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Product Description: England, 1154. As Henry II seizes the throne after years of turmoil, a new dynasty is poised to haul this hitherto turbulent nation out from the Dark Ages and transform it into the nation state we recognize today. Featuring some of England's greatest but also most notorious kings, the house of Plantagenet would reign for over 300 blood-soaked, yet foundational, years...read more

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9780857380043 | Gardners Books, September 1, 2011, cover price $41.80 | About this edition: Plantagenet is the name given to the English royal house descended from the union of Queen Matilda of England and her second husband Geoffrey of Anjou.

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9781782069416 | Quercus, July 26, 2016, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: England, 1154.

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Product Description: Now available in paperback, the story of one of the most influential, provocative, ambitious projects of its day—the translation of the Bible into English Beautifully presented and based on extensive scholarly research, this accessible volume traces the fascinating history of the Authorized Version of the King James Bible from its earliest predecessors through its remarkable influence on the church, literature, and wider society throughout the English speaking world...read more

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9780745955599 | Lion Pub, May 1, 2013, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Now available in paperback, the story of one of the most influential, provocative, ambitious projects of its day—the translation of the Bible into English Beautifully presented and based on extensive scholarly research, this accessible volume traces the fascinating history of the Authorized Version of the King James Bible from its earliest predecessors through its remarkable influence on the church, literature, and wider society throughout the English speaking world.

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Product Description: C. S. Lewis, who introduced Screwtape, a senior devil, to the world in 1942, knew that evil is powerful and personal. He understood that its main thrust was against God and the people of God.

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9781782640103 | Kregel Pubns, April 1, 2013, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: C.

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Product Description: By 1600, England became a radically different nation in which family, work, religion, and politics were radically altered. In this Brief History, Tudor historian and expert DerekWilson describes the dramatic changes that occurred to England, how the nation became Protestant, and why it still matters today...read more

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9780762446261 | Running Pr Book Pub, September 4, 2012, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: By 1600, England became a radically different nation in which family, work, religion, and politics were radically altered.

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Product Description: The story of Scottish international football including contemporary and historic images of legends, key events, and matches With individual diary entries for every day of the year, the book is full of heroes and villains, and tells the tales of the matches, characters, tournaments, and managers that have helped shape the story of Scottish international football...read more

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9781905411832 | Trafalgar Square, June 1, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The story of Scottish international football including contemporary and historic images of legends, key events, and matches With individual diary entries for every day of the year, the book is full of heroes and villains, and tells the tales of the matches, characters, tournaments, and managers that have helped shape the story of Scottish international football.

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9780747807803 | Shire Pubns, June 22, 2010, cover price $15.95

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Product Description: The first major biography of Martin Luther in English in many years, Luther: Out of the Storm responds to recent Reformation scholarship to assess Luther's impact on his own and later ages. This warts-and-all account provides a vivid picture of a complex and driven man--courageous, stubborn, rambunctious, vulgar, erudite, and opinionated...read more

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9780800697181 | 1 edition (Fortress Pr, February 1, 2010), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The first major biography of Martin Luther in English in many years, Luther: Out of the Storm responds to recent Reformation scholarship to assess Luther's impact on his own and later ages.

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Product Description: There has never been a more remarkable national leader in modern history than Peter the Great (1672–1725). He was a giant in every way. In physical stature, willpower, enthusiasm, energy, libertinism, and refusal to accept old conventions, he stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries...read more

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9780312550998 | St Martins Pr, January 5, 2010, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: There has never been a more remarkable national leader in modern history than Peter the Great (1672–1725).

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Product Description: Motherwell FC Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories, and anecdotes all relating to the history of Motherwell FC. From memorable matches and favorite sons, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more—and is fully endorsed by the club...read more

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9781905411443 | Pitch Pub, September 1, 2009, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Motherwell FC Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories, and anecdotes all relating to the history of Motherwell FC.

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Product Description: King Henry VIII remains one of the most controversial figures in our history. Wilson draws together all the most recent discoveries and looks afresh at the fascinating life and times of the Tudor monarch, particularly, looking at the King's childhood which is too often dismissed, and the influences of his father and grandfather...read more

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9780762436231 | Running Pr Book Pub, March 9, 2009, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: King Henry VIII remains one of the most controversial figures in our history.

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Product Description: Art world mysteries featuring Tim Lacy, security expert.

