Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history.

'The fullest and most sophisticated account of the most charming and approachable of English kings' OBSERVER

Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she would inherit Elizabeth I's throne.Drawing on contemporary sources, Sarah Gristwood has painted a portrait of a woman in the turbulent years when the Tudor gave way to the Stuart dynasty.

A bestselling historian's account of the Gunpowder Plot - 'History as it should be written' - Roy Strong.

Narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. This book charts the reigns of six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of seventeenth-century Britons to the core.

Mary became Queen of Scotland only six days after her birth and by her 18th birthday she had been married, widowed, had lost one throne and been named by the Pope for another. Months later she set sail to take her place as queen of Scotland. This novel is a recreation of her life and times.

This book describes the ritual performance of childbirth, baptism, courtship, weddings, and funerals in England from circa 1500 to 1700, and reveals how these activities changed in response to the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration.

A dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by a leading historian.

The text of Milton's masterpiece has been freshly edited and is accompanied by a detailed introduction and expanded explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernised, the latter within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax. Relevant passages from the Bible and Milton's prose writings have been collected in the sources and backgrounds section. Classic interpretations are ...

The M3 and M5 family of light tanks were the culmination of American tank development of the 1930s. This title shows three different ways of building these popular tanks, covering construction, painting and weathering, as well as illustrating the vehicles in diorama settings.

A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, in which Mary, Queen of Scots, fights to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth's trusted accomplice, Bess of Hardwick

They call him The Devil but his kiss is Heaven!

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life.

Imprisoned in the Tower of London and abandoned by the embattled King, Samuel Pepys - Secretary of the Admiralty - sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and - ultimately - murder.

Reexamines the questions that have shadowed the legendary Confederate hero, General James Ewell Brown ( Jeb ) Stuart. This book offers an interpretation of his role at Gettysburg.

It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry Hal Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships beyond the line .

A magnificent new study of the political crisis that produced the overthrow of King Charles I, and came to engulf all three Stuart kingdoms - England, Scotland, and Ireland - in war during the 1640s.

The story of Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart fascinate historically interested readers. This double biography, which is both a psychological and political portrait of the queens, describes their lives, that are tragically intertwined.

Published 400 years after the Scottish King James VI took over the English throne from Elizabeth I in March 1603, this is a biography of a fascinating and misunderstood monarch.