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The final volume in A History of the Plantagenets covers the century from 1377 to 1485 when civil war ravaged England, rebellious peasants marched on London and wandering preachers sowed dissent in the credulous poor.

The wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia, the mutiny of her crew and cruel death of those stranded on the inhospitable coast of Western Australia off the Abrolhos Islands. This book vividly describes the work of the archeological team who found the wreck.

The author follows convict transportation from the squalor of Georgian England to the grim prison hulks. Of those who survived the first fleets, many were to suffer starvation, disease and extreme brutality in the Colonies.

The story of the great family, the Counts of Anjou, who became kings of England and were known as the Plantagenets.

Selected material from the ABC programs. Actual recordings of the sounds of war, political crises, tragic disasters, voices of protest and other evocative moments on radio.

A charming, sentimental account about a local corner store, where doing the shopping was an unhurried process and the gossip flowed freely.

Piere Berton brings the past alive with true stories of mystery and romance, tragedy and heroism, from the piracy of Bill Johnston, scourge of the St. Lawrence, to the weird saga of Brother XII and his mystic cult on Vancouver Island.

Reconstructs voyages of exploration and piracy that led to settlements on Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland and Vinland, from 960 to 1010 A.D.

A collection of short stories covering a varying amount of topics relating to Dumbleyung, its Districts and the people.

Volume 2 of The Story of Civilization, the Durants' dynamic synthesis of world history, deals with Greek civilization. THE LIFE OF GREECE tells the whole story of Hellas, from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the Roman conquest. The Durants' picture of 5th-century Athens is a masterpiece of compression, synthesizing the high spots and highlighting the significance of what many consider the most fruitful epoch in history.