Colonial Lake Books - Reference Books

	Reference Books
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - $15.00 Pb.
	A Middle English Reader - $30.00 Kenneth Sisam & J R R Tolkien. This highly respected anthology of medieval English literature features numerous well-chosen extracts of poetry and prose, including popular tales from Arthurian legend and classical mythology, as well as the allegorical poem Piers Plowman and John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible. Includes notes on each extract, appendices, and an extensive glossary by J. R. R. Tolkien. 512pp. Pb.
A Royal History of England - $30.00 The history of the Kings and Queens of England, reign by reign. HB.
Bloody Mary's Martyrs - $30.00 Jasper Ridley. This is the chronicle of a monarch’s religious intolerance, a nation’s fear, and the unimaginable courage of the Protestants who died for their faith—more than three hundred victims in less than three years. Award-winning historical biographer Jasper Ridley explores the dark years of Mary Tudor's reign using an absorbing narrative and meticulously researched history to relate a tragic, brutal, and often inspiring tale. Hb.
	The Book of The Sacred Magic of Abramelin The Mage - $16.00 S L MacGregor Mathers. This Fifteenth-century document provides instructions -- for the period's professional magicians and sorcerers -- for evoking good and evil spirits, divining rare metals and treasures, warding off evil magic, healing illnesses, rendering oneself invisible, reading minds, working black magic, and more. An entertaining medieval course in legerdemain -- one of the most important books in the history of occultism. 268pp. Pb.
Celtic Ornament in the British Isles - $15.00 E. T. Leeds. This well-documented study traces the history and evolution of pre-Christian Celtic ornamentation in the British Isles, focusing especially on less familiar or less accessible relics from the pagan past. From the earliest beginnings to 700AD, the author describes and discusses examples ranging from fragments of a bronze hanging-bowl ornamented with finely detailed palm leaves, to a handsome bronze-bound bucket decorated with yin-yang scrollwork and horses with feathery tails. Also here are detailed, carefully researched chapters on early British numismatic art, the Celts as delineators of human and animal figures, Roman influence in the crafting of embossed bronze brooches and more. More than 80 photographs and illustrations, including 18 in color, depict bronze engraved mirrors, ox-head finials, a pendant with a Medusa-like head, and other artifacts, further enhancing this concise and informative work - a classic study certain to be highly valued by students of design and archaeology and anyone interested in Celtic ornamentation. Unabridged Dover republication of the edition originally published by Oxford University Press, London, 1933. 224pp. Pb.
The Day Book of Saints - $25.00 Hb.
	The Description of England - $30.00 William Harrison, Georges Edelen. This is delightful tour of the English world during the 16th century by someone who was actually there, a quite worldly clergyman named William Harrison, who is opinionated and often comically pedantic. Not much on politics, but lots on the social and cultural life of everyday Englishmen. It has lots of interesting tidbits.
English Castles - $17.00 Pitkin Guide. Castles were introduced into England by the Normans in the eleventh century and more than 1,500 were built throughout England and Wales during the following 400 years. From the first wooden tower perched on a sturdy mound of earth, constructed in a few short weeks, the castle developed into the powerful and sophisticated structure of stone we recognize today and which took decades to complete. 30pp. Pb.
Jewish Life in the Middle Ages - $23.00 A study of the life and lives of Jews during the Middle Ages. It includes sections on: The Centre of Social Life; Life in the Synagogue; Communal Organization; Institution of the Ghetto; Social Morality; The Slave Trade; Monogamy and the Home; Home Life; Love and Courtship; Marriage Customs; Trades and Occupations; The Jews and the Theater; The Purim-Play and the Drama in Hebrew; Costume in Law and Fashion; The Jewish Badge; Private and Communal Charities; The Relief of the Poor; The Sick and the Captive; The Medieval Schools; The Scope of Education; Medieval Pastimes and Indoor Amusements; Chess and Cards; Personal Relations between Jews and Christians; and Literary Friendships. 480pp. Pb.
	Jewish Travellers in the Middle Ages - 19 Firsthand Accounts - $20.00 Elkan Nathan Adler. Fascinating narratives by Benjamin of Tudela, Eldad the Danite, other scholars, merchants, pilgrims, etc. Illustrated. 416pp. Pb.
Kings and Queens of England - $8.00 John Green. Another Dover colouring book. This one shows more than 1,200 years of ruling British monarchs — from Alfred the Great (871-899), the noble promoter of English education; to Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Phillip, seen on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Background scenes in each illustration evoke highlights of the era. 32pp. Pb.
