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The history of the city of Chester is so much more than the occupying Roman Legions and the walled fortress that they built on a sandstone outcrop overlooking the River Dee. This book tries to investigate the very earliest settlement of the site prior to the Roman invasion, as well as looking at the various periods of settlement, notable characters and important events that have helped to shape the city that stands today.     

For well over 1400 years Chester remained a centre of religious, military and political power, as well as one of the most pre-eminent trading ports in all of England. Throughout its history, it has played host to some of the most notable characters of the age, including the Anglo Saxon King Egbert, William the Conqueror and the eight Norman Earls who ruled the city and its wider regions for well over 160 years. The two great Plantagenet monarchs, Henry III and his militaristic son Edward Longshanks used Chester as their base for the vicious military campaigns that they waged against the royal Princes of Wales. The usurper king Henry IV came to Chester to oust the legitimate monarch Richard II from his throne and it was in the city that the knight Henry “Hotspur” Percy assembled his rebel army that would later be defeated at the Battle of Shrewsbury. The city and its people also remained resolute during the 17^th century Civil War siege which witnessed the bombardment and starvation of Chester’s Royalist defenders in defense of the ill-fated monarch Charles I who later lost his head. 

The past 300 years have not been so glorious however and a good deal of the ancient city, including its Norman Castle, has been largely swept away in the rush to create a regional tourist attraction, often at the cost of the city’s most important architectural treasures.

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"In Search Of Chester's Medieval Castle" is an e-book looking at the 700 year history of Chester's long since gone Norman Castle which was first raised by the forces of William the Conqueror in 1069 and swept away some seven centuries later, to be replaced by the castle complex of Thomas Harrison which continues to remain in place today.

Constructed in several distinct phases in a little over two centuries, its development would help to make Chester one of the most heavily defended city's in all of England and it would serve as a base for some of the bitterest wars in English history, as both Norman Earl and English King would try to conquer the native people's and princes of North Wales, something only finally achieved by the late 13th century.

As castle's generally became unfashionable and susceptible to the modern weaponry of later times, so Chester's medieval fortress was allowed to deteriorate, being used for civilian activity rather than as a final military redoubt. Finally in the 1640's the castle once again served its primary purpose, as the city became embroiled in the English Civil War and its ancient defences were called on to protect the civil population, as well as the Royalist forces of the ill-fated Charles I.

Fashions change however and having served both the crown and city for 700 years the decision was finally made by the authorities to sweep away much of its ancient precincts and replace them with the grandiose structures which continue to stand in their place. This book tries to look at the phased development of Chester's medieval castle, the routine of day to day life within its walls and some of the more notable events which took place during its lifetime.

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The e-book, "To Hold By The Sword" offers a brief history on each of the successive 8 Norman Earls who held the city of Chester and its surrounding regions from 1069 through to 1237 when the Earldom finally reverted to the English crown, where it has remained through to the present day.

Beginning with the Norman knight Walter de Gerbod, this succession of noblemen made the city and its inhabitants their own, raising an impressive number of castle's in the region to help suppress the native people's of Cheshire and the Welsh borders. Many of these men became pivotal figures in both the military and political history of England, switching allegiances between competing candidates for the crown of England, purely for their own enrichment and empowerment.

The eight individual noblemen include; Walter de Gerbod, Hugh Lupus, Richard D'Avranches, Ranulph de Meschines, Ranulph de Gernon, Hugh Keveliok, Ranulph Blundeville and John the Scot.

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"Send Her Quickly To Her Fate" is an e-book project looking at the lives, crimes, trials and ultimately the deaths of the 27 women who were executed by Britain between 1900 and 1955, including the ten former female camp guards who were hung for war crimes following the end of World War II.

The individual cases include; Irma Grese, Elizabeth Volkenrath, Juana Bormann, Louise Masset, Mary Daly, Amelia Sachs, Annie Walters, Ada Chard Williams, Charlotte Bryant, Dorothea Waddingham, Rhoda Willis, Emily Swann, Ethel Major, Susan Newell, Louie Calvert, Styllou Christofi, Louisa May Merrifield, Maggie Allen, Dorothea Binz, Edith Thompson, Ruth Ellis, Elizabeth Marschall, Greta Boesel, Emma Zimmer, Ruth Closius Neudeck, Vera Salvequart and Ida Schreiter.

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The Bull Terrier Times compilation e-book contains 32 of the very best articles and 90 + images which have featured in past issues of the Bull Terrier Times magazine, which was published during the late 1990's and the early years of the 21st century.

The featured articles cover a variety of subjects which are particularly relevant to the bull terrier breeds and inevitably include aspects which relate to the much darker sides of the breed history, which some people might find disturbing and unsuitable for their own personal tastes.

For those students and enthusiasts that have a realistic understanding of both the history and nature of the bull terrier breeds, then this compilation booklet may be of interest to you. Many of the articles have been sourced from foreign and domestic publications that are no longer in existence and are generally unavailable in the public domain. A number of these features have been written by notable figures within the bull terrier fraternity and who have first hand experience of the dogs, whether they're at peace or at war.

File Details: 93 Pages in PDF or DOC Format, 4.62MB Download Price £5.00