If you want to discover the captivating history of the Hundred Years' War, then keep reading... Two captivating manuscripts in one book: <ul> <li>The Hundred Years' War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the English House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois That Took Place During the Middle Ages</li> <li>Joan of Arc: A Captivating Guide to a Heroine of France and Her Role During the Lancastrian Phase of the Hundred Years' War</li> </ul> Knights and battles, princesses and castles, sieges and warrior prophets who lead the way to victory upon shining white horses: all of these feel like the stuff of myths and legends. Yet the story of the Hundred Years' War contains all of these things, and it is a story that is entirely true. The story of this war is made fascinating by its setting, but it is made inspiring by its characters. Here is a blind king who rides to war for the opportunity to strike one last blow with his sword; here is a young prince, dressed all in black, who leads his father's men to victory; here are boy kings and fierce queens, prisoners who believe in honor, hailstorms that stop entire campaigns, and the wonderful story of a young peasant girl who changed the course of history forever. The Hundred Years' War changed language, national identity, weaponry, and even the way that people think about war. It is part of the greater narrative of human history and gives a snapshot of how human nature can behave when pressed by the extremity of such a conflict-sometimes with unspeakable honor and courage and other times with cowardice, selfishness, and arrogance. There are many lessons to be learned from this war. Its tale is a cautionary one, but it is also a tale of adventure, battle, hope, and divine intervention. It's the tale of a war unlike any other. Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include: <ul> <li>The Edwardian War (1337-1360)</li> <li>A Question of Succession</li> <li>Striking the First Blow</li> <li>Death of a Different Ilk</li> <li>The Black Prince's Raid</li> <li>The Treaty of Brétigny</li> <li>The Caroline War (1369-1389)</li> <li>Charles the Wise</li> <li>The Death of John Chandos</li> <li>A French Victory</li> <li>The Great Chevauchée</li> <li>Two Boy Kings</li> <li>Madness and Deposition</li> <li>The Lancastrian War (1415-1453)</li> <li>Besieging Harfleur</li> <li>The Battle of Agincourt</li> <li>A Baby King</li> <li>Joan and the Siege</li> <li>The Last Battles</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include: <ul> <li>The Unending War</li> <li>A Whispered Prophecy</li> <li>The First Vision</li> <li>The Doubt of Baudricourt</li> <li>A Prediction of Defeat</li> <li>An Audience with the King</li> <li>The Road to Orléans</li> <li>Arrival at Orléans</li> <li>Flying the White Banner</li> <li>A Sign Provided</li> <li>The Battle of Patay</li> <li>Beans for the Apocalypse</li> <li>The French King Crowned</li> <li>The Siege of Paris</li> <li>Peace</li> <li>Capture</li> <li>Captive</li> <li>A Saint Tried for Heresy</li> <li>The Burning of Jeanne d'Arc</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> So if you want to learn more about the Hundred Years' War, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

The Hundred Years’ War: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Notable Conflicts of the Middle Ages and in European History and the Life of Joan of Arc

