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The War of the Roses
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 …
Normans and Early Plantagenets
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 …
Road to Civil War, 1625-1642
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 …
Fall of Cromwell's Republic and the Return of the King
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 …
The Tudors
Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at …
If Rome Hadn't Fallen
Explores how the survival of Rome might have altered world history from dealing with Viking raids to the discovery of America.This is a fascinating exploration of how the history …
The English Civil War
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 …
The Hundred Years War
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 …
The Anglo-Saxon Age
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 …
King Arthur Mysteries
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 …
Royal Mysteries of the Tudor Period
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 …
Royal Mysteries of the Stuart and Georgian Periods
'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 scandal, sex, …