Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/history/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0008 408536 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/history/engine/rss.php:0 Leanda de Lisle - Free Library Land Online - History https://history.library.land/ ru Leanda de Lisle - Free Library Land Online - History DataLife Engine The White King https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/496902-the_white_king.html https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/496902-the_white_king.html The White King
From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britain's civil wars and the trial for his life.
Less than forty years after England's golden age under Elizabeth I, the country was at war with itself. Split between loyalty to the Crown or to Parliament, war raged on English soil. The English Civil War would set family against family, friend against friend, and its casualties were immense—a greater proportion of the population died than in World War I.
At the head of the disintegrating kingdom was King Charles I. In this vivid portrait—informed by previously unseen manuscripts, including royal correspondence between the king and his queen—Leanda de Lisle depicts a man who was principled and brave, but fatally blinkered.
Charles never understood his own subjects or court intrigue. At the heart of the drama were the Janus-faced cousins who...]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2017 04:18:50 +0200 The Sisters Who Would Be Queen https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/321310-the_sisters_who_would_be_queen.html https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/321310-the_sisters_who_would_be_queen.html The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Mary, Katherine, and Jane Grey--sisters whose mere existence nearly toppled a kingdom and altered a nation's destiny--are the captivating subjects of Leanda de Lisle's new book. The Sisters Who Would Be Queen breathes fresh life into these three young women, who were victimized in the notoriously vicious Tudor power struggle and whose heirs would otherwise probably be ruling England today.

Born into aristocracy, the Grey sisters were the great-granddaughters of Henry VII, grandnieces to Henry VIII, legitimate successors to the English throne, and rivals to Henry VIII's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Lady Jane, the eldest, was thrust center stage by greedy men and uncompromising religious politics when she briefly succeeded Henry's son, the young Edward I. Dubbed "the Nine Days Queen" after her short, tragic reign from the Tower of London, Jane has over the centuries earned a special place in the affections of...]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:34:32 +0200 Tudor https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/321311-tudor.html https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/321311-tudor.html Tudor
In an epic narrative sweeping from 1437 to the first decade of the seventeenth century, Tudor: the Family Story traces the rise and rule of the Tudor dynasty. Brutal political instability dominated England during this infamous time, and Leanda de Lisle reveals the personalities, passions, and obsessions of the men and women at its epicenter to rediscover the true significances of previously overlooked figures: from the remarkable women, so wholly devoted to securing the line of succession, to the Princes in the Tower, whose disappearances have remained a mystery for centuries.

This groundbreaking story opens at the unlikely beginning of the Tudor dynasty—with Owen Tudor, a handsome Welsh commoner who, with a pirouette and a trip, landed squarely in the lap of the English Monarchy. The struggle of Owen's grandson Henry VII and his heirs to secure the line of succession—and the hopes, loves, and losses of the claimants—are the focus of this book....]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:34:33 +0200 Tudor_Passion. Manipulation. Murder. the Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/232514-tudor_passion_manipulation_murder_the_story_of_englands_most_notorious_royal_family.html https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/232514-tudor_passion_manipulation_murder_the_story_of_englands_most_notorious_royal_family.html Tudor_Passion. Manipulation. Murder. the Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family
]]> Sun, 17 Nov 1991 08:34:28 +0200 After Elizabeth https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/81876-after_elizabeth.html https://history.library.land/leanda-de-lisle/81876-after_elizabeth.html After Elizabeth
Many volumes have been written about the long reign of Elizabeth I. Now, for the first time, comes a brilliant new work that focuses on the critical year her reign ended, a time in which England lost its childless queen and a Machiavellian struggle ensued to find her successor.

December 1602. After forty-four years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth is in decline. The formidable ruler whose motto is Semper eadem (I never change) has become a dithering old woman, missing teeth and wearing makeup half an inch thick. The kingdom has been weakened by the cost of war with Spain and the simmering discontent of both the rich and the poor. The stage has been set, at long last, for succession. But the Queen who famously never married has no heir.

Elizabeth's senior relative is James VI of Scotland, Protestant son of Elizabeth's cousin Mary Queen of Scots. But as a foreigner and a Stuart, he is excluded from the throne under English law. The road to and beyond his coronation...]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:04:35 +0200