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Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day
for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of
jus...
How does a society recover from a devastating war? This was the question
posed in the 1920s as people searched for normality in the aftermath of
t...
In the 1930s Britain experienced an economic crisis, with high
unemployment, wage cuts, benefit cuts and a deterioration in living
standards. It w...
In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst,
takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today.
He e...
Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in
1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like
spring...
A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping
over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of
New ...
The fascinating history of a continent. From almost the beginning of
time, men have harboured aspirations to make the vast territory of
Europe one...
As globalisation wobbles into world crisis, a vividly written,
brilliantly original history of world trade, the first for a generation
is presente...
David Kynaston's "Austerity Britain 1945-51", the first book in his
series "Tales of a New Jerusalem", was a major "Sunday Times" bestseller
in 20...
The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman
world to its core. This gripping book uncovers the key factors that
contribut...
Ancient Afghanistan was the crossroads of civilization in Central Asia.
Its archaeological treasures date back more than four thousand years and
b...
"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about Kings and Queens" unearths a
wealth of fascinating truths about British monarchs from pre-Roman times
to ...
In November 2008, the United States elected a new President. But the
collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country
is al...
Based on contemporary documents and histories, Roderick Graham paints a
unique picture of Mary that sees her neither as a Catholic martyr, nor
as ...
Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John
O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history
asking '...
In this groundbreaking new biography, G.W. Bernard offers a fresh
portrait of one of England's most captivating queens. Through a
wide-ranging for...
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous
stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless
novels, ...
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no
credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of
it. Until n...
The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water --
the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of
t...
What do the following have in common? Let there be light - A fly in the
ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles Lick the dust - How
are...
An exploration of the catacombs, chambers and tunnels beneath the
pyramids, which were discovered in the 1800s but remained forgotten
about and un...
For more than half a century, Betjeman's writings have awakened readers
to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of gaslight in
suburban...
This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in
Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its
remote ...
The birth of the railways and their rapid spread across the world
triggered economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale.
From Pana...
In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in
British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams
lighte...
In Bright Particular Stars, David McKie examines the impact of
twenty-six remarkable visionaries on twenty-six unremarkable British
locations. Fro...
This title has been nominated for "Daily Telegraph" Books of the Year.
If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you
woul...
"Country Lives Remembered" contains stories of Britain's most colourful
countrymen and women from the past, lovingly edited by best selling
countr...
It has been recorded in official government records that there were no
survivors of the five companies of the Seventh Cavalry who were with
Genera...
How did prehistoric peoples those living before written records think?
Were their modes of thought fundamentally different from ours today?
Resear...
No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At
its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign
sub...
In 1900, a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean
discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Lying
unno...
'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History
Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and
cap...
The Battle of Towton 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as
the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry and
in a...
The publication of "Robinson Crusoe" in London in 1719 marked the
arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were
prominent i...
From the crops that have fed billions of people over the centuries to
the plants highly regarded for their medicinal qualities, this
fascinating o...
In the early hours of Thursday, July 10, 1919 hundreds of thousands of
New Yorkers rushed out onto the streets and rooftops and gaped up into
the ...
Hancox is the Tudor hall house in rural Sussex where Charlotte Moore
grew up, and where she lives today. It's been in the family since her
ancesto...
In "House Histories", Britain's leading house historian uncovers the
hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary houses across
the co...
A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements
in the world -- the Girl Guides -- and how they helped win the war.
Ment...
At a time when the West seems ever more eager to call on military
aggression as a means of securing international peace, Nicholson Baker's
provoca...
The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians
from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history
had b...
With everything from Achilles' heel to Pythagoras' theorem, from Oedipus
and his complex to Margaret Thatcher and Thucydides, this book aims to
un...
Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine
of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day
and...
This is a true story of a barely trained and inexperienced Air Force
undercover agent who is sent to Morocco to assist the nationalist
movement in...
Like most of us, Ian Vince used to think of the British countryside as
average, unexciting - as dramatic as a nice cup of tea. Then, over the
cour...
For hundreds of years, the West has plundered the ancient world to fill
its museums and houses, but now these countries want their treasure
back. ...
Thinkers at the forefront in alternative theories on history, the
origins of civilization, technology, and consciousness - With
contributions by G...
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky
over the Northern Hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Great Lakes,
the co...
Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 Between
1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten
to de...
Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the
father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for
20...
In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman
to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells
the...
Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western
Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared
to the ...
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion
and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the
Royal Mi...
In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir
Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of
rebe...
For six years the people of Britain endured bombs and the threat of
invasion, and more than 140,000 civilians were killed or seriously
wounded. Me...
