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The Household and Court of James IV of Scotland, 1488-1513
Offers a fresh perspective on the role of the court in late medieval Scotland, framing it within the wider field of court studies, highlighting its centrality to the effective government for which James IV is renowned. James IV is regarded by many historians as the most charismatic and politically successful of Scotland's rulers, with his royal court, and the institution of the royal household which underpinned it, at the heart of his reign. This book, the first comprehensive examination of the subject, takes the structures and personnel of the household - from councillors to stable-hands - as the foundation for its study of the court and its role. Beginning by looking at the distinction bet...
Rising Blood
Welcome to the final volume of the Charlie Doig Trilogy... Lenin may have just seized power for the Bolsheviks, but Charlie Doig has just seized twenty-eight tonnes of Lenin's gold. For two days he's the richest man in Russia. However, on hearing that his escape route to the west has been cut off by the Red armies, he hides his gold and sets off along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Pacific, and freedom. Russia is in chaos and Charlie has to fight his way past refugees, bandits and murderers, only to find when he gets to Siberia that the Japanese have invaded. When he meets an old flame, Countess Cynthia von Zipf, and is sent to Japan to eliminate a deadly rival, Charlie realises that this adventure is only just beginning...
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