History

History, Captivating

Europe

Independently published

If you want to discover the captivating history of India, then keep reading... India is a land of mystery, richness, and deep spiritual discovery. Every facet of this ancient land seems scented with the famous spices that lured European traders to its shores more than five centuries ago. Here, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Buddhists live shoulder to shoulder in a crowded world of multiple gods and juxtaposed pilgrimage routes, each one perfectly peaceful in their own beliefs and traditions. More than one billion people live on the Indian subcontinent, working in a range of industries that begins in the agricultural sector and ends in the high-tech business world of Delhi. Intensified manufacturing and digital technologies have brought modern India into the global market, trading in communications software, customer service, and IT management—but these are far from the technologies and industries that put this ancient land on every map. Long before the British Raj or the tea trade, India was beloved for its spices and jewels. For much of history, India provided the majority of the world’s diamonds from its own mines. Some of those sparkling, perfect gems grace the likes of the British crown jewels. India is quite unique in the way it has brought its ancient histories and traditions with it into the modern age. Ganesh and Shiva have accompanied their people from the Indus River Valley–the spring of Indian civilization–down the Ganges and forward through time. In History of India: A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of the Maurya Empire, the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi, and More, you will discover topics such as <ul>
<li>The Indus River Valley</li>
<li>Mythology of the Vedic Age</li>
<li>Aryan India and the Great Vedic Debate</li>
<li>Alexander the Great</li>
<li>The Empire of Chandragupta Maurya</li>
<li>Buddhism and the Regrets of Ashoka</li>
<li>The Return of the Greeks</li>
<li>The Gupta Empire</li>
<li>Ancient Mathematical Discoveries</li>
<li>The Delhi Sultanate</li>
<li>Babur and the Mughal Empire</li>
<li>The Taj Mahal and a Story of Love</li>
<li>India is “Rediscovered” by Portugal</li>
<li>The Maratha Empire</li>
<li>The East India Trading Company</li>
<li>East India Company Rule</li>
<li>The British Raj</li>
<li>The Caste System</li>
<li>Mohandas Gandhi</li>
<li>The Salt March and Independence</li>
<li>Wildlife, Then and Now</li>
<li>A Brief History of the Curry</li>
<li>The Space Program</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>
So if you want to learn more about the history of India, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

History of India: A Captivating Guide to Ancient India, Medieval Indian History, and Modern India Including Stories of the Maurya Empire, the British ... Gandhi, and More (Exploring India’s Past)

Asia

If you want to discover the captivating history of the United States, then keep reading... When the first settlers reached the United States of America and started to chip out a living in the wilderness that seemed so fierce and unfamiliar to their European eyes, they could never have dreamed that someday the land upon which they stood would become one of the most powerful countries in the entire world. When Native Americans first witnessed those white sails bringing ships with white sailors into their world for the first time, they could never have dreamed that within a few centuries their population would be all but destroyed, that they would have to endure massacre after massacre, be stripped of their freedom and confined to comparatively tiny reservations, and walk the Trail of Tears within the next few hundred years. When the preachers of the Great Awakening stood on the backs of wagons or bits of old tree stumps and told the American people a new story of individual freedom and the power of ordinary people, they could never have dreamed that their preaching would trigger a landslide of abolitionism that would end in a civil war that almost tore the entire country apart. When the Civil War was finally won by the Union, and all African Americans' chains were broken at last, the military leaders could never have dreamed that within the next half century, the United States would emerge as one of the world's greatest military powers during the Spanish-American War. And when those soldiers won the struggle against Spain in Cuba, they could never have dreamed that later in the century, Cuba itself would turn against them and become the single greatest threat of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War. When the Wright Brothers first took to the air and Thomas Edison made the lightbulb, they could never have dreamed that American innovation would produce not only the Ford car, basketball, the telephone, and Facebook, but it would also be instrumental in creating the atomic bombs that killed hundreds of thousands of people and finally brought an end to the Second World War. As for Martin Luther King, Jr., he did dream. He had a dream of equality and brotherhood, and his dream at least partially came true in 2008 when America saw the inauguration of its first black president. Never could the slaves of the great plantations of the South have dreamed that that day would ever come, but it did. Nobody could have dreamed it, but it all came to pass, and it became the history of the United States of America. And this is how it all happened... In The History of the United States: A Captivating Guide to American History, Including Events Such as the American Revolution, French and Indian War, Boston Tea Party, Pearl Harbor, and the Gulf War, you will discover topics such as <ul>
<li>The People Who Were There First</li>
<li>A Time of Exploration</li>
<li>Colonizing America</li>
<li>The French and Indian War</li>
<li>The Boston Tea Party</li>
<li>The American Revolution</li>
<li>The First President</li>
<li>Restless Times</li>
<li>Horrors for the Natives</li>
<li>Awakening</li>
<li>Civil War</li>
<li>Seeking for Peace</li>
<li>A Rising Power</li>
<li>Progress</li>
<li>Disaster Strikes</li>
<li>The Biggest Bomb in the World</li>
<li>Icy Tension</li>
<li>Freedom on the Home Front</li>
<li>Terror and Its War</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>
So if you want to learn more about the history of the United States, then scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