Brazil was a beautiful but dangerous place 200 years ago, when three
Liverpool brothers set out for its shores. They began by working as
merchants...
Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the
rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with
magica...
On the morning of the 16th December 1914, elements of the Imperial
German Navy's High Sea Fleet shelled three east coast towns.
Scarborough, Whitb...
Britain and its people have a long and noble history that is now over
2000 years old. Like all the best stories it is one of blood, death,
love, s...
This title is shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011. From
disastrous foreign forays to syphilitic poets, from political intriguing
to ...
In a period marked by a number of great diarists, England after the
Civil War was a place of pleasure and drama. Indulgences such as
coffee-houses...
For nearly four centuries, Britain served as the western border of the
Roman Empire. Invaded in AD 43, it was initially a wild place prone to
Celt...
Rome - as a city, as an empire, as an enduring idea - is in many ways
the origin of everything Robert Hughes has spent his life thinking and
writi...
The marriage of the Protestant Charles I and the French Catholic
princess Henrietta Maria was, from the start, a dangerous experiment.
They met fo...
Russia is a country of contradictions: a nation of cultural refinement
and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by 'the iron
fis...
What does the delicate beauty of the Wilton Diptych reveal about
medieval Britain? How do Henry Moore's sensuous forms reflect the social
upheaval...
The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed
exploration of Richard's last 150 days, and explores these events from
the stand...
Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial -
achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which
its ...
From the migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the
latest voyages into space, an incredible team of historians, travellers
and exp...
The film "Zulu" centres on the defence of Rorkes Drift, during the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, fought on the afternoon and
early morning of 22nd-23rd...
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A
HISTORY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very
begi...
From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the
Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells
the ...
This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of
humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind
them, oft...
In 1916, in the middle of the First World War, two men secretly agreed
to divide the Middle East between them. Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary
poli...
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we
should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in
th...
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Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of
Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the
book...
Mark Easton's Britain Etc. looks at the UK through its relationship to
26 subjects - one for each letter of the alphabet. From Alcohol, Beat
Bobbi...
Examines the ranges of chocolate produced by manufacturers of the 19th
century, many of which are still available today, such as Kit Kat, Rolo,
Al...
Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been
published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London
seen ...
The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very
existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities.
It affec...
The Battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality,
as the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry
and i...
Ever since "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, the novel has introduced British
readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find
deep...
A stunning visual record of our most spectacular and scenic country
estates that were broken up for sale and lost for ever A sweeping
country esta...
Charting the unique relationship between humans and animals and how
certain species have been instrumental in the development of our
understanding...
In March 2010, twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own
hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in
human ...
First published in 1938, this classic book introduces the British high
street, pairing the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with an
engagi...
Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did
Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval
people slee...
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable
empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had
vanishe...
Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine
of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day
and...
Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine
of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day
and...
"Lost London" is the story of the city as told through the buildings,
parks and palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall
Pleas...
Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey
map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles.
Th...
Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a 'great and infamous whore'.
She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII
of ...
The origins of the Royal Mail go back to the early years of the Tudor
monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was
acknowledged ...
Ian Mortimer considers some of the key questions in Medieval history and
rethinks the nature of historical evidence. In this important new work
Ia...
We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire
crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of
"Total ...
Railway journeys in art
This title describes the rise and fall of the Cavaliers before, during
and after the English Civil War. "Dashing and daring, colourful, subtle
and...
The rise of Rome depended on fearsome military prowess, backed up by an
unprecedented willingness to accept conquered enemies into society as
Roma...
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in
reality it rumbled on for another 10 years ...Across Europe, landscapes
had b...
In the early 1700s an Inuk paddling a traditional Greenland kayak
landed, alone and exhausted, on a beach near Aberdeen and died three
days later....
A photographic history of New York store fronts.
Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian
murderers. Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the
nineteenth c...
From the author of 'Britain BC', 'Britain AD' and 'Britain in the Middle
Ages' comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series
on...
There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either
morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of
Marlboro...
The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times
to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge
injustic...
'It is becoming more and more
important to add truth to the plethora of distortion that surrounds the
Knights Templar. The Order's spiritual leg...
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return
from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was
founde...
How did an illiterate 17-year-old peasant girl manage to become one of
histories most salient females? It is almost 600 years since Joan of
Arc h...
John Julius Norwich examines the oldest continuing institution in the
world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter
(traditionall...
Here is the complete story of the legendary vessel from design to its
building in Harland & Wolf's Belfast shipyard and a detailed
chronicle o...
Abysmal weather, slag heaps, funny accents; the bleak uplands of a
landscape carved out of millstone grit; townscapes of abandoned mills
and shipy...