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21. Judith Weir: Songs From The Exotic
 
22. Judith Weir: Storm (Full Score)
 
23. Judith Weir: Two Human Hymns
 
24. Judith Weir: King Harald's Saga
 
25. Judith Weir: Ascending Into Heaven
 
26. The Sunmaid Raisins Play Book
 
$28.90
27. The Sunmaid Raisins Play Book
$31.80
28. Katherine Swynford
 
$4.88
29. The Sun- Maid Raisins Play Book
$9.91
30. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
 
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21. Judith Weir: Songs From The Exotic
by Unknown
 Unknown Binding: Pages (2009-01-01)

Asin: B002Z4605I
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22. Judith Weir: Storm (Full Score)
by Unknown
 Unknown Binding: Pages (2009-01-01)

Asin: B002Z4D3Y4
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23. Judith Weir: Two Human Hymns
by Unknown
 Unknown Binding: Pages (2009-01-01)

Asin: B002Z4A1FI
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24. Judith Weir: King Harald's Saga
by Unknown
 Unknown Binding: Pages (2009-01-01)

Asin: B002Z4ETJ2
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25. Judith Weir: Ascending Into Heaven
by Unknown
 Unknown Binding: Pages (2009-01-01)

Asin: B002Z4CQ1A
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26. The Sunmaid Raisins Play Book
by B. Alison Weir; Illustrator-Judith Moffatt
 Hardcover: Pages (1999)

Asin: B003NJO6QO
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27. The Sunmaid Raisins Play Book
by B. Alison Weir
 Board book: 12 Pages (1999-10-01)
list price: US$5.99 -- used & new: US$28.90
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Asin: 0689831307
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Everybody loves raisins!
Grab a handful and come decorate everything from cookies to snowmen! ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars The SunMaid Raisins Play Book
ISBN 0689831307 - Play with your food!Come on, you know they're going to do it, why not just accept it and turn it into a positive?Is it marketing?Well, of course it is - but so are Care Bear books, Disney books... they're going to be marketed to, and at least raisins are good for them!

On facing pages, there are two images.One is completed and the other needs some help.The reader finishes the picture by adding a few raisins.Pictures include a Dalmatian, a snowman and other fun items.

While all board books have sturdy pages, this one is extra heavy duty.The pages are also high-gloss, so they wipe clean easily.This is a book that is what you make of it - a way to get your kid to eat raisins, a counting book, just a chance to play together, you decide.That makes it a superb addition to your collection.From this series, I personally like The Cheerios Christmas Play Book best of all.

5-0 out of 5 stars Very Cute
I typically don't buy into the type of products that are aimed at advertising to my child. In other words, I typically would not buy this book that will convince my child that sunmaid raisins are the ones to buy. However, this is such a cute book that I bought it.

My son has enjoyed this book and has played with it. He pulls this book out when he thinks he needs a snack. He likes to put the raisins on the dog and then take them off and eat them.

Very cute. Great for eye and hand coordination.

5-0 out of 5 stars A great inter-active book, for Mom and Child!
My daughter and I have had more fun reading, counting, and eating raisins!She loves making her side of the page just like the "twin" on the other page!Wipes off easily!A great activity book for "one onone" time with your child! We Loved it so much we are buying more forChristmas presents!

5-0 out of 5 stars Perfect entertainment for babies and toddlers; tasty fun!
This book is perfect for babies and toddlers who like finger food (raisins and cheerios and such) and like bright, bold pictures. Kids are directed to add raisins to the laminated pictures to complete them; all are easy to do. The artwork is brilliant. ... Read more


28. Katherine Swynford
by Alison Weir
Audio CD: 14 Pages (2008-04-01)
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Asin: 1407423436
Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress and later the wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

