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Ballantine, 2017. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Color photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Ballantine hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first US edition, first printing. Color photo section. CONTENT: Many are familiar with the story of the much-married King Henry VIII of England and the celebrated reign of his daughter, Elizabeth I. But it is often forgotten that the life of the first Tudor queen, Elizabeth of York, Henry's mother and Elizabeth's grandmother, spanned one of England's most dramatic and perilous periods. Now New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir presents the first modern biography of this extraordinary woman, whose very existence united the realm and ensured the survival of the Plantagenet bloodline. Her birth was greeted with as much pomp and ceremony as that of a male heir. The first child of King Edward IV, Elizabeth enjoyed all the glittering trappings of royalty. But after the death of her father; the disappearance and… Read More

Clarendon Press, 1993. 1st Edition 7th printing. Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. No Illustrations. CONDITION: Very Good+ 1993 Clarendon Press trade paperback, first edition, 7th printing. PROBLEM: some underlining from page 1 through page 57 and then appears abandoned. No spine crease - outwardly appears perfect. CONTENT: This book takes a refreshing new approach to the study of the Reformation in England. Christopher Haigh's lively and readable study disproves any facile assumption that the triumph of Protestantism was inevitable, and goes beyond the surface of official political policy to explore the religious views and practices of ordinary English people. With the benefit of hindsight, other historians have traced the course of the Reformation as a series of events inescapably culminating in the creation of the English Protestant establishment. Haigh sets out to recreate the sixteenth century as a time of excitement and insecurity, with each new policy or ruler causing the reversal of… Read More

Schwartz & Wade Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W Chapter Decorations . CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" Small red remainder mark bottom edges at spine. UNREAD 2018 Schwartz & Wade hardcover (red boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W chapter decorations. CONTENT: Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens--each bound for divorce or death--in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each of these women attempts… Read More

Austin, Texas: CicadaSun, 2006. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. Larry Dowell color illustrations/some color photos. CONDITION: NEW 2006 CicadaSun hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket, first edition, assumed (you know what "they" say about that word) first. Decorated end pages. Lovely color illustrations by Larry Dowell. Some color photos - especially of Maid Martha. Clever history for kids. CONTENT: "No, Henry, no! You know I m innocent!" , pleads Catharine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, in this haunting tale recounted by the hilarious Maid Martha, live from the Middle Ages. Romanced by the powerful king, the teen-aged Catharine pledges her troth and makes an eternally grave mistake. This gorgeously illustrated book, the first of the Maid Martha Tells It All Series, speaks to history buffs of all ages. It brings to life, through lush illustrations and Maid Martha's dark humor, the beauty and horror of one of history's most haunting stories which ends in a rather ghostly… Read More

Henry Holt, 2020. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Henry Holt hardcover (blue boards, 2 lbs.) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first US edition, second printing. Deckle edges. CONTENT: This is a book in 6 parts with lots of information to keep the reader on track: Cast of Characters, Simplified Tudor Genealogical Chart, and an interesting Author's Note. Named a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian. With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. The story begins in May 1536: Anne… Read More