Age Of Religious Wars

M Richards: Elizabeth I, ROUTLEDGE, Oktober 2011
Elizabeth I was Queen of England for almost forty-five years. The daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn, as an infant she was briefly accepted as her father s heir. After her mother was executed at her father s command she was declared illegitimate and led a sometimes scandalous existence until her accession to the throne at the age of twenty-five. Elizabeth oversaw a vibrant age of exploration and literature and established herself, the Virgin Queen, a national icon that lives on in the popular imagination. But Elizabeth was England s second female monarch, and was greatly influenced by the experiences and mistakes of the reign of her half-sister, Mary I, before her. During her reign, Elizabeth had to perform a complicated balancing act in religious matters. As religious wars raged in Europe, Elizabeth herself a moderate Protestant, had to manage an inherited Catholic realm and the demands of zealous Protestants. Judith M. Richards takes an objective and rounded view of Elizabeth s whole life and provides the perfect introduction for students and general readers alike.

NEW 2011. 240 p. 8,00 inches 10 black & white halftones; Routledge Historical Biographies .

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FERRARS, Max. [Henry] et al.. BURMA..
AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE EARLY ILLUSTRATED RESOURCE Max Ferrars was Director of Public Instruction in Burma.This excellent primary resource. Covers an introduction to Burma & Buddhism, misconceptions, sketch of history. Childhood:the influence of games, school teaching, adolescense: universal monastic novitiate, temple accessories, Brahmans, religious worship, principles of Buddhism, return to secular life.Man- hood and occupation: agriculture, home industry, manners and toms, settlements, climate. Trades and professions: oil pressing-palm & cane sugar growing, fruit & vegetable gard- ening, fishery, pottery, brick & tiles, plaster-work, stone- cutting, cordage, silk weaving, umbrellas, lacquer-work, foot-gear, metallurgy, implements, ornaments, coins, alchemy the forest & timber, carpentry, carving, painting & design, inscription &writing, literature, medicine, transport: boars & carts. Alien races: Shan, Karen, Chin, Chimpaw, Chinese, Native of India, European. Political: chronic wars, brigand- age, village system, native & British administration, Royal- ty, history. Pageants & frolics: the drama, music, games, festivals, Nat worship, pilgrimages, the great shrines. Age, mortality, funeral observances, tombs. With rich appendices: chronology of Burma; structure of the Burmese language and method of transliteration; notes on Burmese music; statisti- cal area population, fiscal items, crime, imports & exports; measures, time & calendar, length, capacity, weight, money, &c. A copious and major resource on Burma and the Burmese. Max Ferrars was Director of Public Instruction in Burma. Herbert 11. Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

London, 1901. Sampson. Maroon gold stamped cloth, 237p.,half title, frontispiece & plates from photographs, double-page map, 455 text illustrations, 2nd edition, co-author Bertha Ferrars, large size 23 x 28.5 cm., top gilt. R A R E

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Vickers, Hugo. Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece (SIGNED). New York: St Martins Press, 2000. ISBN: 0312288867

First edition STATED FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 477 pages with index plus 16 pages black & white photos. The book and dust jacket are VERY FINE/AS NEW (unread). NOT price-clipped and NOT remaindered. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Dust jacket notes read: "'In 1953, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Alice was dressed from head to foot in a long gray dress and a gray cloak, and a nun's veil. Amidst all the jewels, velvet, coronets, and fine uniforms, she exuded an unworldly simplicity. Seated with the royal family, she was a part of them, yet somehow distanced from them. . . . ' PRINCESS ALICE, MOTHER OF PRINCE Philip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. She was born deaf, at Windsor Castle, in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and brought up in England, Darmstadt, and Malta. In 1903, she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and from then on her life was overshadowed by wars, revolutions, and enforced periods of exile. By the time she was thirty-five, virtually every point of stability was overthrown. Though the British royal family remained in the ascendant, her German family ceased to be ruling princes, her two aunts who married Russian royalty came to savage ends, and soon afterward Alice's own husband was nearly executed as a political scapegoat. The middle years of her life, which should have followed a conventional and fulfilling path, did the opposite. She suffered from a serious religious crisis and at the age of forty-five was removed from her family and placed in a sanatorium in Switzerland, where she was pronounced a paranoid schizophrenic. As her stay in the clinic became prolonged, there was a time when it seemed she might never walk free again. How she achieved her recovery is just one of the remarkable aspects of her story." Hard Back condition: Fine in Fine DJ

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Vickers, Hugo. Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece (SIGNED). New York: St Martins Press, 2000. ISBN: 0312302398

First edition TRADE PAPERBACK (8 vo). SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 477 pages with index plus 16 pages black & white photos. The book in wrapper is VERY FINE/AS NEW (unread). NOT remaindered. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Dust jacket notes read: "'In 1953, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Alice was dressed from head to foot in a long gray dress and a gray cloak, and a nun's veil. Amidst all the jewels, velvet, coronets, and fine uniforms, she exuded an unworldly simplicity. Seated with the royal family, she was a part of them, yet somehow distanced from them. . . . ' PRINCESS ALICE, MOTHER OF PRINCE Philip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. She was born deaf, at Windsor Castle, in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and brought up in England, Darmstadt, and Malta. In 1903, she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and from then on her life was overshadowed by wars, revolutions, and enforced periods of exile. By the time she was thirty-five, virtually every point of stability was overthrown. Though the British royal family remained in the ascendant, her German family ceased to be ruling princes, her two aunts who married Russian royalty came to savage ends, and soon afterward Alice's own husband was nearly executed as a political scapegoat. The middle years of her life, which should have followed a conventional and fulfilling path, did the opposite. She suffered from a serious religious crisis and at the age of forty-five was removed from her family and placed in a sanatorium in Switzerland, where she was pronounced a paranoid schizophrenic. As her stay in the clinic became prolonged, there was a time when it seemed she might never walk free again. How she achieved her recovery is just one of the remarkable aspects of her story." Trade Paperback condition: Fine in Wraps

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