Katherine Swynford’s charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the 14th century, the effective ruler of England behind the throne of his father Edward III in his declining years, and during the minority of his nephew, Richard ll. Katherine herself was enigmatic and intriguing, renowned for her beauty, and regarded by some as dangerous. Her existence was played out against the backdrop of court life at the height of the age of chivalry and she knew most of the great figures of the time — including her brother-in-law, Geoffrey Chaucer. She lived through much of the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, and the Peasants’ Revolt. She knew loss, adversity, and heartbreak, and she survived them all triumphantly. Although Katherine’s story provides unique insights into the life of a medieval woman, she was far from typical in that age. She was an important person in her own right, a woman who had remarkable opportunities, made her own choices, flouted convention, and took control of her own destiny — even of her own public image.

Weir brilliantly retrieves Katherine Swynford from the footnotes of history and gives her life and breath again. Perhaps the most dynastically important woman within the English monarchy, she was the mother of the Beauforts and through them the ancestress of the Yorkist kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts, and every other sovereign since — a legacy that has shaped the history of Britain. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Terriic read
I'd read one book about Katherine Swynford, and wanted to learn more.This book was excellent: well documented and interesting.

5-0 out of 5 stars Genealogy and period interest
This book is very well written, informative, and especially good for those seeking genealogical information associated with the aristocracy of the time. While the main character is the thematic source, she is surrounded by the history and people of the time. I found the book very entertaining as well as a good reference for personal genealogical interests.

3-0 out of 5 stars It's okay, but I learnt nothing new.
It was always going to be hard to write a book about a woman largely forgotten by history. Obviously I don't mean that literally, but rather the sheer lack of evidence of her existence is enough to make anyone shy away from Katherine as a topic for a non-fiction historical book. Alison Weir has yet again chosen a 'heroine' of history, a woman vilified by the public at large for questionable moral scruples and who on several occasions has been the victim of character assassination. Presenting the facts, or lack thereof, Weir has come up with some logical and at other times questionable conclusions as to the life of this fascinating woman.

This book has been reviewed several times already and so I will only rehash the basics. Weir has looked through history and found anything and everything to do with Katherine Swynford and like any historian has tried to piece the puzzle pieces together. She relies heavily on John of Gaunt's records, as well she should, afterall, Katherine was his mistress for a quarter of a century, eventually becoming his wife and the Duchess of Lancaster, thus it is only natural that she would be mentioned in varying degrees in his records. However, it is important to note that although interesting, reliance on a single source above all others can severely impact ones bias and objectivity. Having said that, the records of John of Gaunt practically hold the only surviving accounts of Katherine Swynford, and so you can see how anyone attempting to write about her life will have a difficult time.

I think Alison Weir has done a fairly okay job here. With the limitations she faced, she has managed to write a fairly readable account of Katherine's life, filling in the blanks as much as possible. Of course, most of her theories are unsubstantiated, but at the same time, they quite probably never will be, and so any biography of Katherine Swynford must be taken with a grain of salt. One can only surmise, and fill in the blanks with likely scenarios, basing those opinions on what is known about the period and the role of women of her particular status. I am no historian, nor do I know a great deal about Katherine's life, thus I cannot argue for or against the evidence provided, however I can say that for better or worse, of all Weir's non-fictional works, I have found this one to be the most interesting, accessible and attention-grabbing.

Thus, for this reader, this book is a solid 3.5 stars, it is interesting and readable, yet I learnt nothing new and I have read better.

4-0 out of 5 stars Shadowy but significant historical character
Although I have an MA in ancient history, I have to admit that I actually became interested in this era when I read some murder mysteries by Candice Robb, The Cross-Legged Knight, that were set in it.I was so taken by the historical characters and the social background to the fictional story that I decided to follow up on some of them.This led me to books on Edward III, the Black Prince, Isabella, Roger Mortimer, and others.In following up the threads leading from book to book, I discovered some of those by Alison Weir.

