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  • The House Of Medici

    Its Rise and Fall

    It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all.The House of ... Read more

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  • George IV

    The Rebel Who Would Be King

    "One of the most satisfying biographies of an English king: it is ample, convincing and well written"—from the acclaimed author of The House of Medici ( The Times Literary Supplement).Christopher Hibbert delivers a superbly detailed picture of the life and times of George IV including his exorbitant spending on his homes, his clothes, and his women; his patronage of the arts; his "illegal" ... Read more

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  • Corunna

    'Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,As his corse to the rampart we hurried.'—from 'The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna' by Charles WolfeOne of the best remembered poems in the English language has served to keep alive the memory of Sir John Moore and of his burial at Corunna on 17 January, 1809. The story of the battle which he fought on the previous day and of the short campaign and ... Read more

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  • The Borgias And Their Enemies

    1431-1519

    This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in—the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance—to life and is "simply unputdownable" (New York Times Book Review).The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Arnhem

    In this book, first published in Christopher Hibbert, one of Britain's foremost historians, tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944 on Dutch soil and made famous in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far.Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and ... Read more

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  • Edward VII

    The Last Victorian King

    A riveting biography that vividly captures the life and times of the last Victorian king.To his mother, Queen Victoria, he was "poor Bertie," to his wife he was "my dear little man," while the President of France called him "a great English king," and the German Kaiser condemned him as "an old peacock." King Edward VII was all these things and more, as Hibbert reveals in this captivating biography ... Read more

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  • Waterloo

    Wellington's Victory & Napoleon's Last Campaign

    A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, and the fateful clash of their armies in 1815 from "a remarkably good writer" ( The New York Times). It was the greatest of battles—the defining military engagement of the nineteenth century that forever ended one man's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule. This epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be remembered for the ... Read more

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  • Life in Victorian England

    Here, the eminent historian Christopher Hibbert explores life in Victorian England, a time when the British Empire was at its height, when the prosperous English basked in the Pax Britannica and thought their progress and stability would go on forever. ... Read more

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  • The Days of the French Revolution

    A "well-written, lucid, and vivid" recounting of the battles, beheadings, and other dramatic events that changed modern history ( The Washington Post).Works from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo to Citizens by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. The Days of the French Revolution brings to life the events that changed the future of Western civilization.As compelling as any ... Read more

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  • King Arthur

    The tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are among the best-known stories in the world, but they are often relegated to the realm of legend. However, Arthur was a man, not a myth. In this book, acclaimed historian Christopher Hibbert vividly brings to life the sixth-century British monarch and his extraordinary court. ... Read more

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  • Charles I

    A Life of Religion, War and Treason

    An intimate biography of the king who started the English Civil War—"An excellent account . . . balanced and perceptive in outlook . . . well-written and entertaining" ( Economist ).When Charles Stuart was a young child, it seemed unlikely that he would survive, let alone become ruler of England and Scotland. Once shy and retiring, he grew in stature and confidence under the guidance of the Duke ... Read more

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  • Arnhem

    Series series GREAT BATTLES
    The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Finely recorded...truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian' SUNDAY TIMESThis book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944.Nine thousand ... Read more

    $5.99 USD