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        For seven centuries, Savoy and its Alps were an independent state between France and Italy. Its rulers controlled the passage of armies, merchants and pilgrims over the mountain passes. Annexed to France in 1860, Savoy became its most prosperous region with fifteen million tourists visiting its Alps every year, to walk, climb, parapente or ski.
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        The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

        Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England. 
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        Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England. 
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        Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation
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        Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

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        Along the Lines of Devotion The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 - available from America Through Time
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        A Man Called Plenty Horses: The Last Warrior of the Great Plains War

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        The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

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        The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)

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        Lady Anne Clifford 1590-1676

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        Evelina: A Victorian Heroine in Venice

        The Two Duchesses: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire

        Brought Up of Nought: A History of the Woodvile Family

        The Reign of King Henry VI

        Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire: The Face Without a Frown

        The Children of Richard III

        Shakespeare’s Missing Years

        St George and the Dragons: The Making of English Identity

        The Earls of Essex: A Tale of Noble Misfortune

        If the Kaiser Comes: Defence Against a German Invasion of Britain in the First World War

        King James and the History of Homosexuality

        The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

        The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 1)

        Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

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        Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

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        Knight Errant: Lord Craven and the Court of the Winter Queen

        Edward IV: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters & Records

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        Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

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        Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

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        Prince Andrew’s personal account of the catastrophic Greek campaign in Asia Minor, focusing on the battle of the Sakarya.
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        The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

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