Alison Weir's works illuminate some of the lives of influential women.While one might label her a "feminist" historian, and some have, the wise reader will look upon her with a respectful attitude as one who has filled in the "blank spaces" left by earlier, predominantly male historians who seem to see no place for women in history--to read some histories of ancient Greece is to suspect that there were no women in Greece.To some extent this oversight arises because of a lack of documentation with respect to women at all levels of society in some periods and cultures; it's simply difficult to get at their lives.This doesn't mean, however, that we shouldn't make every attempt to learn about them and their effect on the history of their time.Trying to explain some of the events of the Plantagenet rulers, for instance, would be totally impossible without referral to the character and behavior of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (Ballantine Reader's Circle).Similarly an understanding of the disastrous reign of Edward II needs a good close look at the life of his queen, Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England, while the lives of Richard II and of the War of the Roses is much forwarded by a look at the lives of some of the women present at that time in this and other volumes, as for instance The Wars of the Roses. By undertaking a study of these individuals the author has filled important lacunae, making far clearer the realities of the times in which these women lived.

Mistress of the Monarchy, the biography of Lady Katherine Swynford, must have been a difficult one to write.There is apparently little documentation, but what there is was well used.The author is reduced to almost continual inference with respect to much of the lady's life, drawing out of basic knowledge of the period, its architecture, land tenure, economic structure, etc. what she can to illuminate what her subject's life may well have been where there is no actual information.While I'm not always satisfied with some of her deductions, I am able to follow thelogic and have to agree that many of her observations are probably correct.My main complaint is that because of this dearth of information, Katherine comes out as a somewhat "soft," "shadowy" character hovering in the background.I'm not sure that this is because she was as mild and gentle as she seems or because we don't know enough about her to paint her in a more realistic light.The story comes across as very nearly a romance, but it is very definitely a realistic romance.It partakes something of the sense of time and the reality in time that the play Into the Woods by Steven Sondheim does.The latter is something of an adult fairy tale, because it points out the importance of time in "happily ever after" by revealing what happens after the "happy ending."It's one of my favorite plays for this reason.

In reading this and other histories, I find my story-telling self trying to identify the "good guys" and the "bad guys."I'm forever trying to root for the "righteous," a very modern concept and not a very realistic one at any time, all things considered.Although Katherine as a character is written with a great deal of sympathy by Ms Weir, there are points where her behavior is characteristic of her age--that is to say not nice--as when she ignores the issues with the locals in Lincoln over her enclosure of property and her unwillingness to clear a canal on her property.However, when put into the perspective of the behavior of the period, she definitely comes out the "heroine" of the piece, since everyone else is so much worse.More than anything else, the reader comes away with a very clear understanding of what happens when everyone in society simply looks only to their personal good.It reminds me of Matt Ridley's The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, which explains why so much inevitably goes wrong despite the fact that everyone knows it will if they pursue their present course, and of Jered Diamond's COLLAPSE: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed which points up different historical outcomes for alternative societal decisions.I just wished we'd "get the point" of these histories, because modern society is not immune to the evil outcomes of the same types of behaviors.

For those of you with an interest in Medieval History, this is the period of Edward III, the Black Prince, and John of Gaunt; a very "active" period in English history and one that sets the stage for an even more active period during the War of the Roses that follows it.Reading piecemeal about the period as I have so far, I found that some of the politics of the era seemed haphazard and confusing--certainly the recurrent use of titles as opposed to personal names makes it seem so.In reading this book the issues that arose at the end of Richard II's reign made much greater sense.Katherine and her liaison with John of Gaunt, which produced a number of "bastard" children related to the royal house, created a sea of cross currents in personal and national history, a sort of "perfect storm" situation, that didn't resolve itself again until the death of Richard III and the ascension of Henry Tudor as Henry VII.

Illuminating.

