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Subject: [GM] BRITISH ROYALTY COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:13:23 EST

THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO BRITISH ROYALTY, Alpha Books. Soft cover, 332
pages, index, photographs in color & black/white, old paintings, the Royal
Family Trees, how to keep straight on the various Henry's, Edwards, Georges,
James, Elizabeths, Annes, Mary's and others. Royal lineage, rules of
succession; Royal scandals, tortures, executions, coverups, mishaps, insanity
of King George III, Little-known sexual proclivities of kinds, such as
Richard the Lionheart; the tyrannical reign of Henry VIII and his 6 marriages
and executions, Anglo-Saxon battles against the Vikings and much more
extensive history. VG++. $20 postpaid.

HERALDRY, A PICTORIAL ARCHIVE FOR ARTISTS & DESIGNERS, By Arthur Charles
Fox-Davies. Selected & Arranged by Carol Belanger Grafton. A very large soft
cover book with 1,047 Illustrations, Including 393 in Full Colour. 154 pages
(9 1/4x12"). Family crests are identified by families, villages, arms of such
notables as Edward the Black Prince, John Milton Maximilian I and others,
dating from the fourteenth to the twentiety century. Excellent condition. $15
+ $4 p/h in U.S.

HENRY VIII, THE POLITICS OF TYRANNY, By Jasper Ridley, A very heavy book,
Hardback, 473 pages, x-library, index, the Houses of York and Lancaster
inside cover. Family portraits:Jane Seymour, Christina of Denmark, Katherine
Parr, Henry reading in his bedroom, a 2-page photo of the family of Henry
VIII: Princess Mary, Princess Elizabeth, King Henry VIII, Prince Edward and
Jane Seymour, and others. Worn mylar library cover over dustjacket. $15 +
$3.50 p/h

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