including the ascension of Charles I, the Irish Rebellion of 1642, the rise of Oliver Cromwell, the beheading of Charles I, and the return of Charles II.

Hardcover:

9780684195575 | Scribner, May 1, 1993, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Analyzes the events before, during, and after the English Civil War, including the ascension of Charles I, the Irish Rebellion of 1642, the rise of Oliver Cromwell, the beheading of Charles I, and the return of Charles II

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Paperback:

9780714826523 | Reprint edition (Phaidon Inc Ltd, January 1, 1994), cover price $19.95

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Product Description: A genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator, Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled her public for centuries. The era that bears her name was the most exciting and dazzling in England's history. Witty, cruel, brave, and cantankerous, Elizabeth fascinated and exasperated her intimates, and when she died in 1603 at the age of seventy, she was at the height of her public popularity...read more

Hardcover:

9780201156263, titled "Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age" | Perseus Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Portrays the brillant Elizabeth I features profiles of her contemporaries from Henry VIII to Shakespeare to illuminate England's golden age

Paperback:

9780201608175 | Da Capo Pr, June 20, 1992, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Portrays the brillant Elizabeth I features profiles of her contemporaries from Henry VIII to Shakespeare to illuminate England's golden age
9789990056235 | Perseus Books Group, May 1, 1992, cover price $0.02

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780736659086 | Unabridged edition (Books on Tape, November 1, 2000), cover price $72.00 | About this edition: A genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator, Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled her public for centuries.

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Product Description: In introducing his reminiscences to the public in 1862, their author claimed that he had lived through the larger part of one of the most eventful centuries of England's history and to have known most of the remarkable men of his day...read more

Hardcover:

9781856260138 | Trafalgar Square, December 1, 1991, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: In introducing his reminiscences to the public in 1862, their author claimed that he had lived through the larger part of one of the most eventful centuries of England's history and to have known most of the remarkable men of his day.

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Brief entries identify people, events, institutions, streets, and buildings important in London's history

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9780312052133 | Reissue edition (St Martins Pr, January 1, 1991), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Brief entries identify people, events, institutions, streets, and buildings important in London's history

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Product Description: 1987

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9780140079715 | Penguin USA, July 1, 1989, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: 1987

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Part narrative, part social history, and part guide book, this account traces the rise of Venice, and its history through the ages to the present day

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9780393026764 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1989, cover price $45.00 | also contains Vacation Bible School, Vbs 2015 Shining Star Outdoor Banner: See the Jesus in Me! | About this edition: Part narrative, part social history, and part guide book, this account traces the rise of Venice, and its history through the ages to the present day

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Product Description: China and the West, 1793-1911

Paperback:

9780140066463 | Penguin USA, February 1, 1989, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: China and the West, 1793-1911

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A social history tracing the development of English society over a period of 900 years. This evocation of the past covers life in castles, palaces and monasteries, in the homes of rich merchants and in the hovels of peasants, describing in detail every aspect of medieval and modern life.

Hardcover:

9780393023718 | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1987, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Records the daily life of the English people from the Norman Conquest to the post-World War II period, in a narrative including vignettes on plagues, witchhunts, religion, nobleman, sports, and music

Paperback:

9780586084717, titled "The English: A Social History, 1066-1945" | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, October 20, 1988), cover price $23.15 | About this edition: A social history tracing the development of English society over a period of 900 years.

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