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Birthdate: 1892
Date of death: 1957
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Place of death: San Marino, California, USA
Education: Chipping Camden Grammar School, UK
Oxford University (Pembroke College)
Occupations: historian
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The Early Stuarts, 1603-1660 by Godfrey Davies

The finest single-volume account of the period. Highly recommended.

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Wellington & His Army by Godfrey Davies

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The Early Stuarts 1603-1660 (Oxford History of… by Godfrey Davies

The Early Stuarts covers the period from the accession of James 1 to the Restoration of 1660. It is based on his own researches and on an outstandingly wide and detailed knowledge of the sources. Since its first publication it has held the field as a standard textbook. Shortly before his death in 1957 the author completed his revision of the second edition. The text incorporates the results of much new work and the bibliography is brought up to date; but the main features of the book are preserved.… (more)

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