Bibliography

Castles & British History

Comfort's Triumph

Bibliography

Title	Author(s)	Rating	Subject
The National Trust Book of British Castles	Paul Johnson	*****	Illustrated account of British castle develpoment.
English Castles - A Photographic History	Rodney Castelden	***	Illustrated account of selected British castles.
Castles of Britain and Ireland	Plantagenet Somerset Fry	****	Comprehensive gazetteer of British castles.
The Medieval Fortress	J.E. & H.W. Kaufmann	****	Principles of construction of major European castles.
English Castles	R. Allen Brown	*	The first modern attempt to document British castles.
Royal Palaces of Tudor Ehgland	Simon Thurley	**	Coffee table book on Tudor Palaces.
A History of Britain	Simon Schama	****	Colorful account of selected moments in Britsh History.
The Medieval Foundation of England	Arthur Bryant	***	Account of major influences and events in medieval England.
Life in a Medieval Village	Frances & Joseph Gies	***	Description of life in an English medieval village.
Medieval Lives	Terry Jones & Alan Ereira	**	Collection of wry accounts of English medieval life.
The Normans	Christopher Gravett & David Nicolle	***	Account of Norman influnces across Europe.
The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284	David Carpenter	****	Account of the effects of the Norman Conquest of England
The Age of Chivalry	Arthur Bryant	****	Account of events from 1272 (Edward I) to 1385 (Richard II).
Plague, Population & the English Economy	John Hatcher	**	Plague's affects on the English economy.
The Wars of the Roses	Desmond Seward	*****	A thorough account centered on key characters.
The Wars of the Roses	Elizabeth Hallam (ed)	****	Contemporary chroniclers' accounts of the War of the Roses.
Blood and Roses	Helen Castor	****	Paston family's experiences during the Wars of the Roses.
Private Lives in the 15th Century	Roger Virgoe (Ed)	***	The Paston family letters edited and interpreted.
The Princes in the Tower	Alison Weir	***	The Ascent, and Descent of Richard III
Mary Queen of Scots	Antonia Fraser	****	Biography (sympathetic) of Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary Queen of Scots	Roy Strong & Julia Trevelyan Owen	***	Collection of material relevant to Mary Queen of Scots.
Lady Jane Grey & the House of Suffolk	Alison Plowden	****	The Grey family after the death of Henry VIII.
Elizabeth	David Starkey	****	Biography of Elizabeth I focused on years before accession.
The Virgin Queen	Christopher Hibbert	****	Biography of Elizabeth I focused on years after accession.
Elizabeth I	Anne Somerset	*****	Whole life Biography of Elizabeth I.
The Tudors	Richard Rex	****	Review of the major influences and events in Tudor times.
Bess of Hardwick	Mary S Lovell	*****	Biography of the Countess of Shrewsbury.
The Elizabethan Deliverance	Arthur Bryant	**	Review of the key events of the reign of Elizabeth I.
Medieval Warfare	Jim Bradbury	****	Handbook on Medieval War Topics

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