2-0 out of 5 stars This book is more about John of Gaunt than Katherine Swynford
I was really looking forward to reading this book. I read Anya Seton's historical novel of Katherine Swynford years ago and really enjoyed it. I was hoping to discover a lot more about Katherine and her life. Unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Almost nothing is known about Katherine Swynford. Her mother is unknown, as well as when she was born. No one knows exactly how many children she had and their birthdates. The only solid records of her are John of Gaunt's (her lover and then 2nd husband) household registers for a few years that record gifts he made to her and a few historical documents. One granting the Pope's dispensation that Katherine and John were allowed to marry, another making her children by John of Gaunt legitimate after they married, and one from John of Gaunt himself in regard to Katherine's property.

Most of the time her whereabouts and what she was doing at the time are nothing but pure speculation. Even contemporary resources are of little help because they don't even agree on dates or events. Many of these sources didn't like Katherine because she was John of Gaunt's mistress and a "fallen woman", so they were probably biased against her.

This book really isn't about Katherine Swynford, it's about all the famous people that she had connections with at the time. Her lover and then husband, John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, Geoffrey Chaucer (he wrote The Canterbury Tales) who married her sister Phillipa, the kings, queens and other royalty of the time, etc. If you condense all the information that is actually about Katherine herself, it might cover a few pages, less than 5% of the book. I would say this is more a biography of John of Gaunt than anyone else.

I enjoyed reading it, because it was interesting, but it shouldn't be called a biography of Katherine Swynford.
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29. The Sun- Maid Raisins Play Book
by B. Alison Weir
 Hardcover: 12 Pages (1999)
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Asin: B000VRANL8
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars A must-have book for your classroom
My preschoolers love this book.Not only they learn how to count, they also get to eat the raisins afterwards.To make sure everyone having a turn, I have to limit the amount of raisins for each child, otherwise, they would munch and munch forever. ... Read more


30. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
Paperback: 656 Pages (1991-01-10)
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Asin: 0802136834
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports to bring these women to life. Catherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves, a good-natured and innocent woman naively unaware of the court intrigues that determined her fate; Catherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Catherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time. ... Read more

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3-0 out of 5 stars Time Warp!
On the one hand I have to agree with those readers who likened this book to a historical text book.On the other hand I also agree with the opinions of those readers who enjoyed the obviously extensive research and detail.My biggest complaint overall is the author's constant jumping back and forth in the timeline.One minute she's writing about Anne Boleyn and something happening in 1535, the next she's going back to something that happened previously in 1532, then jumps around again and then goes on to a pre-description of Jane Seymour's family while still in the Anne Boleyn section with Anne still well alive!!I find the jumping around to be confusing and distracting.By way of a brief digression, I grew up near Hever Castle and it has always been one of my favourite haunts.

5-0 out of 5 stars A must read!
This book is a must read. I recommend it to anyone interested in Tudor History. Very detailed, easy reading and very intriguing. Excellent!

5-0 out of 5 stars This Book is a Masterpiece!
Words cannot express how wonderfully written and interesting this book is!I was cautious when I saw its length but, trust me, it reads very well and will keep you enthralled.Ms. Weir is a masterful writer.I'm almost at the end of the book and I feel as if I'm biddng farewell to a friend!

5-0 out of 5 stars Amazing read for Tudor lovers!!
This is my first book from Alison Weir and I could not put it down!! It is so well written and easy to read. She makes sense of some confusing situations. This book is full of detail and I could not recommend it more! 5 stars for sure!!

4-0 out of 5 stars Informative
I was interested in reading this since it covered all 6 wives. The first half of the book is Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, since they are probably the most interesting/most well known of the wives. I thought this was easy to read, although it took a while. Not because of the subject or style but that it's a large book. I think it would be difficult for someone with little to no knowledge of the subject to read this as it would be difficult to keep people/stories straight. I think Alison Weir is biased toward/against all of them and I'm not so sure the opinions are factually based. Interesting read if you are interested in this subject though. As for a history book, it's not boring or slow at all. I would gladly read more of Weir's work. ... Read more


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