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A Brief History of the English Reformation by Derek Wilson
Category: Reference | Series: Brief Histories
Religion, politics and fear: how England was transformed by the Tudors. The English Reformation was a unique turning point in English history. Derek Wilson retells the story of how the Tudor monarchs transformed English religion and why it still matters today. Recent scholarly research has undermined th ...Show more
All the King's Women : Love, sex and politics in the age of Charles II by Derek Wilson
Category: History
'An excellent prince, doubtless, had he been less addicted to women .. those wicked creatures took him from all application becoming so great a king.' John Evelyn The image of Charles II as a randy monarch who dragged the crown through the moral mire and irredeemable weakened ots position has persi ...Show more
Charlemagne by Derek A Wilson
Category: History
An absorbing biography of the great leader who was the bridge between ancient and modern Europe -- the first major study in more than twenty-five years.Charlemagne was an extraordinary figure: an ingenious military strategist, a wise but ruthless leader, a cunning politician, and a devout believer who e ...Show more
Charlemagne by Derek Wilson
Category: History
As Edward Gibbon wrote, 'Europe dates a new era from Charlemagne's restoration of the Western Empire'. He was the bridge between the ancient world and a world power block of Europe. This Frankish chieftain (born in 742), son of Pepin the Short, repeated the military exploits of Julius Caesar but poss ...Show more
Charlemagne : Barbarian & Emperor by Derek Wilson
Category: History
The greatest of medieval monarchs, Charles the Great (742-814) towers over every notion we have of national heroes and semi-mythical champions. His military conquests exceeded those of Julius Caesar. He had the sagacity and dedication to public service of a Marcus Aurelius. In ruthlessness, as in dedica ...Show more
Henry VIII: Reformer and Tyrant by Wilson Derek
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of Holbein, Henry Tudor stands proud as one of the most powerful figures in renaissance Europe. But is the portrait just a bluff? In his new book Derek Wilson explores the myths behind the ...Show more
Out of the Storm by Derek Wilson
Category: Biography Memoir
Martin Luther changed Europe and, through Europe, the world. It was he who finally exposed the myth of a unified Latin Christendom, which was only held together by crusades, heresy hunts, inquisition, and priestly magic. Though not the first radical thinker to challenge papal pretensions and the doctrin ...Show more
Stradbroke Island by Wilson, Sarah Derek Derek Jacqueline Jacqueline Ethel Milton Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jacqueline Jonathan A.N. T.R. A.N. D.L. P.G. A.N. Althea Angus A.N. A.N. A.N. A.N. A.N. Gahan Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth
Category: Maps | Series: National Parks S.
Superstition and Science, 1450-1750 - Mystics, Sceptics, Truth-Seekers and Charlatans by Derek Wilson
Category: Science
'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O what a world of profit and delight Of power, of honour and omnipotence Is promised to the studious artisan.' Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus Between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Europe ...Show more