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1) Six wives: the queens of Henry VIII

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No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. David Starkey argues that the king was not a depraved philanderer but someone seeking happiness-and a son. Knowingly or not, he elevated a group of women to extraordinary heights and changed the way a nation was governed.

2) Elizabeth: the struggle for the throne

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Starkey, David

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[2001]

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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This biography, by concentrating on the formative early years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. In growing up, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and every...

3) Monarchy: the complete series

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David Starkey examines the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the 1660s. Starkey covers nearly 250 years, from Charles II to Victoria. Replete with infidelities, betrayals, and rivalries, English history emerges as a compelling family saga.

4) The Churchills

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Sington, David

Pub. Date

2017

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Popular historian David Starkey tells the story of the two greatest war leaders in British history, both of whom were called Churchill. Everyone knows Winston Churchill led Britain and her Allies in their struggle against Hitler; less well known is John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, who led Britain and her Allies against an earlier would-be dictator of Europe, the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. John Churchill was Winston's ancestor, but he was more...

5) The wives of Henry VIII

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2001

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Re-enacted at actual Tudor locations, the series reveals how Henry's six wives played out their parts in his desperate race for an heir and the surprising ways in which they changed history.