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9781904959335 | Paul Mould Pub, July 1, 2008, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Art world mysteries featuring Tim Lacy, security expert.

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Product Description: Crime featuring Tim Lacy, a security expert confronting crime and fraud in the international art world.

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9781904959359 | Paul Mould Pub, July 1, 2008, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Crime featuring Tim Lacy, a security expert confronting crime and fraud in the international art world.

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A definitive portrait of the renegade monk whose activities helped ignite the Protestant Reformation and transformed the face of Europe provides a revealing study of the complex life, motivations, convictions, and religious, social, and cultural legacy of Martin Luther for both his own time and later eras. 15,000 first printing.

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9780312375881 | St Martins Pr, January 8, 2008, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A definitive portrait of the renegade monk whose activities helped ignite the Protestant Reformation and transformed the face of Europe provides a revealing study of the complex life, motivations, convictions, and religious, social, and cultural legacy of Martin Luther for both his own time and later eras.

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Documents the story of Queen Elizabeth I's master spy against a backdrop of the repression and upheaval that marked her reign, citing his role in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, his coordination of a feared pan-European spy network, and his death in penury after the Spanish Armada.

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9780786720873 | Basic Books, September 13, 2007, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: Documents the story of Queen Elizabeth I's master spy against a backdrop of the repression and upheaval that marked her reign, citing his role in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, his coordination of a feared pan-European spy network, and his death in penury after the Spanish Armada.

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An insightful, multidimensional portrait of the powerful Holy Roman Emperor describes how Charlemagne served as a bridge between the ancient world and modern Europe by uniting the nations of Europe to bring the continent out of the Dark Ages, detailing his life, character, and military and political accomplishments. Reprint.

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9780385516709 | Doubleday, June 6, 2006, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the powerful Holy Roman Emperor describes how Charlemagne served as a bridge between the ancient world and modern Europe, detailing his life, character, and military and political accomplishments.

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9780307274809 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, June 12, 2007), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: An insightful, multidimensional portrait of the powerful Holy Roman Emperor describes how Charlemagne served as a bridge between the ancient world and modern Europe by uniting the nations of Europe to bring the continent out of the Dark Ages, detailing his life, character, and military and political accomplishments.

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Product Description: When the Dresden Text - a treasured fragment of medieval illuminated manuscript - is stolen from a prestigious New York gallery, its loss hits Tim Lacy hard. For his firm, Lacy Security, was responsible for the safety of the exhibits but - more devastating - a colleague and friend was killed during the break-in...read more

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9781586900502 | Paul Mould Pub, November 30, 2006, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: When the Dresden Text - a treasured fragment of medieval illuminated manuscript - is stolen from a prestigious New York gallery, its loss hits Tim Lacy hard.
9780747244271 | Headline Book Pub Ltd, February 1, 1995, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: When the Dresden Text - a treasured fragment of medieval illuminated manuscript - is stolen from a prestigious New York gallery, its loss hits Tim Lacy hard.

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Product Description: Aspiring artist Venetia Cranville has just inherited a historic mansion in Wiltshire. Before long she has also acquired a brutally murdered corpse in the attic. Panic-stricken, she rushes for help to her erstwhile lover Tim Lacy, an ex-SAS officer who now runs his own successful international security firm...read more

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9781586900519 | Paul Mould Pub, November 30, 2006, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Aspiring artist Venetia Cranville has just inherited a historic mansion in Wiltshire.

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Product Description: Lanner Castle is a forbidding granite conglomeration of pseudo-Gothic towers and crenellations on an island in tiny Loch Huich. The locals know little about its present owner, the reclusive Mr Robertson, except that he is wealthy, writes antiquarian books and owns the most comprehensive accumulation of torture instruments in private hands...read more

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9781586900526 | Paul Mould Pub, October 30, 2006, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Lanner Castle is a forbidding granite conglomeration of pseudo-Gothic towers and crenellations on an island in tiny Loch Huich.

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9781586900533 | Paul Mould Pub, October 30, 2006, cover price $24.00

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Talks about Charles the Great (742-814), one of the most remarkable figures in European history. Charlemagne was a phenomenon and phenomena do not die. Several European leaders, from Frederick Barbarossa and Charles V to Louis XIV, Napoleon I and Hitler, took Charlemagne as their model.

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9780712602174 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 3, 2006), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Talks about Charles the Great (742-814), one of the most remarkable figures in European history.

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