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• Fire And Fever - The Great Plague Of London 1665 / The Great Fire Of London 1666 | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The 17th century saw London rocked to its foundations by a double disaster. Hardly had the victims of the previous year's Great Plague been buried when the Great Fire of September 1666 destroyed five-sixths of the city. In just four days the blaze had rendered 100 000 Londoners homless a catastrophe following the earlier epidemic's huge death toll. This DVD charts these climactic events and their aftermath with the help of contemporary illustrations and dramatic 'eye-witness' accounts.

• The Gunpowder Plot 1605 | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Commemorated annually on November 5 Guy Fawkes' plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament immortalised as the Gunpowder Plot will live forever as one of history's most audacious acts of treason. The murder of a newly-crowned James I was plotted in 1605 by a group of high-born soldiers of fortune with Fawkes entrusted to light the fuse in the Commons' cellar. After an eleventh hour tip-off the plotters were discovered tortured and hung. Their actions propelled them into the annals of history and marked the inaugural Bonfire Night.

• Arthur - Myth And Reality | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (-45.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  For over fourteen centuries the shadowy figure of King Arthur has been cloaked in myth and fantasy. From a Romano-British warlord fighting the Saxon invaders Arthur has been transformed by time into the most English of kings - the very epitome of heroic medieval chivalry. This DVD features extensive and atmospheric re-enactment footage dramatised ""eye-witness"" accounts and fascinating expert analysis from Nikolai Tolstoy. It explores the truth behind the legend of King Arthur; a name which shines brightly through the strange world of the dark ages.