The History of the United States: A Captivating Guide to American History, Including Events Such as the American Revolution, French and Indian War, ... Pearl Harbor, and the Gulf War (U.S. History)

Americas

Early Modern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Period in European History with Events Such as The Thirty Years War and The Salem Witch Hunts and ... and The Ottoman Empire (Early Modern History)

Classical Antiquity: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome and How These Civilizations Influenced Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia (Ancient Greek History)

John Jay: A Captivating Guide to an American Statesman, Patriot, Diplomat, Governor of New York, the First Chief Justice, and One of the Founding ... of America (Exploring the Founding Fathers)

Anglo-Saxons: A Captivating Guide to the People Who Inhabited Great Britain from the Early Middle Ages to the Norman Conquest of England (Barbarians in the Ancient World)

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Etruscans, then keep reading... The importance of the Etruscans can be traced back to Rome. The Roman Republic, and later the Roman Empire, was an unusual conqueror because it would absorb and assimilate elements of the cultures it dominated. A standing practice was to allow the defeated to continue practicing their culture and religion so long as they paid their taxes on time. Such a procedure was part of why Christianity would seep into the Roman Empire around the 1st century CE, for example. For the Etruscans, this meant they influenced aspects of Roman civilization, one of the most powerful cultures in the history of the Western world. The word "Rome" is Etruscan in origin as are the names of its mythological founders "Remus" and "Romulus." Several of the Roman creation myths centered on branches of the Etruscans breaking off to found Rome, and Rome itself used to be a part of Etruscan civilization before it broke away and started to develop its own society. When the Etruscans were absorbed, elements of their culture, language, and religion would seep into Roman practice. Before their assimilation, the Etruscans gifted Rome with much of its political science and technology. Through the Etruscans, the Romans developed monarchy, walls, drainage systems, and the powerful forum. The Etruscans shouldn't only be studied as the influencer of Rome, but it is the connection through which most individuals have heard of their illustrious civilization. Other interesting developments of the Etruscans were their flamboyant fashion, complex political structure, urban planning, and fatalistic religion. As the reader of this volume, check and see where the Etruscans sound similar to the Romans but also interpret what made the Etruscans unique, what rings of assimilation of other cultures like the Greeks, and determine whether it was possible for the Etruscans to avoid their fate against the Romans during the 1st century BCE. In The Etruscans: A Captivating Guide to the Etruscan Civilization of Ancient Italy That Preceded the Roman Republic, you will discover topics such as <ul> <li>Politics, Government, and Social Structure</li> <li>How an Individual Lived</li> <li>The Origin of the Etruscans</li> <li>The Etruscan Orientation, c. 600-400 BCE</li> <li>The Roman Conquest, c. 400-20 BCE</li> <li>Mythology and Religion</li> <li>Art and Music</li> <li>The Etruscan Language and Writing</li> <li>Architecture</li> <li>Surviving Text and Literature</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> So if you want to learn more about the Etruscans, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

The Etruscans: A Captivating Guide to the Etruscan Civilization of Ancient Italy That Preceded the Roman Republic (Forgotten Civilizations)

