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1	The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453 more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.04! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Richard III, England's black legend more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist A biography of the 15th-century English soldier and statesman who rose to power and reigned from 1452 to 1485. The only English king to be killed in battle since 1066, Richard III has loomed large as a figure of legend since Shakespeare wrote his famous portrayal of him for the stage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.04! \| first editions
3	Jerusalem's Traitor: Josephus, Masada, and the Fall of Judea more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist From a leading historian, the life and works of Josephus in first-century Jerusalem, during the war against Rome, the siege of Masada, and early Christianity see all copies from $8.66! new only from $8.91! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Eugenie: The Empress and Her Empire more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist From 1853 to 1870 Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her 'The only man in Paris'. In sharp contrast to Queen Victoria, who met and admired her, and whose power was controlled by a constitutional monarchy, ... see all copies from $4.17! new only from $8.79! \| SVS
5	Eleanor of Aquitaine Mother Qu more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	Napoleon and Hitler: A Comparative Biography more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist A study of the lives of two of history's greatest dictators, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, which examines the parallels between their roles and shows how Carl von Clausewitz's treatise ON WAR, an analysis of the Napoleonic campaigns, linked the two men. First published in 1992. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders more books like this by Deomond Seward, Desmond Seward add to wishlist The Templars, the Hospitallers, the Tuetonic Knights and the Knights of the Spanish and Portuguese orders were 'noblemen vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, living a monastic life in convents which were at the same time barracks, waging war on the enemies of the Cross'. These military religious orders emerged during the Crusades as ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $4.74!
8	First Bourbon more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
9	Napoleon and Hitler more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist Seward examines the striking parallels between Napoleon and Hitler and their roles in shaping the destiny of modern Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.45! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Henry V more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Eleanor of Aquitaine more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist In "King John", Shakespeare portrayed Eleanor of Aquitaine as a "canker'd grandam". Indeed she spent 15 years in prison for conspiring against her husband Henry II. She dominated her children's lives, turning them against their father, feuded with at least one of her daughters-in-law and contributed to the death of her grandson. Yet this powerful ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Marie Antoinette more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.45! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Wars of the Roses: 9 more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist The author tells the story of the Wars of the Roses through the lives of five historical figures: Willam Hastings, John de Vere, Margaret Beaufort, John Morton, and Jane Shore. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.72! \| first editions \| SVS
14	A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist During the fifteenth century, England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. The much admired historian Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous ... see all copies from $5.29! new only from $8.63! \| SVS
15 view cover	A Brief History of the Hundred Years War: the English in France, 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward add to wishlist For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldy kingdom, England was small and poor, but for the most part she dominated the war, sacking towns and castles and winning battles - including such glorious victories as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $11.18! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Burning of the Vanities: Savonarola and the Borgia Pope more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist 'The city will no longer be a place of flowers, but an abode of robbery, of evil doing, of bloodshed.' This is the dramatic story of Girolamo Savonarola, the visionary friar who terrified Renaissance Florence by his uncannily accurate prophesies of doom - especially of a new barbarian invasion from Charles VIII - and denounced Lorenzo the ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $24.72! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Wars of the Roses: 5through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist A distinguished historian chronicles a turbulent era in English history through the lives of five colorful figures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions
18	Napoleon's Ramily more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.78! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Eleanor of Aquitaine, the mother queen more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $63.33! \| first editions
20 view cover	Caravaggio: A Passionate Life more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist A portrait of the Baroque painter highlights the many contradictions of his life, contrasting his criminal record with his achievements as a painter of religious experience against the background of life in early seventeenth-century Italy. see all copies from $12.47! new only from $75.22! \| first editions
21	Prince of Renaissance : the life of François I more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
22	Monks & Wine more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $16.00! first editions
23	Prince of the Renaissance: The Life of Francois I more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	The dancing sun : journeys to the miracle shrines more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist This travel book tells how Desmond Seward, initially sceptical, made a seven-fold pilgrimage to European shrines where the sun has danced in recent years. It led him to Medjugorje in Herzegovina, Svata Hora in Bohemia, Czestechowa in Poland, Fatima in Portugal and Walsingham in England. Witnessed by millions, the Virgin has appeared at most of ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
25	Metternich: 2the First European more books like this by Desmond Seward add to wishlist see all copies from $3.35! first editions

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