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    Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity

    Helen Castor

    Part of the Penguin Monarchs series- short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers - now in paperback

    In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image…

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    The Eagle and the Hart

    Helen Castor

    From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry…

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    Close Quarters: Introduced by Helen Castor

    William Golding

    Lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.

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    Blood and Roses: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century

    Helen Castor

    Revealing the tapestry of an age, this history of one family’s struggle during the War of the Roses is crafted from a rare trove of letters found in a tumbledown…

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    Blood and Roses

    Helen Castor

    A gripping family biography set against the turbulent background of the Wars of the Roses

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    She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

    Helen Castor

    In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands? This title offers the…

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    King, the Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster: Public Authority and Private Power, 1399-1461

    Helen Castor

    This study makes clear that tensions existed between the role of the king and that of his alter ego. It examines the complex relationship between the king, the crown and…

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    Joan of Arc

    Helen Castor

    In Joan of Arc: A History, Helen Castor tells this gripping story afresh: forwards, not backwards, setting this extraordinary girl within her extraordinary world where no one - not Joan…

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    Joan of Arc

    Helen Castor

    Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French army to victory, is burned at the stake for…

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    Joan of Arc: A History

    Helen Castor

    Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French army to victory, is burned at the stake for…

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    Joan of Arc: A History

    Fellow and Lecturer in History Helen Castor (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)

    Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber and Faber.

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    She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

    Fellow and Lecturer in History Helen Castor (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)

    In this compelling, eye-opening story of six women who exercised power against the odds–and one, Jane Grey, who never got the chance–acclaimed historian Castor explores the provocative subject of women…

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    The Eurasian Beaver Handbook: Ecology and Management of Castor fiber

    Roisin Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Gerhard Schwab,Duncan Halley,John Gurnell

    This book presents a detailed overview of the ecology and behaviour of the Eurasian beaver. It shows how to recognise the presence and activities of beavers. It provides tried and…

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    The Eurasian Beaver Handbook: Ecology and Management of Castor fiber

    Roisin Campbell-Palmer,Derek Gow,Gerhard Schwab,Duncan Halley,John Gurnell

    This book presents a detailed overview of the ecology and behaviour of the Eurasian beaver. It shows how to recognise the presence and activities of beavers. It provides tried and…

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    Political Society in Later Medieval England: A Festschrift for Christine Carpenter

    Essays on the connections between politics and society in the middle ages, showing their interdependence.

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