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A History Nut's Romantic State of Mind rated it

9 years ago

text Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

I despise this man. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to be in his court.

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Bettie's Books rated it

11 years ago

text Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

bookshelves: spring-2013, tudor, nonfiction, history, published-2000, biography, politics Read from March 02 to 05, 2013 David Starkey is a crassly stupid man in reality, an arrogant water-muddier who relishes poking sticks into hornets' nests:http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/201...http://www.d...

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Bettie's Books rated it

12 years ago

text Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne

David Starkey is a crassly stupid man in reality, an arrogant water-muddier who relishes poking sticks into hornets' nests:http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/may/10/starkey-comment-gang-sexually-exploiting-girlshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109273/David-Starkey-courts-controversy-clai...

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katiewilkins186 rated it

13 years ago

text Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII

This book was really everything I look for in a non-fiction book about history. It was so engagingly written that it could have been non-fiction, but sources were all cited and deviations from accepted wisdom among Henry VIII scholars were mentioned. The story was presented chronologically, with a f...

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

13 years ago

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David Starkey is the British version of Kayne West. No, no, he is. Both men are extremely talented but suffer from terminal foot in mouth disorder. Haven't you read Starkey's latest about the riots? Haven't your heard about Starkey calling some school child fat? You must have heard about West a...

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Edward rated it

14 years ago

text Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors

Picture CreditsGenealogyIntroduction: The Imperial Crown--Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the WindsorsIndex

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Edward rated it

14 years ago

text Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors

Picture CreditsGenealogyIntroduction: The Imperial Crown--Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the WindsorsIndex

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Tanzanite rated it

14 years ago

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Bettie's Books rated it

15 years ago

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workaday mp3Read By: David Starkey (uh-oh!)Copyright: 2006Audiobook Copyright: 2007Publisher: Clipper Audioblurb - 'Monarchy' charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the pre...

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Minor Characters rated it

15 years ago

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A very thorough examination of Elizabeth's formative years before gaining the throne that manages, for the most part, to avoid getting tangled up in all the titles and and descendants of various nobles. (No small task or easy feat. This has tripped up some other very good writers.) An intriguing ...

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