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Get your binoculars ready! This bird watching guide covers over 300 bird species while being compact enough to fit in your pocket. Ideal for both novice and experienced birdwatchers, it serves as a complete photographic guide to the birds of Britain and Europe. Authenticated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), it features profiles and clear photographs of the most commonly seen birds, detailed illustrations of plumage and flight posture, and concise formatting for quick identification. Maps indicate where each bird can be found in different seasons and during migration, while links to a website provide audio for 60 bird sounds. This comprehensive reference helps enthusiasts identify species, recognize their sounds, and understand which birds are native or visiting. It also explores their behaviors, including mating, nursing, and migration patterns. Stunning photographs capture the beauty of the birds, and notes on distinguishing plumage variations make identification effortless. The revised 4th edition includes a link to hear common songs and calls. This guide is a perfect gift for birdwatchers or anyone wanting to identify birds in their garden or local area. Look out for more RSPB titles from DK!

The true story of one of the most famous of all Viking warriors who remains a national hero in Norway. With reference to Norse sagas and early chronicles, veteran historian Desmond Seward has written a vivid, colourful and insightful account of a remarkable man and the times in which he lived.

The first full, modern history of the Jacobite cause in its entirety as it played out in Scotland, England, Ireland, Europe and even America

From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III, the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last drove the English out. Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.

Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her The only man in Paris.

For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Seward's account traces the changes that led to France's final victory and brings to life all the intrigue of the last chivalric combats as they gave way modern warfare. schovat popis

A travel book with religious interest which describes visits to European shrines where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in recent history. They include Hriushiw in the Ukraine, Medjugorje in Herzegovina, Svata Hora in Bohemia, Czechochowa in Poland, Garabandal, Fatima and Walsingham.

During the fifteenth century, England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. The much admired historian Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and women who experienced the conflict first hand. In a gripping narrative the personal trials of the principal characters interweave with the major events and personalities of one of the most significant turning points in British history.

An examination of the impact of the Wars of the Roses on the lives of five very different men and women, during the years from 1455 to 1487, telling of how they lived, how the wars affected the lives of women as well as men and of how much was publicly accused of plotting against Richard III during his reign.