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A tale of triumph, tragedy and the tenacity of a nation....
The lives of the kings, queens, princes and princesses of Wales...
Continuing his exploration of the alternative paths that British history might so easily have taken, Timothy Venning turns his attention to the Hundre...
A major re-examination of an important period in British history...
This helpful reference offers a timeline of ancient Greeceโs political and military history. This chronological history begins with the necessarily ...
The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-acc...
With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foreg...
1307-1485
A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307-1485 is a year by year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments in the states w...
Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period, though he also strays ...
The Compendium of British Office Holders provides a comprehensive guide to holders of British Political, Administrative, Military and Ecclesiastical o...
A Chronology of the Crusades provides a day-by-day development of the Crusading movement, the Crusades and the states created by them through the medi...
1066โ1307
A Chronology of Medieval British History 1066โ1307 covers events in British history, starting with the arrival of the new Norman ruling dynasty whic...
A Chronology of Medieval British History 1066-1307 covers events in British history, starting with the arrival of the new Norman ruling dynasty which ...
Taking a similar approach to his successful If Rome Hadn't Fallen, Timothy Venning explores the various decision points in a fascinating period of Bri...
The Tudor period is familiar to British public in reading and viewing in books, TV series and film - the list is endless, from Shakespeare and Fletche...
There is nothing new under the sun', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of 'modern' themes exposin...
From Viking Warlords to Clan Chiefs
Explores the history of the Lordship of the Isles at its widest extent โ the rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland....
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Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I t...
Royal mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. The 'mysteries', unravelled and analysed, are of enduring fascination and full of trage...
An Alternative History of Britain
Timothy Venning's exploration of the alternative paths that British history might easily have taken moves on to the Wars of the Roses. What if Richard...
A renowned historian examines some of the most crucial junctions of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Britainโand how they could have gone differentl...
The history of Oliver Cromwellโs short-lived Commonwealth is a tale of regicide, dictatorship, internal conflict and war in seventeenth-century Brit...
How Power in England Was Won and Lost on the Welsh Frontier
Explores the history of the Marcher Lords through their turbulent history on the Welsh frontier from trusted nobles to individual powerhouses and even...
The Medieval Period
An in-depth look at the true crime tales surrounding the British royal family during the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. Royal murder mysteries never...
From Commonwealth to Stuart Monarchy, 1657โ1670
This book completes the series of studies of the 'British Revolution of the Three Kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland' and covers the ...
Arthur's Britain and Early Medieval World
An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the 'Arthurian' phenomenon - the imaginary and historical world of the great British warlord a...
The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern. The Early Modern volume begins with Eastern and W...
The Hundred Years War
An Alternative History, AD 375-641
An alternative history of success rather than decline and fall. The actual history is set out and the alternative history with Old Time Lines (OTL) fo...
The War of the Roses 1455-85
An Alternative History AD 651-950
This is not a success story but one of transition and ultimate fall. It is detailed, hugely researched, full of action, peronality, and a vivid narrat...
A history of the kings of Anglo-Saxon England....
From Commonwealth to Stuart Monarchy,... 1657-1670