England

Royals of England: A Guide for Readers, Travelers, and Genealogists

by: Kathleen Spaltro

Amazon Price: $31.95 (as of 12/20/2009)

Royals of England offers lively biographies of royal personages that accompany detailed accounts of geographic sites and websites. Placed in chronological order, each profile can easily be read as a self-contained narrative. With the information provided by authors Kathleen Spaltro and Noeline Bridge, you'll be able to design a tour around a royal person of interest or search out all the royal persons associated with a certain locale.

Fifty family trees, one or more for most chapters, help you identify members of different royal houses. You'll be able to determine how the Jacobite Pretenders passed their claim to the Kings of Sardinia, or how Lettice Knollys, wife to Leicester and mother to Essex, was related to Elizabeth I. Royals of England provides a useful resource for history enthusiasts, travelers, and genealogists alike.

Kings & Queens of England and Scotland

by: Plantagenet Somerset Fry

Amazon Price: $8.00 (as of 12/20/2009)

Book Description
From the first Saxon king to Charles, Prince of Wales, this compact visual guide to the royal heritage of Great Britain and Scotland conveys the drama and history of Britain's royal lineage.

English Castles: A Guide by Counties

by: Adrian Pettifer

Amazon Price: $37.95 (as of 12/20/2009)

Product Description
A well-written contribution to the literature on the subject, and will interest both the historically minded tourist and, as a reference book, the scholar. WAR IN HISTORY A comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors. English Castles contains over five hundred main entries in county order, each giving a brief history and description of the castle. A short introduction supplies the historical background to the explosion of castle-building in the middle ages, and there is a glossary covering all aspects of castles in some detail. Full Ordnance Survey map references.

The World of Rosamunde Pilcher

by: Rosamunde Pilcher

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From Library Journal
Recipes, illustrations, and excerpts from Pilcher's best-selling novels (e.g., Coming Home, St. Martin's, 1995) comprise this chapbook of sorts. The first printing is 125,000 copies.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

English Country Gardens (Country Series)

by: Ethne Clarke, Clay Perry

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Book Description
Stroll through the pastoral English countryside, where lush, copious gardens abound. The perfect transport for the armchair traveler, those with a green thumb, or a fantasy for living with the world's greatest gardens. From Haddon Hall in Derbyshire to Pashly Manor in Sussex to Eye Abbey in Suffolk, the calendar features an extensive and popular array of important and spectacular gardens. Esteemed and award-winning photographer Clay Perry is the premier gardening photographer whose work has appeared in numerous gardening publications, including English Country Gardens, Traditional English Gardens, Old English Villages, The Glory of the English Garden, and most recently, Clay Perry's Fantastic Flowers. --This text refers to the Calendar edition.

Rosemary Verey's English Country Gardens

by: Rosemary Verey

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Review
"If English gardens intrigue you, you'll be inspired by this gorgeous new volume. "-San Francisco Chronicle

James Herriot's Yorkshire: A Guided Tour With the Beloved Veterinarian Through the Land of All Creatures Great And Small And Every Living Thing, Gloriously Photographed and Memorably Described

by: James Herriot

Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 12/20/2009)

A Guide to the Cotswolds

by: Richard Sale

Amazon Price: $18.25 (as of 12/20/2009)

Product Description
The Cotswolds is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with some of the most charming and historically significant towns and villages in England. This handsomely produced guide explores the area in a series of tours drawn from the main visitor centers, seeking out the prettiest villages, the history and the legends, and identifying all the sites open to the public. There is essential visitor's information on houses, parks and gardens, museums and galleries, craft centers, and farms. Easily slipped into a pocket, this handy guide is abundantly illustrated with crisp color photos and maps.