Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort’s combination of charisma, determination and fearlessness, reinforced by a wife with similar qualities, made him one of the greatest men of his age. This biography follows his life from his birth and upbringing in France until his defeat and death at the hands of the future Edward I. The pivotal year was 1264, when Montfort captured Henry III in battle, established a constitutional monarchy and, in the act he is most famous for, revol...

As heir to the throne, Lord Edward causes his parents King Henry III and Queen Eleanor endless grief in his desire to be his own man. It leads him into the orbit of royal troublemakers who seek to straightjacket the monarchy. He returns to the fold, but his catastrophic exit from the Battle of Lewes sinks his family's fortunes even further.Held prisoner by a revolutionary regime, Edward seeks redemption through these Confessions. The mistakes of his captors allow the Longs...

In 2001, Michal Slezák left the Czech Republic to work in America. He became a lift operator in Sun Valley, Idaho, a playground of the rich and famous. The celebrities he encountered on the job included Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom he described as a total dick. He later became a snowboard instructor there and in Australia before returning home to get married and settle down. He had a beautiful family, home, great circle of friends and career he loved. Then in 2019, when he was forty-two yea...

This family biography charts the rise and fall of the medieval dynasty credited with establishing England's parliamentary system.Originally from France, the de Montfort family grew to prominence during the 13th century as heroes of the Crusades. Winning lordships around the Mediterranean, they married into the English aristocracy and ascended to an Earlship. Historian Darren Baker explores the family history, dispelling misconceptions and shedding light on its most ...

Richard of Cornwall was born in 1209 as the youngest son of King John. His life of adventure made him one of the wealthiest and most widely travelled men of his era. Praised for his diplomatic and organisational skills, he led the last successful crusade to the Holy Land and was elected king of Germany. At home he was indispensable to his brother Henry III, but he resented his dependence on him and often equivocated his support. When his brother-in-law Simon de Montfort raised rebellion ag...

 Worldwide Fury! Up close and personal—these stories bring God’s supernatural love and protection closer to “real life” than you may have thought possible. Igniting Furious Love is an eclectic spiritual partnering of nine on-fire-for-God believers who “turn everything upside down in the church to be as unlike the world as absolutely possible.” Spanning the globe from Kosovo to Thailand, R...

This account of two strong medieval women and their relationship " thoroughly engrosses you in a story hundreds of years past" ( Seattle Book Review).Born in 1223, Eleanor of Provence has come to England at the age of twelve to marry the king, Henry III. He's sixteen years older, but was a boy when he ascended the throne. He's a kind, sensitive sort whose only personal attachments to women so far have been to his three sis...

Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort’s combination of charisma and fearlessness made him one of the greatest men of his age. This biography follows his life from his birth in France and arrival in England to his defeat and death at Evesham in 1265. Along the way he succeeded in establishing a constitutional monarchy and, in the act he is most famous for, broadening the scope of representation in Parliament. King Henry III’s long reign (1216–1272) saw many changes taking ...

A giant unseen hand is what forces a private jet full of billionaires to go down in the Atlantic Ocean. The stranded survivors have to contend with drug addiction, pregnancy, childbirth, and the failure to live up to each other's expectations. Only when they're rescued do they learn that the world is dealing with even bigger problems.The second play in this collection sticks with the same castaway theme. The sole survivor of a plane crash is rescued with a bag full of coconut shell...

'Henry III is generally classed among the weakest and most incompetent of England's medieval kings. Darren Baker tells a different story.' - Michael Clanchy, author of England and Its Rulers, 1066–1307'A personal and detailed narrative…bring[s] alive the glamour and personalities of thirteenth-century England.' - Huw Ridgeway, author of 'Henry III', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'Ente...

Two brothers, one woman, one submarine. The backdrop of this very "eighties" relationship is the Cold War bravado of "America's back" and a newly commissioned fast attack submarine that goes from sea trials in the Atlantic to looking for the elusive red whale in the Pacific.

Drawing on affect theory and the key themes of attachment, disruption and belonging, this book examines the ways in which our placed surroundings – whether urban design, border management or organisations – shape and form experiences of gender.Bringing together key debates across the fields of sociology, geography and organisation studies, the book sets out new theoretical ground to examine and consolidate shared experiences of what it means to be in or out of place.Contrib...