King Charles II by Antonia Fraser
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Category: General History
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to `nothing bu ...Show more
Bad Girls and Wicked Women by Jan Stradling
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Category: General History
This historic survey of 22 of the most ruthless, ambitious women of all time will inspire readers at the same time as it shocks. These are sassy, brilliant, magnetic, cunning, and tough-as-nails women who defied the social mores of their eras. Each gripping story speaks for itself: from Queen Mary I who ...Show more
Absolute Power : How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World by Paul Collins
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Category: General History
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across ...Show more
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England: Antonia Fraser
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Category: General History
The Emergence of Greek DemocracyThe Character of Greek Politics, 800-400 BC by William George Forrest
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Category: General History
Prepared for the Worst - Selected Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
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Category: General History
'I suppose that, if this collection has a point, it is the desire of one individual to see the idea of confrontation kept alive' -- Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens is widely recognized as having been one of the liveliest and most influential of contemporary political analysts. Prepared for the ...Show more