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Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great
List Price: $17.99 Our Price: $12.65 (As of Jun 16, 10:50 PM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com on orders over $25 (details)  Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Audio CD, Audio CD, Hardcover, Audio CD, Paperback, Print on Demand (Paperback), Hardcover, Audio CD 92 third-party copies available from: $2.67 (As of Jun 16, 10:50 PM) 
Other items of interest: • The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History • England: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories) • The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World • The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Revised and Updated • English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable  Product Description: A feast for history lovers--the whole colorful parade of English history brilliantly captured in a single volume. From ancient times to the present day, the story of This new paperback edition is encyclopedic in scope, gathering together all of Robert Lacey's great tales previously published in three separate hardcover volumes. The book comprises 154 delectable stories, each brimming with insight, humor, and fascinating detail. Bite-sized history at its best, GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY belongs on every Anglophile's bookshelf. "An informative, trustworthy distillation, less a debunking than an entertaining, wryly lucid reconstruction of the facts. . . . The tales weave a narrative as finely thatched as an English cottage." -Tennessean "Eminently readable, highly enjoyable. . . GREAT TALES should appeal to the reader who appreciates individuals and their personalities more than mere mass movements." - "Beautifully written, full of things you didn't know, and well worth a read if you want a new view on stories you thought you'd already understood." -Living History Product Details/Specifications: Authors: Robert Lacey Recording label: Back Bay Books Publishers: Back Bay Books Manufacturer: Back Bay Books EAN: 9780316067577 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0316067571 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 544 Publication date: 2007-11-12 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Data cached: Jun 16, 2013 10:50 PM (GMT -8 hours) |
