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Mother Leakey and the Bishop | |||
| A Ghost Story | History | |||
| Peter Marshall | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2007 324 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199273715 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| On Halloween in 1636, sightings of the ghost of an old woman - 'Mother Leakey' - were reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead and a royal commission was sent to investigate. In December 1640, a disgraced Protestant bishop was hanged in Dublin for an 'unspeakable' crime. In this remarkable piece of historical detective work, Peter Marshall uncovers intriguing links between these seemingly unconnected events and presents a compelling story of dark family secrets and efforts to suppress them. | ||||
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The Panorama of the Renaissance | |||
| History | ||||
| Margaret Aston (Edited by) | ||||
| Thames & Hudson 1996 368 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0500017271 287x226mm | ||||
| Published Price £29.95 | Our Price £14.99 | |||
| Each generation reinterprets the Renaissance in its own way, but the tangible legacy of the period lives forever in the remarkable works of art and architecture to be found in cities and galleries across Europe. This authoritative guide reproduces more than 1000 pictures, organized in chapters on the major themes of the period, such as the rediscovery of antiquity, science, invention and discovery and the relationship of God and Man. The book also includes a biographical dictionary of prominent Renaissance figures, timelines and bibliographies. | ||||
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England on Edge | |||
| Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642 | History | |||
| David Cressy | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 446 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0199237638 | ||||
| Published Price £24.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| How can a peaceful, prosperous and apparently well-governed country, on the threshold of world power, spiral rapidly into bitter and bloody civil war? This engrossing and wide-ranging book examines not only the high-level fissures within church and state, but the role of the press and the grass-roots discontent that seethed beneath the surface of Stuart England, to understand the climate of resentment and fear that led to the fall of Charles I - and why it still matters today. | ||||
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