The Wars of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century

6 best books like The Wars of the Roses: Through the Lives of Five Men and Women of the Fifteenth Century (Desmond Seward): Lessico famigliare, Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Understanding Dispensationalists, Genesis 1-15, Truth for All Time: A Brief Outline of the Christian Faith

Lessico famigliare

Author	Natalia Ginzburg
ISBN	8806151681

Lessico famigliare è la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge a Torino fra gli anni Trenta e Cinquanta. Natalia, l'ultima dei cinque figli Levi, è la voce narrante. Con assoluto rispetto della verità, e, per certi versi, mantenendo l'incanto della fanciullezza,...

Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress, the Real Queen of France

Author	Lisa Hilton
ISBN	0316778516

I've been watching the BBC show Versailles lately, and it made me want to dive back into some fun, slutty Louis XIV history. Luckily, I picked this book up in a secondhand store years ago, and was apparently just waiting for the right time to read it.

Athenais de Montespan life story follows a pattern...

The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

Author

Lawrence James

Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island often at odds with her European neighbors. Lawrence James has written a comprehensive,...

Understanding Dispensationalists

Author	Vern Sheridan Poythress
ISBN	0875523749

Poythress provides a very thoughtful, honest look at dispensationalism from a reformed perspective. Avoiding the trap of over generalization, he gives a fair and honest look at dispensational theology with a gracious spirit. He points out why the dispensational theology is flawed and, ultimately,...

Genesis 1-15

Author	Gordon J. Wenham
ISBN	0849902002

Recent scholarship has shown a marked preference for a simpler analysis of Genesis, says Dr. Gordon Wenham, and with this trend his commentary identifies.

Dr. Wenham has a remarkable gift for clarity of expression in discussing even the most difficult problems. His terse, crisp style serves...

Truth for All Time: A Brief Outline of the Christian Faith

Author	John Calvin
ISBN	0851517498

This work provides a light and fundamental overview of some of the central doctrines of Christianity. Using the Apostle's Creed as this outline for the majority of the book, Calvin gives a brief insight concerning each of the truth claims found within the creed. This would probably be a good foray into...