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Product Description: the Queen Elizabeth II was not born to be queen. She came into the world on April 21, 1926, the equivalent of the modern Princess Beatrice, first-born daughter of the Duke of York, destined to flutter on the royal fringe. So while Lilibet was brought up with almost religious respect for the crown, there seemed no chance of her inheriting it...read more
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9780062124463 | Perennial, May 15, 2012, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: the Queen Elizabeth II was not born to be queen.

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Product Description: Bestselling author Robert Lacey tells us what happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse---while we weren't looking.
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9780670021185 | Viking Pr, October 15, 2009, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: What happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse- while we weren't lookingSaudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox.

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9781400113378 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, October 28, 2009), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Bestselling author Robert Lacey tells us what happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse---while we weren't looking.
9781400163373 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, October 28, 2009), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Bestselling author Robert Lacey tells us what happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse---while we weren't looking.

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A second collection of historical accounts from the England of Chaucer and Shakespeare covers the period between 1387 and 1687, and features influential figures including Henry VIII, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Sir Francis Drake.
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9780316109246 | Little Brown & Co, June 2, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A second collection of historical accounts from the England of Chaucer and Shakespeare covers the period between 1387 and 1687, and features influential figures including Henry VIII, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Sir Francis Drake.

Miscellaneous:

9780316090391 | Little Brown & Co, November 29, 2009, cover price $10.99

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Product Description: Bestselling author Robert Lacey tells us what happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse---while we weren't looking.
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9781400143375 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, October 28, 2009), cover price $79.99 | About this edition: Bestselling author Robert Lacey tells us what happened in the Middle East's oil-rich powerhouse---while we weren't looking.

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A study of the British monarchy provides a journalistic view of the Windsor family and discusses the scandals, crises, and tragedies that have afflicted the royals, as well as Elizabeth's role as a constitutional monarch.
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9780743235594 | 1 edition (Free Pr, May 1, 2002), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A study of the British monarchy provides a journalistic view of the Windsor family and discusses the scandals, crises, and tragedies that have afflicted the royals, as well as Elizabeth's role as a constitutional monarch.

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9780743236690 | Reprint edition (Free Pr, April 1, 2003), cover price $28.99 | About this edition: Chronicles the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, detailing her childhood, her ascension to the throne, her relationship with her children, and her half-century reign at the head of the British monarchy.

Miscellaneous:

9781439108390 | Free Pr, June 24, 2008, cover price $11.99

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A complete collection of the author's profiles of key contributors to English history combines works that were previously published in three separate hardcover volumes and includes his writings on such figures as King Arthur, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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9780316067577 | Back Bay Books, November 12, 2007, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A complete collection of the author's profiles of key contributors to English history combines works that were previously published in three separate hardcover volumes and includes his writings on such figures as King Arthur, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc.

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* The three volumes of Robert Lacey's marvellous history of England collected in an omnibus edition
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9780349117317 | Gardners Books, October 18, 2007, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: * The three volumes of Robert Lacey's marvellous history of England collected in an omnibus edition

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A third and final compilation of historical accounts continues the saga of English history, ranging from 1690 to 1953 and capturing the pivotal events and extraordinary characters that shaped England's modern age, including Samuel Johnson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, and Watson and Crick.
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9780316114592 | Little Brown & Co, December 11, 2006, cover price $36.00 | About this edition: A third compilation of historical accounts covers English history from 1690 to 1953 and captures the pivotal events and characters of England's modern age, including Samuel Johnson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charles Darwin, and Winston Churchill.

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The third volume of the dramatic story of England, from ancient times to modern, by the No. 1 bestselling author of THE YEAR 1000
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9780316727174 | Gardners Books, October 5, 2006, cover price $27.05 | About this edition: The third volume of the dramatic story of England, from ancient times to modern, by the No.

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9780356240305 | Signed edition (Gardners Books, November 4, 2004), cover price $25.00

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This is the second volume of the dramatic story of England, from ancient times to modern, by the author of 'The Year 1000'.
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9780316727167 | Gardners Books, November 4, 2004, cover price $24.15 | About this edition: This is the second volume of the dramatic story of England, from ancient times to modern, by the author of 'The Year 1000'.

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Vivid retellings of forty-three classic English tales include the 7150 BC life and death of Cheddar Man, the infamous adventures of Hobbehod, and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. By the author of Sotheby's. 35,000 first printing.
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9780316109109 | Little Brown & Co, June 3, 2004, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Presents forty-three tales from early English history, including the 7150 B.
9789990057928 | Little Brown & Co, June 1, 2004, cover price $0.02

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9780759511637 | Little Brown & Co, June 3, 2004, cover price $9.99
9780759511613, titled "Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More" | Little Brown & Co, June 3, 2004, cover price $9.99

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Product Description: An engaging new translation of the Bible into the language of the city. Rob Lacey reworks the metaphors, situations, and speech patterns of the Bible to create a real impact on the modern, urban reader.
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9780007107902 | Zondervan, April 1, 2003, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: An engaging new translation of the Bible into the language of the city.

