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Cromwell and the Interregnum: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History) Best Price: $28.31 This book brings together eight of the most influential recent articles on Oliver Cromwell and... | What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem Best Price: $79.76 Turner has searched out the documentary evidence of the life of servants in Britain. His book... | Reformation Europe: 1517-1559 (Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe) Best Price: $35.95 This is G.R. Elton's classic account of the Reformation, revealing the issues and preoccupations... | The Tupac Amaru and Catarista Rebellions: An Anthology of Sources Best Price: $14.94 Through a wide variety of primary sources -- including letters, eyewitness accounts, and... | BLENHEIM: Battle for Europe - How two men stopped the French Conquest of Europe (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Best Price: $4.31 The two greatest land battles of English/British arms are universally thought to be Waterloo and... |
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The Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister Best Price: $28.20 The author's style is so casual and "chatty" that the overall work lacks a feeling of... | Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime Best Price: $129.41 | The Last Alchemist: Count Cagliostro, Master of Magic in the Age of Reason Best Price: $6.89 I wasnt overly impressed with this book and thought it could have been simpler in the different... | The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy Best Price: $3.98 A good reference for model ship builders and the history enthusiast. Numerous photo's,... | Iowa Class Battleships: Their Design, Weapons and Equipment I found this book an excellent resource for info on the Iowa class of battleships. I was a... |
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Tales from the Hanging Court Best Price: $15.77 Tales from the Hanging Court draws on published accounts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834, a... | The Johnson County War Best Price: $17.93 THIS BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT ACCOUNTING OF THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT REALLY MAKE THE JOHNSON... | White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves Best Price: $2.90 The story of a million European slaves in north Africa, as recently as two centuries back, is... | Living the Enlightenment: Freemasonry and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Europe Best Price: $31.35 Ms. Jacob has done a wonderful job showing how the essentially non-mystic, scientific and... | Politics and Nation: England 1450 - 1660 (Blackwell Classic Histories of England) Best Price: $6.00 This political narrative of the rise and fall of the Tudor monarchy examines the relationship... |
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Women, Gender and Enlightenment Best Price: $34.11 Did women have an Enlightenment? Historians have long excluded women from the Enlightenment... | Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the World 1780-1830 (Studies In Modern History) Best Price: $40.60 IMPERIAL MERIDIAN is the most important synthetic contribution to the historiography of the... | Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul Best Price: $3.85 Flesh in the Age of Reason is wonderful. I mean, I cannot give this book enough credit. One can... | The Road to St Helena: Napoleon After Waterloo Best Price: $24.14 David Markham once again delivers outstanding scholarship in this work on the end of Napoleon's... | What's Wrong with Children's Rights Best Price: $13.51 "Americans have become convinced (wrongly) by the media that child abuse is a prevalent... |
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Atlantic Diasporas: Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500--1800 Best Price: $24.69 This wide-ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews played in... | The French Revolution (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900) Best Price: $45.95 The French Revolution has often been perceived as the dawn of the modern era, the divide between... | History's Memory: Writing Americas Past, 1880-1980 Best Price: $14.89 " Enthusiasts and critics both have looked to the political upheavals of the 1960s to... | Black Bart Roberts: The Greatest Pirate of Them All Best Price: $8.90 Black Bart Roberts: The Greatest Pirate of Them All is a great historical pirate book!! Black... | The Harlot's Handbook: Harris's List Best Price: $5.17 Harris?s List of Covent Garden Ladies was a bestseller of the 18th century with more than... |
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