Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history’s most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about Mary Boleyn has been fostered through…
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Alison Weir
Ballantine Books, October 2011
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The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive…
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Julia Fox
Ballantine Books, January 2012
ISBN: 9780345532312
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Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-FictionOne of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery…
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Stephen Greenblatt
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2011
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“The Inquisition is a dark mark in the history of the Catholic Church. But it was not the first inquisition nor the last, as Cullen Murphy shows in this far-ranging, informed, and (dare one say…
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Cullen Murphy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, January 2012
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An intriguing look inside the mind of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci stood on a bridge between medieval thought and the modern mind. In this selection of entries from his dozens of coded…
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Philosophical Library/Open Road, September 2010
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BONUS: This edition contains a The Tudors discussion guide.Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer provides a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty—and some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a…
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G.J. Meyer
Delacorte Press, February 2010
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Thomas Cromwell rose from very humble beginnings to become Henry VIII's chief minister, his right-hand man during the English Reformation. He wielded enormous power while he retained the king's…
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Andrew Pettegree
Yale University Press, June 2010
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The dilemma of how best to protect human rights is one of the most persistent problems facing the international community today. This unique and wide-ranging history of humanitarian intervention…
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Brendan Simms, D. J. B. Trim
Cambridge University Press, April 2011
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This is no Chronicle of Saints. Nor yet is it a History of Devils. It is a record of certain very human, strenuous men in a very human, strenuous age; a lustful, flamboyant age; an age red with blood…
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