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9780399148484 | Putnam Pub Group, November 1, 2002, cover price $24.95

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Product Description: Stimulating and entertaining, Sotheby’s brings to life the personalities and shrewd business sense operating behind the glitz and glamour of the world’s oldest and richest auction house. Reporting from within on famous sales of the recent past, and charting the impact of a succession of clever and colorful entrepreneurs who have known how to sniff out the deals of the moment, Robert Lacey brilliantly reveals how Sotheby’s responds to a much greater need than that of connoisseurs buying works of art—the bidding for class...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780751523621 | Little Brown Uk, March 1, 1999, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Stimulating and entertaining, Sotheby’s brings to life the personalities and shrewd business sense operating behind the glitz and glamour of the world’s oldest and richest auction house.

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9781842122853 | Phoenix, March 1, 2002, cover price $19.95

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Product Description: Colorful and exciting, Sir Walter Ralegh became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. This world-famous explorer conceived and organized the colonizing expeditions to America; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England, and ended up in the Tower, following his secret wedding to Bess Throckmorton where he was executed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781842120897 | Phoenix, March 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Colorful and exciting, Sir Walter Ralegh became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth.

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A colorful, illuminating, and accurate survey of life in 1000 AD reveals how various people viewed the close of a thousand years, how they envisioned the next millennium, and what their daily lives were like. Reprint. (view table of contents)
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9780788199189 | Diane Pub Co, April 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End.

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9780316511575 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, April 1, 2000), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: A survey of life in England in 1000 A.

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A survey of life in England in 1000 A.D. reveals how various people viewed the end of the millenium and what their daily lives were like.
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9780783887906, titled "The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium : An Englishman's World" | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, December 1, 1999), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A survey of life in England in 1000 A.
9780316558402, titled "The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium : An Englishman's World" | Little Brown & Co, February 1, 1999, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A survey of life in England in 1000 AD reveals how various people viewed the end of the millennium and what their daily lives were like

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Photographs and classic newspaper front pages trace the life of the Queen Mother in context with the great events of the century (view table of contents)
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9780316511544 | Little Brown & Co, July 1, 1999, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Photographs and classic newspaper front pages trace the life of the Queen Mother in context with the great events of the century

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An inside look at the history and workings of the world's largest, richest auction house and the art market that it serves illuminates some of its most magnificent deals and highlights the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate sale of 1996. 50,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)
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9780316511391 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: An inside look at the history and workings of the world's largest, richest auction house and the art market that it serves illuminates some of its most magnificent deals and highlights the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate sale of 1996

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Product Description: Robert Lacey traces the story of this controversial figure - whose reign was marked by arbitary seizures of power, ruthlessness and cruelty - from the brilliance of his youth to gross and immobile old age.
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9781558594517 | Cross River Pr, November 1, 1992, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Robert Lacey traces the story of this controversial figure - whose reign was marked by arbitary seizures of power, ruthlessness and cruelty - from the brilliance of his youth to gross and immobile old age.
9780297994343, titled "Life and Times of Henry VIII" | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, November 1, 1982, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Henry VIII's private life is interwoven with the political and social environment of sixteenth-century England

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9781566491990 | Welcome Rain, April 1, 1998, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Robert Lacey traces the story of this controversial figure - whose reign was marked by arbitary seizures of power, ruthlessness and cruelty - from the brilliance of his youth to gross and immobile old age.

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Product Description: Fascinating history of the oil-rich Middle East. 16 cassettes.
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9780380617623, titled "The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'Ud" | Reissue edition (Avon Books, February 1, 1983), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: This book is a replica of the original from the collections of The New York Public Library; it was produced from digital images created by The New York Public Library and its partners as part of their preservation efforts.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786106431, titled "The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'Ud" | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: Fascinating history of the oil-rich Middle East.

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A portrait of Grace Kelly profiles her roles as a princess and Hollywood star while offering insight into her complex personality, which encompassed a deep sensuality and determined ambitions. Reprint. AB. LJ.
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9780783811994 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, March 1, 1995), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Through interviews with Grace Kelly's family and friends the author penetrates the storybook veneer around Kelly's life to reveal a surprisingly complex, conflicted woman
9780399138720 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Through interviews with Grace Kelly's family and friends, the author penetrates the storybook veneer around Kelly's life to reveal a surprisingly complex, conflicted woman
9780788161575 | Diane Pub Co, June 1, 1994, cover price $25.00

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9780425151259 | Reissue edition (Berkley Pub Group, July 1, 1997), cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Interviews with Grace Kelly's family and friends provide the foundation for a profile of the personal and professional life of the late actress and princess, portraying a complex, conflicted woman

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787102234 | Dove Entertainment Inc, August 1, 1994, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Lacey penetrates the glittery facade of Grace Kelly's public image to discover a complex, surprisingly conflicted woman who created a dream for herself and lived it.

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