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Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We ...Show more
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power. But the reality, especially during her later years, was not so simple. In 1583 Elizabeth is fifty years old, past ...Show more
Fasten Your Seatbelt (Mind Boggling Machines) by John Guy
$10.00 NZD
$30.00 (66% off)
Category: Children | Series: Mind Boggling Machines
Discover mind-blowing stats and jaw-dropping facts about the swiftest, slickest and most amazing machines around. From the fastest cars and incredible planes to awesome superbikes and the biggest boats, it's time to fasten your seatbelt! With plenty of vibrant images and photos to help engage reluctant ...Show more
Great Explorers by John Guy
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children
Lose yourself in the travels and adventures of some of history's greatest explorers including Columbus, Magellan, Drake, and Cook. This book allows readers to discover how a desire for colonization, wealth and power led to the need for exploration, and how the voyages of these explorers have left a last ...Show more
Henry VIII by John Guy
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Monarchs
Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized by his own legend - and in the process destroyed and remade England. Said to be a 'pillager of the commonwealth', this most instantly recognizable of kings remains a figure of extreme contradictions: magni ...Show more
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the Marriage That Shook Europe by Julia John; Fox Guy
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending j ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots: Two Queens, One Future by John Guy
$26.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, ...Show more
The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
Behind the facade of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the most n ...Show more
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-year-old Story Retold by John Guy
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award John Guy, comes Thomas Becket, a lively and enlightening new book that brings a colossal figure of British history vividly to life. This is the man, not the legend...Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. ...Show more
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: a 900-year-old Story Retold by John Guy
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Behind the legend, there was a man. In 1120 the wife of a Norman draper's merchant gave birth to a baby boy in London's bustling Cheapside. Despite his sickly constitution, middle-class background and unremarkable abilities, he rose within the space of thirty-five years to become the most powerful man i ...Show more
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