Søkt på: john guy
totalt 493 treff
Towards a Social Science of Language
This is a two-volume collection of original research papers designed to reflect the breadth and depth of the impact that William Labov has had on linguistic science. Four areas of …
Vivat Rex! – An Exhibition Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Accession of Henry VIII
The complicated personality and dramatic reign of England's King Henry VIII - visionary, tyrant, monarch, bully, defender of the faith, destroyer of monasteries, lover and …
Ragged Claws
Tudors
The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the …
Twenty Years Around The World
The fascinating travel book Twenty Years Around the World details the author's unique experiences as they traveled across continents, immersing themselves in various cultures, and …
The Blocko Tower
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
"A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne's triumph and tragedy." --Tina Brown, …
The Reign of Elizabeth I
This book is about the politics and political culture of the ‘last decade’ of the reign of Elizabeth I, in effect the years 1585 to 1603. It argues that this period was so …
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. A biography "as enthralling as a detective story," of the woman who reigned over sixteenth-century Scotland …
MY HEART IS MY OWN
A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today.
Hunting the Falcon
A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed …