Top 10 Most Famous Kings In History

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  • A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

    • ASIN: 1681771330
    • ISBN: 1681771330
    • Brand: Pegasus Books
    • Manufacturer: Pegasus Books

    The first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale. Edward I is familiar to millions as "Longshanks," conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (in "Braveheart"). Yet this story forms only the fin... [Read More]

  • The Kings & Queens of England

    • ASIN: 0297834878
    • ISBN: 0297834878
    • Manufacturer: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

    A beautifully illustrated companion to the Royal family throughout historySpanning ten dynasties of England's monarchs, The Kings and Queens of England presents portraits and potted biographies of England's monarchs. Spanning from the Normans through to the House of Windsor, this exquisite little book captures the personalities behind the crowns an... [Read More]

  • King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty (Witness to History)

    • ASIN: 0801896282
    • ISBN: 0801896282
    • Brand: Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
    • Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

    2010 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineKing Philip's War was the most devastating conflict between Europeans and Native Americans in the 1600s. In this incisive account, award-winning author Daniel R. Mandell puts the war into its rich historical context.The war erupted in July 1675, after years of growing tension between Plymouth and the ... [Read More]

  • Pet Sematary

    • ASIN: 0743412281
    • ISBN: 9780743412285
    • Manufacturer: Gallery Books

    Now a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz! Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller Pet Sematary, a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and beloved novels.When Dr. Louis C... [Read More]

  • The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America

    • ASIN: 1416586148
    • ISBN: 1416586148
    • Brand: Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    A VIVID AND FASCINATING LOOK AT AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST STORIED HIGHWAY, THE BOSTON POST ROAD During its evolution from Indian trails to modern interstates, the Boston Post Road, a system of over-land routes between New York City and Boston, has carried not just travelers and mail but the march of American histor... [Read More]

  • Kings and Queens of England and Scotland

    • UPC: 690472088936
    • ASIN: 0756688930
    • ISBN: 0756688930
    • Manufacturer: DK

    A compact visual guide to the royal heritage of Great Britain. From the first Saxon king to Charles, Prince of Wales, Kings & Queens of England & Scotland conveys the drama and history of Britain's royal lineage. Private lives, public perceptions, and pageants are all gloriously illustrated with portraits, family trees, and photographs of artifacts... [Read More]

  • 1776

    • ASIN: B000FCK5YE
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • The Kings and Queens of England

    • ASIN: 1847241417
    • ISBN: 1847241417
    • Brand: Brand: Quercus Books
    • Manufacturer: Quercus

    A richly illustrated history of the lives and reigns of the Kings and Queens of England. For each monarch there is a detailed timeline, and the narrative is further amplified by display quotations, feature boxes, and panels of key biographical facts.

  • I Served the King of England (New Directions Classic)

    • ASIN: 081121687X
    • ISBN: 081121687X
    • Brand: Brand: New Directions
    • Manufacturer: New Directions

    In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-World War II Prague, who rises to wealth only to lose everything with the onset of Communism, Bohumil Hrabal takes us on a tremendously funny and satirical trip through 20th-century Czechoslovakia. First published in 1971 in a typewritten edition, then... [Read More]

  • 'Salem's Lot

    • ASIN: 0307743675
    • ISBN: 0307743675
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work a... [Read More]

  • Don't Know Much About the Kings and Queens of England

    • ASIN: 0060286113
    • ISBN: 0060286113
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

  • King Stephen (The English Monarchs Series)

    • ASIN: 0300112238
    • ISBN: 0300112238
    • Manufacturer: Yale University Press

    This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135–1154), with its “nineteen long winters” of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping Stephen... [Read More]

  • King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

    • ASIN: 1681772620
    • ISBN: 1681772620
    • Manufacturer: Pegasus Books

    A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Marc Morris.  King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood―greedy, cowardly, despicable, and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Was he truly a monster, or a capable ruler cursed by bad luck? ... [Read More]

  • Kings of Leon Live At The O2 London,England [Blu-ray]

    • UPC: 886975855193
    • ASIN: B002RVDNFE
    • Brand: DVD
    • Manufacturer: Sony Legacy

    Nashville rockers Kings of Leon perform live over three consecutive nights at the O2 Arena in London in November 2009.

  • Aethelstan: The First King of England (The English Monarchs Series)

    • ASIN: 0300125356
    • ISBN: 0300125356
    • Manufacturer: Yale University Press

    The powerful and innovative King Æthelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements during those eventful fifteen years changed the course of English history. He won spectacular military victories (most notably at Brunanburh), forged unprecedented political connections across Europe, and succeeded in creating the first unified kingdom ... [Read More]

  • Selling England By The Pound (Original Recording Remastered)

    • ASIN: B0018AM2JI
    • Manufacturer: Rhino Atlantic

  • The Once and Future King

    • ASIN: 0441627404
    • ISBN: 0441627404
    • Brand: Ace
    • Manufacturer: Ace Books

    T. H. White’s masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance and magic that has enchanted readers for generations.   Once upon a time, a young boy called “Wart” was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn’... [Read More]

  • Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

    • ASIN: 1627790640
    • ISBN: 1627790640
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

    The Revolutionary War as never told before.The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation’s history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’s ... [Read More]

  • The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

    • ASIN: B008EKMBJG
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    The New York Times bestseller, from the author of Crusaders, that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire that stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. ... [Read More]

  • The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)

    • UPC: 731454392822
    • ASIN: B00004YTY2
    • Brand: Decca Broadway
    • Manufacturer: Verve

    It's the most successful musical of all time, the best-selling cast album ever-and now it sounds better than ever! The cast album of the original 1986 London production (with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman) has been remastered by none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber; this 2-CD set also includes a new 56-page companion booklet. The Phantom live... [Read More]

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