Category Archives: BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY: C 1500 TO C 1700

Author : The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald FraserPublished by : HarperCollins PublishersISBN Number : 2727463Price : £8.70Humanities, Arts & Music > History

The second book in the “Flagship History” series, this text provides a one-book course for Tudor England. The text covers the course both thematically and analytically, with strong emphasis on factual knowledge and opportunties to study change and continuity.Author : … Continue reading →

A history of Scotland.Author : A History of the Scottish People, 1560-1830 by T.C. SmoutPublished by : HarperCollins PublishersISBN Number : 6860273Price : £8.70Humanities, Arts & Music > History

Talks about the history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne. This book focuses on the period of raised hopes and dashed expectations, between Christmas 1602 … Continue reading →

A comprehensive text on Elizabethan and Stuart history specially written to meet the needs of AS and A2 specifications. The volume covers at least half the full A-level course and should prove accessible in terms of both text and layout.Author … Continue reading →

Presenting a history of the English Civil War, this work talks about the people who fought in it, died in it, and in doing so changed the history of the world forever. It illustrates the critical contribution of this extraordinary … Continue reading →

Tells the story of Elizabeth’s ‘other’ England, a country at war with an unseen enemy, a country peopled – according to popular pamphlets and Government proclamations – with potential traitors, fifth-columnists, and assassins. Finally, this novel features the story of … Continue reading →

An accessible biography for A-level history students that concentrates on the issues which come up regularly in the AS and A2 exams. Topics include: why historians differ; whether religion was Cromwell’s main motivation; and why he is seen as both … Continue reading →

The remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England, as told by the best-selling author of ‘Elizabeth and Mary”.Author : Read My Heart by Jane DunnPublished by : HarperCollins … Continue reading →

The dramatic untold story of the Grey sisters, heirs to the Tudor throne.Author : The Sisters Who Would be Queen by Leanda de LislePublished by : HarperCollins PublishersISBN Number : 7219059Price : £16.75Humanities, Arts & Music > History