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  • ROAD TO CIVIL WAR, 1625-1642
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    ROAD TO CIVIL WAR, 1625-1642
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted. And this was despite growing Stuart absolutism, threats to Parliament and the accepted civil order and religious controversy. It is forensic study, full of fascinating and even unexpected details, principal actors come to life and readers will feel involved in an...

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  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE TUDOR PERIOD
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    ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE TUDOR PERIOD
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    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 Fletcher in the 1600s to Hilary Mantel et al, and involving internationally famous authors and actors. This is backdrop to the 'Royal Mysteries' which reflect aspects of enduring modern interest. These include royal family drama, sex, sc...

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  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE STUART AND GEORGIAN PERIODS
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    ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE STUART AND GEORGIAN PERIODS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    'There is nothing new under the sun', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of 'modern' themes exposing royal scandal, sex, corruption, political absolutism - attempted - religious controversy, danger of mass-terrorism, murder and 'suspicious' deaths, 'fake news' and international threat from superpowers. And all focusing on insi...

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  • A COMPENDIUM OF WORLD SOVEREIGNS: VOLUME III EARLY MODERN
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    A COMPENDIUM OF WORLD SOVEREIGNS: VOLUME III EARLY MODERN
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access ‘who’s who’ with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also l...

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  • A COMPENDIUM OF MEDIEVAL WORLD SOVEREIGNS
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    A COMPENDIUM OF MEDIEVAL WORLD SOVEREIGNS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access ‘who’s who’ with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also l...

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  • CROMWELL'S FAILED STATE AND THE MONARCHY
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    CROMWELL'S FAILED STATE AND THE MONARCHY
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    The history of Oliver Cromwell’s short-lived Commonwealth is a tale of regicide, dictatorship, internal conflict and war in seventeenth-century Britain. After defeating King Charles I in the English-British Civil Wars, Oliver Cromwell established the Commonwealth of England. Under this unique experiment in the governance of Britain, the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and I...

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  • A CHRONOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BRITISH HISTORY
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    A CHRONOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BRITISH HISTORY
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    A Chronology of Medieval British History 1307–1485 is a year-by-year guide to political, military, religious and cultural developments in the states within the British Isles from 1307-1485. The book uses a range of primary sources to provide a detailed and comprehensive narrative of events as they occurred. Throughout, the dating and accuracy of the records are identified, and ...

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  • A CHRONOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BRITISH HISTORY
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    A CHRONOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL BRITISH HISTORY
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    A Chronology of Medieval British History 1066–1307 covers events in British history, starting with the arrival of the new Norman ruling dynasty which ‘connected’ British politics, culture, religion and society more closely to mainland Europe, and ending with Edward I’s death and Robert Bruce’s revolt in 1307. The book is designed as a year-by-year guide to political, military, ...

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  • A CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL WESTERN EUROPE
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    A CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL WESTERN EUROPE
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    A Chronology of Early Medieval Western Europe uses a wide range of both primary and secondary sources to chart the history of Britain and Western Europe, with reference to the Celtic world, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and North America. Extending from the middle of the fifth century to the Norman Conquest in 1066, the book is divided into five chronologies that present the d...

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  • A CHRONOLOGY OF THE CRUSADES
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    A CHRONOLOGY OF THE CRUSADES
    TIMOTHY VENNING / PETER FRANKOPAN
    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 medieval period. Beginning in the run-up to the First Crusade in 1095, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and ending with the Turkish attack on Belgrade in 1456, this reference is a comprehensive guide to the events of each Crusad...

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  • THE FALL OF CROMWELL’S REPUBLIC AND THE RETURN OF THE KING
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    THE FALL OF CROMWELL’S REPUBLIC AND THE RETURN OF THE KING
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    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 period from the fall of the 'failed state' and Protectorate in 1657 to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and Charles II in 1660, examines the Restoration settlement in depth and a high point in Stuart pro-French and Catholic ...

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  • THE WAR OF THE ROSES
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    THE WAR OF THE ROSES
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    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 of York had not given battle in vain? How would a victory for Warwick the Kingmaker at the Battle of Barnet changed the course of the struggle for power? What if the Princes had escaped from the tower or the Stanleys had not betr...

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  • THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
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    THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Continuing his exploration of the alternative paths that British history might so easily have taken, Timothy Venning turns his attention to the Hundred Years War between England and France. Could the English have won in the long term, or, conversely, have been decisively defeated sooner? Among the many scenarios discussed are what would have happened if the Black Prince had not...

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  • NORMANS AND EARLY PLANTAGENETS
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    NORMANS AND EARLY PLANTAGENETS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to ...

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  • THE TUDORS
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    THE TUDORS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    A renowned historian examines some of the most crucial junctions of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Britain—and how they could have gone differently. Timothy Venning’s series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. As always, Venning...

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  • THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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    THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    With hindsight, the victory of Parliamentarian forces over the Royalists in the English Civil War may seem inevitable but this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. Timothy Venning explores many of the turning points and discusses how they might so easily have played out differently. What if, for example, Charles I had capitalized on his victory at Edgehill by attacking London...

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  • THE KING ARTHUR MYSTERIES
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    THE KING ARTHUR MYSTERIES
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the history of the Arthurian phenomenon - the imaginary and historical world of the great British warlord and one of the huge historical mysteries of early and medieval Britain. The Arthurian story, based on fact and fiction, is central to Britain's 'creation myth' and the concept of Britain's heroic past. This is a deeply researched and...

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