George III: Majesty and Madness
By: Jeremy Black
3.85
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George II…
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1. Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
By: George MacDonald Fraser
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780006511250 Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, … read more
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"It's a great thing, prayer. Nobody answers, but at least it stops you from thinking."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down."-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"Now, look you here, Sekundar," says I, but he came up straight like a little bantam and cut me off. "Sir Alexander. if you please," says he icily, as though I’d never seen him with his breeches down,…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
"If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth …"-George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
2. George VI: The Dutiful King
By: Philip Ziegler
3.94
Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition
Written by Philip Ziegler, one of Britain's most celebrated biographers, George VI is part of the P… read more
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3. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
By: Ian Fleming
3.64
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more
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"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
4. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
5. Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress
By: Jane Ridley
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch… read more
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6. Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King
By: Richard Davenport-Hines
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their… read more
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7. The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
By: Christopher Hitchens
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Paperback
Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christop… read more
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8. William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution
By: Jonathan Keates
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the cour… read more
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9. The Romance of Tristan, The Tale of Tristan's Madness
By: Béroul , None
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Trist… read more
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10. Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
By: Charlotte Gordon
4.50
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
Romantic Outlawsis the first book to tell the story of the passionate and pioneering lives of Mary … read more
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11. Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England
By: Thomas Penn
4.00
Format: None pages,
It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy, violence, murders, coups and count… read more
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12. Charles I: An Abbreviated Life
By: Mark A. Kishlansky
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
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13. Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
By: Ian Fleming
3.80
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
‘For several minutes he stood speechless, his eyes dazzled by the terrible beauty of the greatest w… read more
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"Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."-Ian Fleming, Moonraker (James Bond, #3)
14. Doctor No (James Bond, #6)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages,
James Bond travels to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a secret service… read more
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15. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)
By: Richard Coles
3.32
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more
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16. Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.38
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of t… read more
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- biography
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"...if the Greeks joined together in the Panhellenic cause and attacked Persia to take land and wealth. Once conquered, Asian barbarians would work the field and tend the cattle as slaves or helot-lik…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
"The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
17. A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths
By: John Barton
4.09
Format: 613 pages, Hardcover
A uniquely ambitious study of the Bible's creation: how it came to be written, how its contents wer… read more
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18. Brothers York
By: Thomas Penn
4.24
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
In early 1461, a seventeen-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, an… read more
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19. Charles II: The Star King
By: Clare Jackson
3.65
Format: 130 pages, Hardcover
Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognizable British kings—both in his physica… read more
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20. Mary I: The Daughter of Time (Penguin Monarchs)
By: John Edwards
3.54
Format: 97 pages, Hardcover
Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short… read more
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- biography
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21. James II: The Last Catholic King (Penguin Monarchs)
By: David Womersley
3.59
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
The short, action-packed reign of James II (1685-88) is generally seen as one of the most catastrop… read more
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22. George I: The Lucky King
By: Timothy C.W. Blanning
3.78
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
Tim Blanning's incisive short biography examines George's life and career as a German prince, and a… read more
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23. Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity
By: Helen Castor
4.22
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The… read more
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24. Oliver Cromwell: England's Protector
By: David Horspool
3.63
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
Although he styled himself 'His Highness', adopted the court ritual of his royal predecessors, and … read more
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25. James I: The Phoenix King
By: Thomas Cogswell
3.78
Format: 109 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Cogswell's dramatic new biography brings James to life as a complex, learned, curious man an… read more
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"The preachers quickly learned that he could trade biblical quotations with them almost indefinitely. It was equally pointless to cite the standard Presbyterian authorities. James denounced John Calvi…"-Thomas Cogswell, James I: The Phoenix King
26. William IV: A King at Sea (Penguin Monarchs)
By: R.J.B. Knight
3.68
Format: 103 pages, Hardcover
William IV, 'the Sailor King', is best known for his naval career and for living for twenty years w… read more
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27. George V: The Unexpected King
By: David Cannadine
3.96
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost desp… read more
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28. Edward VIII: The Uncrowned King
By: Piers Brendon
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Edward VIII came to the throne in January 1936, provoked a constitutional crisis by his determinati… read more
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29. George IV: King in Waiting (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Stella Tillyard
3.71
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
George IV spent most of his life waiting to become king, first a pleasure-loving and rebellious Pri… read more
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30. George II: Not Just a British Monarch
By: Norman Davies
3.56
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover, came to Britain for the first … read more
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31. George III: Majesty and Madness
By: Jeremy Black
3.85
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George II… read more
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