	Life and Work in Medieval Europe - $21.00 P Boissonade. This remarkably erudite yet readable work traces the economic evolution of Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. Its panorama begins in the early Dark Ages and ends with the close of the Middle Ages, the birth of capitalism and a national economy, and a century of revolutions (1340–1453). Focusing on the lives of working people, it covers the breakup of the feudal estates, the development of small craft industries and large capitalist enterprises, the rise of wage laborers, the development of technical advances in industry and agriculture, and the rise of international commerce and finance. 416pp. Pb.
Life in a Medieval Abbey - $17.00 Pb.
Life in Celtic Times - $8.00 A J Smith. Fourteen centuries of Celtic life and culture depicted in over 40 well-researched, excellently rendered illustrations. Intriguing scenes of an Iron-Age village, Glastonbury fishermen, farmers harvesting grain, Celtic warriors on horseback, St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland and much more. Descriptive captions. 48pp. Pb.
Medici Money - $23.00 Hb.
	Medieval People - $15.00 Eileen Power. Classic study recreates the lives of six real but ordinary people who lived between the 9th and 16th centuries. Drawing on account books, diaries, letters, records, wills and other authentic historical documents, she brings to vivid life Bodo, a Frankish peasant in Charlemagne's time; Marco Polo, the well-known Venetian traveler of the 13th century; Madame Eglentyne, Chaucer's prioress in real life; a Parisian housewife of the 14th century; Thomas Betson, a 15th century English merchant; and Thomas Paycocke of Coggeshall, an Essex clothier in the days of Henry VII. 256pp. Pb.
The Medieval Scene: An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages - $13.00 G G Coulton. Vivid, eminently readable account by one of the foremost historians of the medieval period provides fascinating insights into the Church's role in village life, the development of towns and use of fields, the growth of chivalry and evolution of knighthood, monasticism, trade, and much more. 192pp. Pb.
The Medieval World: 1100 - 1350 - $23.00 Pb.
	The Middle Ages - $8.00 Edmund V Gillon, Jr. The pictures in this coloring book are real illustrations from the Middle Ages, dating from 1475 to 1500. Included are a knight swallowed by a monster, scenes from the bible, battles and combats, Jerusalem, agricultural activities, animals, etc. Over 50 illustrations. 48pp. Pb.
The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy - $20.00 Ian Arthurson. How Perkin Warbeck's claim to be Richard, Duke of York (the younger of the two sons of Edward IV, who were murdered in the Tower of London) affected 15th century European politics. 244pp. Pb.
Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century - $23.00 Pb.
Salt: The Grain of Life - $30.00 Hb.
Severed Heads: British Beheadings Throughout History - $36.00 Geoffrey Abbott. This book takes a comprehensive look at 500 years of the gruesome punishment of beheading in Britain. 272pp Pb.
	The Story of Maps - $31.00 Lloyd A Brown. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A. D. — Strabo and Ptolemy — through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. 464pp. Pb.
The Compleat Angler - $9.00 Izaak Walton. First published in 1653, The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation ranks as one of the best-selling English-language books of all time, right behind the Bible and the works of Shakespeare. Its celebration of the art and spirit of fishing combines verse, song and folklore; moral reflections; and timeless wisdom. Author Izaak Walton, a Londoner with a passion for rustic life, created a work that both informs and delights with an ingenious exploration of fishing's subtle intricacies and the pleasures of the natural world. Cast in the form of a dialogue between the veteran angler Piscator and his pupil Viator, this is a perennial favorite of the past 350 years. 176pp. Pb.
	The Travels of Ibn Battuta: 1325 to 1354 - $20.00 Ibn Battuta, Samuel Lee. One of the greatest travelers of his age, Sheikh Ibn Battuta began a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1326 that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later. His engrossing account of that journey provides vivid details of an odyssey that took him from Tangier to East Africa, southern Russia, India, China, and other areas of the Middle and Far East. A primary source for the history and geography of the medieval Arab world. 272pp. Pb.
Who's Who: 1066 - 1272 - $30.00 Hb.
Who's Who: 1272 - 1485 - $30.00 Hb.
William Wallace: Guardian of Scotland - $12.00 A F Murison. Dramatic account of Scotland's greatest patriot recalls the legendary life of William Wallace (ca. 1270-1305) from his youth and early adulthood, when he spearheaded guerrilla warfare against the English, to his designation as "Guardian of Scotland," followed by his ultimate betrayal and execution. A vivid record of a leader with a powerful hold on the imagination of his people. 160pp. Pb.