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Ian WorthingtonPublication Details
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Philip II Of Macedonia
The Grand Turk : Sultan Mehmet II, Conqueror Of Constantinople And Master Of An Empire
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John FreelyPublication Details
Book1st edOverlook Press2009Availability
Ancient Greek Civilization
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The Teaching CompanyPublication Details
VideoTeaching Company1998Description
The Ancestors of Us All Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, our aesthetic sensibilities and ideals of athletic competition, and more. A native Australian, Professor McInerney is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has excavated Greek sites in Israel, at Corinth, and on Crete. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MEDIA: OVERSIZE VIDEO DF77 .A53 1998 AVAILABLE
Grave Goods
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Ariana FranklinPublication Details
BookG.P. Putnam’s Sons2009Description
Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, New York Times?bestselling author Ariana Franklin returns with the third title in the Mistress of the Art of Death series. So Adelia and her household ride to Glastonbury, where the investigation into the abbey fire will be overseen by the Church authorities?in this case, the Bishop of St. Albans, who happens also to be the father of Adelia?s daughter. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) PR6064.O73 G73 2009 AVAILABLE
The Serpent’s Tale
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Ariana FranklinPublication Details
BookG. P. Putnam’s Sons2008Links
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Ariana Franklin combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of historical fiction in the enthralling second novel in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, featuring medieval heroine Adelia Aguilar. Adelia, Rowley, and the other members of her small party are taken captive by Eleanor’s henchmen and held in the nunnery of Godstow, where Eleanor is holed up for the winter with her band of mercenaries, awaiting the right moment to launch their rebellion. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR6064.O73 S47 2008 AVAILABLE
Mistress Of The Art Of Death
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Ariana FranklinPublication Details
BookG.P. Putnam’s Sons2007Links
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Hoping scientific investigation will exonerate the Jews, Henry calls on his cousin the King of Sicily-whose subjects include the best medical experts in Europe-and asks for his finest “master of the art of death,” an early version of the medical examiner. Adelia and her companions-Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor-travel to England to unravel the mystery of the Cambridge murders, which turn out to be the work of a serial killer, most likely one who has been on Crusade with the king. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR6064.O73 M57 2007 DUE 12-13-09
Forge Of Empires, 1861-1871 : Three Revolutionary Statesmen And The World They Made
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Michael Knox BeranPublication Details
Book1st Free Press hardcover edFree Press2007Links
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In the space of a single decade, three leaders liberated tens of millions of souls, remade their own vast countries, and altered forever the forms of national power: Abraham Lincoln freed a subjugated race and transformed the American Republic. The three statesmen forged the empires that would dominate the twentieth century through two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Michael Knox Beran’s Forge of Empires brilliantly entwines the stories of the three epochal transformations and their fateful legacies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E457 .B44 2007 AVAILABLE
The Memoirs Of Helene Kottanner (1439-1440)
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translated from the German with introduction, interpretative essay and notes [by] Maya Bijvoet WilliamsonPublication Details
BookD.S. Brewer1998Description
This is her first-person account of the part she played in the theft of the holy crown of St Stephen from the treasury of the royal stronghold Visegrad on 20 February, 1440, when the crown was smuggled out of the stronghold hidden in a pillow. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DD172 .K6713 1998 AVAILABLE
With The Heart Of A King : Elizabeth I Of England, Philip II Of Spain, And The Fight For A Nation’s Soul And Crown
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Benton Rain PattersonPublication Details
Book1st edSt. Martins Press2007Links
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Philip II of Spain, the most powerful monarch in sixteenth-century Europe and a ferocious empire-builder, was matched against the dauntless queen of England, Elizabeth I, determined to defend her country and thwart Philip’s ambitions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DA355 .P38 2007 AVAILABLE
Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005
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BBC ; produced by Helen BulloughPublication Details
VideoBBC Video2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) BX1378.5 .P65765 2005 AVAILABLE
The Court Of The Last Tsar : Pomp, Power, And Pageantry In The Reign Of Nicholas II
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Greg KingPublication Details
BookWiley2006Links
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Praise for The Court of the Last Tsar “Any book by Greg King is a book to be kept and savored. Eilers, author of Queen Victoria’s Descendants and publisher of Royal Book News “Greg King has truly written a tour de force. ?Coryne Hall, author of Little Mother of Russia, Once a Grand Duchess, and Imperial Dancer “Greg King is emerging as one of the leading authorities in today’s liveliest field of Russian studies, and this is a major contribution to the study of late Imperial Russia.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DK247 .K56 2006 AVAILABLE
John Paul The Great : Remembering A Spiritual Father
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Peggy NoonanPublication Details
BookViking2005Description
Here, bestselling author Peggy Noonan brings her sharp observations, acute sensibility, warmth, and wit to the life of the pope and shows the personal effect his journey had upon her and millions of others throughout the world. Praise for Peggy Noonan and When Character Was King: ?You read her in thrall to her striking ability to behold great vistas through a pinhole . (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) BX1378.5 .N65 2005 AVAILABLE
La Campana De Huesca
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A. Cánovas del Castillo ; prólogo El SolitarioPublication Details
BookTebas1976Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PQ6512.C149 C3 1976 AVAILABLE
The Memoirs Of Catherine The Great
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a new translation by Mark Cruse and Hilde HoogenboomPublication Details
Book1st edModern Library2005Description
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762?96). With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I?s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DK170 .C3213 2005 LOST&PD6-11/07
The Pope’s Daughter : The Extraordinary Life Of Felice Della Rovere
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Caroline P. MurphyPublication Details
BookOxford University Press2005Links
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The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. While her father lived, Felice exercised much influence in the affairs of Rome–even negotiating for peace with the Queen of France–and after his death, Felice persevered, making allies of the cardinals and clerics of St. Peter’s and maintaining her control of the Orsini land through tenacity, ingenuity, and carefully cultivated political savvy. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) DG812.6.D45 M87 2005 AVAILABLE
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