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Elizabeth's Spymaster - Francis Walsingham and the Secret War That Saved England by Robert Hutchinson
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe, including double-agents at the highest level in Rome and Spain - the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth and her Protesta ...Show more
The Last Days of Henry VIII : Conspiracy, treason and heresy at the court of the dying tyrant by Robert Hutchinson
$27.00 AUD
Category: British
Conspiracies, treason and heresy at the court of the dying tyrant After 35 years in power, Henry VIII was a bloated, hideously obese, black-humoured old man, rarely seen in public. He had striven all his life to ensure the survival of his dynasty by siring legitimate sons, yet his only male heir was eig ...Show more
The Spanish Armada by Robert Hutchinson
$20.00 AUD
Category: History
After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe - not least Spain. In October 1585 King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans, leading to an intense intelligence war bet ...Show more
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII by Robert Hutchinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Compelling account of the first 35 years of a magnificent and ruthless monarch. Henry became the unexpected heir to the precarious Tudor throne in 1502, after his elder brother Arthur died. He also inherited both his brother's wardrobe and his wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. He became k ...Show more
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII by Robert Hutchinson
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
Henry VIII always had problems with women. Born on 28 June 1491, he lived in the shadow of his elder brother Arthur and his dour and autocratic father, Henry VII. Elizabeth of York, Henry's mother, died when he was twelve and thereafter he lived under the thumb of his formidable grandmother, Lady Margar ...Show more
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