World

Explore the Captivating History of Europe The history of people in Europe is a fascinating one that starts, as most do, with hunters, gatherers, and fishermen that eventually explode into a kaleidoscope of niche cultures—each with its own gods, goddesses, food staples, and building techniques. Initially quite isolated from one another, the people of Europe evolved intricate social systems and relationships with one another that eventually bonded them through trade and marriage. They built farms, villages, cities, and entire empires to protect their cultures and convert others to their ways of thinking, only to have it all crumble under the strength of the next warlord. Europe’s past is characterized by fighting and warfare, and it is punctuated with great works of art, philosophy, science, and technology. Even its recent history is much the same—that’s why so much of the globe was once ruled by European monarchies. Despite all the infighting and territorial exploits, Europeans have managed to create some of the most beautiful pieces of literature, architecture, political structures, and ideas the world has ever seen. In European History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Neanderthals Through to the Roman Empire and the End of the Cold War, you will discover topics such as <ul>
<li>Prehistory</li>
<li>The Neolithic Revolution</li>
<li>The Bronze Age</li>
<li>Early Tribes of Europe</li>
<li>The Iron Age</li>
<li>Prehistoric Britain</li>
<li>The Classical Greeks</li>
<li>The Roman Empire</li>
<li>The Vikings</li>
<li>The Dark Ages</li>
<li>The Holy Roman Empire</li>
<li>The Rise of Wessex</li>
<li>The Norman Conquest</li>
<li>Marco Polo and Renaissance Italy</li>
<li>Joan of Arc</li>
<li>Isabella I of Castile</li>
<li>The Age of Discovery</li>
<li>The Reformation</li>
<li>The Enlightenment</li>
<li>The French Revolution</li>
<li>The Industrial Age</li>
<li>The British Empire of Queen Victoria</li>
<li>The Great War</li>
<li>The Russian Revolution</li>
<li>World War II</li>
<li>The Cold War Era</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>
So if you want to learn more about European history, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

European History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Neanderthals Through to the Roman Empire and the End of the Cold War (Exploring Europe’s Past)

Explore How Churchill Went From Schoolboy Failure to Wartime Hero As a British politician who was well known for serving twice as prime minister for the United Kingdom and as an infamous war organizer, leader Winston S. Churchill filled his long life with achievements and recognition plotted throughout every modern history book. Most famously, he led Great Britain into victory over Nazi Germany during World War II in his first run as prime minister and played an essential role in negotiating peace once the war reached an unsteady end. Commonly, his name is associated as one of the “Big Three” alongside United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. In unity, the three men helped lead the world to a resolution from the violence and terror that reigned in World War II. Winston S. Churchill was more than a military and government leader, though. He lived an entire life full of accomplishments that defined him as a singular person, rather than a government and military leader. In 1953, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” Although he maintained a somewhat monotone voice over the radio, Churchill excelled in speaking to live crowds as he imparted encouraging words and recounted tales of his life adventures. On top of these accomplishments as a writer and a trailblazer, Churchill is famous for his endless reserves of energy and his need for little sleep, which allowed him to pursue many projects and hobbies outside of his governmental duties. Among many other possible descriptions, Winton Churchill categorizes as a father, a husband, a painter, a war hero, a politician, a soldier, a smoker, a gambler, and a philosopher. Some of the topics covered in this book include: 
<ul>
<li>Churchill’s Personal Life</li>
<li>His Mental Health</li>
<li>Childhood and Early Education</li>
<li>Military Service</li>
<li>Early Political Career and World War I</li>
<li>The Wilderness Years and Rearmament</li>
<li>World War II</li>
<li>Post-World War II and Second Term</li>
<li>The United States and the Soviet Union</li>
<li>And much more!</li>
</ul>Any general biography of Winston S. Churchill will provide an overview of his greatest achievements, but Churchill had other goals and desires that are often ignored and forgotten. What were they? Churchill had a family—a childhood and children of his own—and a political career that began at a young age. He spoke with and entertained some of the biggest names in the world, within both the political and social realms. How did he interact with Franklin D. Roosevelt? With Mahatma Gandhi? Beneath the accolades and accomplishments lie one important question: Who was Winston S. Churchill out of the spotlight? What were his struggles and personal goals? Was he an average man in some ways? The following book is an outline of Winston S. Churchill’s life that not only gives a brief overview of his best-known feats but also provides a glimpse into who he was as a person. Scroll to the top and select the "Add to Cart" button now

Winston Churchill: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Winston Churchill (Biographies)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by History, Captivating. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by History, Captivating