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Henry VIII and His Six Wives ( Bookworms Level 2)
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives ( Bookworms Level 2)There were six of them - three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King's death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters - one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the wife of Henry VIII of England.

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April 4, 1968:Martin Luther King, Jr.s Death and How It Changed America(Audiobook)
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April 4, 1968:Martin Luther King, Jr.s Death and How It Changed America(Audiobook)April 4, 1968:Martin Luther King, Jr.s Death and How It Changed America(Audiobook)

On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier Kingthe prophet for racial and economic justice in Americaended his final speech with the words, I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.
 
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Mary Boleyn - The Mistress of Kings
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Mary Boleyn - The Mistress of KingsMary Boleyn - The Mistress of Kings

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 garbled gossip, romantic fiction, and the misconceptions repeated by historians. Now, in her latest book, New York Times bestselling author and noted British historian Alison Weir gives us the first ever full-scale, in-depth biography of Henry VIII’s famous mistress, in which Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds Mary Boleyn and uncovers the truth about one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age.


 
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Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State
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Medieval Law and the Foundations of the StateMedieval Law and the Foundations of the State

"The State" is the most powerful of political ideas but where does it come from? This broad-ranging new study traces the history of the word and the concept back to the systems of law and justice created by medieval kings and shows how legal institutions acquired political force.
 
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England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225
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England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men and women, with their views on the past, on sexuality, on animals, on death, the undead, and the occult. The result is a fascinating and comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest and ends in assimilation.
 
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