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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...

    $383.99

  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE TUDOR PERIOD
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Uncover the secrets haunting the Medieval royal court in this page-turning delve into the Tudor's dark past. 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 '...

    $251.00

  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE STUART AND GEORGIAN PERIODS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Both interesting and disturbing, learn all about the alleged attempt to murder James I and VI before the became King of England, the plots at court involving 'poisoned tarts', to the marriage court scandal of George III. '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 ...

    $251.00

  • 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...

    $1,100.00

  • 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...

    $1,160.00

  • 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 ...

    $251.00

  • 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...

    $229.00

  • 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 ...

    $1,240.00

  • 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, ...

    $1,240.00

  • 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...

    $1,240.00

  • A CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT GREECE
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    This helpful reference offers a timeline of ancient Greece's political and military history.   This chronological history begins with the necessarily approximate course of events in Bronze and early Iron Age, as estimated by the most reliable scholarship and the legendary accounts of this period. From the Persian Wars onwards, a year-by-year chronology is constructed from the a...

    $251.00

  • 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...

    $1,280.00

  • THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Taking a similar approach to his successful If Rome Hadn't Fallen, Timothy Venning explores the various decision points in a fascinating period of British history and the alternative paths that it might have taken.Dr. Timothy Venning starts within an outline of the process by which much of Britain came to be settled by Germanic tribes after the end of Roman rule, as far as it c...

    $249.00

  • IF ROME HADN'T FALLEN
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    "Fascinating . . . if Rome had survived the in-fighting back at home in the fourth and fifth centuries, European and world history could be different today." —Dover Express This is an intriguing exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th cen...

    $149.00

  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS AND EARLY BRITAIN
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Royal mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. The 'mysteries', unravelled and analysed, are of enduring fascination and full of tragedy, suffering and pathos but also heroism and romance. The text is based on deep research in original sources including rare documents, archaeological and DNA evidence, latest historiography and academic research but is essentiall...

    $299.00

  • 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...

    $229.00

  • 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...

    $229.00

  • THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY, AD 375-641
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Explores the rise of two empires through division, conflict, and eventual reunification, blending historical events with vivid narratives. An alternative history of success rather than decline anf fall. The actual history is set out and the alternative history with Old Time Lines (OTL) for reference. It is a vivid narrative, deeply researched, full of events and people, great a...

    $319.99

  • THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN TRANSITION AND CRISIS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Explores the rise and fall of Roman emperors, their struggles, family politics, and global influence. 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 narrative of political struggle for imperial power as Roman Emperor. It is especially impresive on the role of women, the tangled pers...

    $255.99

  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE TUDOR PERIOD
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Uncover the secrets haunting the Medieval royal court in this page-turning delve into the Tudor's dark past. 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 '...

    $319.99

  • ROYAL MYSTERIES OF THE STUART AND GEORGIAN PERIODS
    TIMOTHY VENNING
    Both interesting and disturbing, learn all about the alleged attempt to murder James I and VI before the became King of England, the plots at court involving 'poisoned tarts', to the marriage court scandal of George III. '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 ...

    $319.99

  • 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 ...

    $383.99

  • 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...

    $169.00

  • 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...

    $200.00

  • 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...

    $179.00

  • 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 ...

    $169.00

  • 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...

    $229.00