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By Alison Weir. 2010
More than four hundred years ago, seven people - five of them women - were beheaded in the Tower of…
London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to death? This book tells their stories: from the former friend betrayed by a man set on being king, to the young girl killed after just nine days on the throne. 2010. (2010 Quick Reads Series)By Carolly Erickson. 1991
By Adam Hochschild. 2011
Hochschild focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for…
their opposition to the war were Britain's leading investigative journalist, a future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and an editor who, behind bars, published a newspaper for his fellow inmates on toilet paper. These critics were sometimes intimately connected to their enemy hawks: one of Britain's most prominent women pacifist campaigners had a brother who was commander in chief on the Western Front. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern France and Belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the "war to end all wars." Can we ever avoid repeating history? 2011.By Michael L Hadley, Roger F Sarty. 1991
The authors chart the origins of the Canadian Navy from the late 1800's to the end of World War One.…
Known as "The Bum Boat Fleet", the 200 ships, fisheries cruisers and private yachts reflected both Canada's real need for a navy in the face of the German imperialist threat, and Britain's reluctance to send much help. Tin Pots and Pirate Ships reveals the Canadian tradition of building a fleet only when needed, dismantling it once the conflict is over, and ultimately accepting terms dictated by alliance partners. c1991.By Hope Cooke. 1980
The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one…
of the most appalling campaigns in the First World War. In this book, the author lets over 600 participants speak for themselves. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in the summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for King and Country. 1983.By Antony Bridge. 1978
Biography of the brilliant and beautiful actress and notorious courtesan, Theodora. She caught the eye of the future Emperor Justinian…
who ruled the Roman world from 527 to 565. Considered by many to be one of the most fascinating women in Western history, Bridge believes she held a central position in politics, was consulted on temporal and ecclesiastical affairs, and was in fact the power behind the throne. 1984, c1978.By Laure Boulay de La Meurthe, Linda Danneberg, Françoise Jaudel. 1984
Sampling of gossipy tidbits revealed about the royal households of England, Monaco, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and…
Liechtenstein. Includes the historical background of each family. 1984. Uniform title: Il est encore des rois.By Barbara Wertheim Tuchman. 1981
The intercept of the Zimmermann telegram was received in British Intelligence offices on January 17, 1917. With proposals of a…
German-backed Mexican invasion of the United States, this could be the fuse that launches America into the war. 1981.By Alison Plowden. 1981
Victoria's early years at Kensington Palace where she was brought up by her German mother in an atmosphere of family…
feuds, her succession to the throne at the age of 18 and marriage to Albert when she was twenty. 1981.By Ralph G Martin. 1973
A dramatic account of the famous couple, Wallis Warfield of Baltimore and King Edward VIII of England, before and after…
the king's abdication. The author reveals how their romance affected families, friends, adversaries, and lovers. 1974, c1973.By Peter Allen. 1983
It is well-known that the Duke of Windsor was a Nazi sympathizer, and met with Hitler and Goring in 1937.…
In this book, Allen looks at this meeting, but also includes the disclosure of a 1940 meeting in Lisbon between the Duke of Windsor and Hess. c1983. Uniform title: Crown and the swastikaThe story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today's tellings, a heroic founding…
moment for Canada. This noble, birth-of-a-nation narrative is regularly applied to the Great War in general. Yet this mythical tale is rather new. "Vimyism"--today's official story of glorious, martial patriotism--contrasts sharply with the complex ways in which veterans, artists, clerics, and even politicians who had supported the war interpreted its meaning over the decades. Was the Great War a futile imperial debacle? A proud, nation-building milestone? Explains both how and why peace and war remain contested terrain in ever-changing landscapes of Canadian memory. 2016.By Flora Fraser. 1996
By James L McWilliams, R. J Steel. 1978
This extract from the official report of the 46th Canadian infantry battalion (South Saskatchewan) after the battle of Passchendaele gives…
an indication of why the 46th called itself "The Suicide Battalion." 1978.By Alison Weir. 1991
A collective biography of the six women who were married to Henry VIII. Weir gives a flavour of life in…
Tudor England and tells of the ceaseless plotting in and around the royal court during a reign which was tempestuous and bloody, yet extraordinary in its tone and influence. 1991.By Christopher M Clark. 2012
Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing on the complex events and relationships…
that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. He traces the paths to war in a gripping narrative that examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914, and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Bestseller. 2013.By Lynn Dumenil. 2017
In tracing the rise of the modern idea of the American "new woman," Lynn Dumenil examines World War I's surprising…
impact on women and, in turn, women's impact on the war. Telling the stories of a diverse group of women, including African Americans, dissidents, pacifists, reformers, and industrial workers, Dumenil explores both the roadblocks and opportunities they faced. By using a gendered approach to the war, she offers a complex rendering of the ways in which the United States mobilized for the coming battle and how American women helped support the largest military endeavour in the nation's history. Arguing that in contrast to prevailing notions that military service defines citizenship, Dumenil shows how women activists staked their claim to loyal citizenship by framing women's war work as industrial workers, home-front volunteers, overseas nurses, and support personnel as "the second line of defense." 2017.By Michael Bloch. 1988
Using secret papers from the Duke of Windsor's archives, confided many years ago to his lawyers with a view to…
publication eventually, this book sets out to tell the whole story of his exile, his bitter relationship with his family and his passionate but unsuccessful efforts to return to England with the woman he loved. It sheds new light on the paradoxical role of royalty in the modern world. 1988.By Theo Aronson. 1993
This is a very readable account of the contribution made to the United Kingdom during World War II, not only…
by George VI and Queen Elizabeth, but also by the entire royal family. These contributions strengthened and popularized the monarchy. 1993.