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A Life
The figure of William Wordsworth looms over the nineteenth century like a presiding genius. Sage, seer, and Poet Laureate, Wordsworth was revered by h...
A Life in Letters
Barker's selection of letters reveals the authentic voices of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, as well as their brother, Branwell, and father, Reverend Pat...
The Brontë story has been written many times but rarely as compellingly as by the Brontës themselves. In this selection of letters and autobiographi...
Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages
"First published hardback 1989"--T.p. verso....
Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family
A “brilliant” biography of the Brontë family, dispelling popular myths and revealing the true story of Emily, Anne, Charlotte, and their father (...
When Henry V and his ‘band of brothers’ defeated the assembled might of French chivalry on a rainy October day in 1415 it was a defining moment in...
The People, the King and the Great Revolt of 1381
The dramatic and shocking events of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 are to be the backdrop to Juliet Barker's latest book: a snapshot of what everyday li...
The Year of the Peasants' Revolt
Juliet Barker provides an account of the first great popular uprising in England and a fascinating study of medieval life in English towns and country...
Letters to his family, to Charles Lamb, Walter Scott, Sir Robert Peel and many others - Wordsworth was an indefatigable letter writer. In his and thei...
The King, the Campaign, the Battle
"In this landmark study of Agincourt, prize-winning author Juliet Barker draws upon a huge range of sources, published and unpublished, English and Fr...
Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history o...
The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450
For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the sword—an all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Years’ War ...
A survey of the tournament in England from its first emergence in the 12th century to the beginning of the 15th, when technical changes altered its ve...
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The English Kingdom of France, 1417-1450
The thirty years of English rule in France that followed the battle of Agincourt - by the acclaimed author of AGINCOURT: THE KING, THE CAMPAIGN, THE B...
Henry V and the Battle That Made England
From a master historian comes an astonishing chronicle of life in medieval Europe and the battle that altered the course of an empire. Although almost...
The Year of the Peasants’ Revolt
Henry V and the Battle that Made England
Waged almost six centuries ago, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates. It is the classic underdog story, and generations have wondered how the Engl...
William Wordsworth is usually remembered as the quintessential Victorian Poet Laureate: a dull, worthy, establishment figure, with impeccable middle c...
Continuing the story of Caring For Life
This is an inspiring story of what one church can achieve. 30 years ago, Caring For Life began as a local Christian response to the desperate needs of...
A Problem-solving Approach to Medicine and Surgery
Book which helps the undergraduate medical student to develop the process of clinical reasoning. It presents 62 important and relatively common medica...
Se você escolher apenas um livro de história este ano, que seja Agincourt. - Bernard CornwellA historiadora de Juliet Barker examina a espetacular b...
The Story of Caring for Life
Caring For Life is a charity that began in a Baptist church in Leeds. It provides vulnerable young adults with the stability needed to rebuild their b...