Europe - Great Britain - General
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
$21.99 Add to cartA bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world, in a book lauded as “a rattling good tale” (Wall Street Journal) and “popular history at its best” (Washington Post)
The- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0465023290
- Language: English
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Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond
$25.00 Add to cartThe ska revival in the UK and the 2 Tone label represented unity of black and white in both the content of the songs, and appearance of the bands. While race may have been central to this declaration,
- Author: Augustyn, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: March 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1088122922
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666
$19.95 Add to cartThe tragic story of the disastrous London fire is told here from both a human and architectural point of view, as the fire destroyed lives along with buildings such as the original St. Paul’s cathedra… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: August 15 2002
- ISBN10: 1620458381
- Language: English
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The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War
$14.00 Add to cartAn incisive demonstration of how Orwell’s body of work was defined by the four major conflicts that punctuated his life: World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War.
Few English
- Author: Stansky, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 150363549X
- Language: English
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
$18.95 Read moreDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. P
- Author: Green, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1324064498
- Language: English
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The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this V… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guy, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0199674728
- Language: English
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Faith of Our Fathers: A History of True England
$19.95 Read moreThe Catholic Church has been a part of English history since the arrival of Christian missionaries to Roman Britain in the first century after Christ. England was evangelized in these early centuries
- Author: Pearce, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1621644359
- Language: English
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The Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain Colouring Book
$10.99 Add to cartFrom William the Conqueror and the Normans, through Henry VIII and the Tudors, and all the way up to Elizabeth II and the house of Windsor, this beautifully illustrated book covers all of the kings an
- Author: Stephen, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 8412232577
- Language: English
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Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History
$22.00 Add to cartIn the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the ten-thousand-year history of Britain’s relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world.
When Britain voted to leave the- Author: Morris, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1250872197
- Language: English
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The English and Their History
$29.00 Add to cartNamed a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator, and The Economist
The English first materialized as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before- Author: Tombs, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1040
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 1101873361
- Language: English
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940
$26.00 Add to cart“The best Churchill biography for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new.”–Newsweek
In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchest- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: September 03 1989
- ISBN10: 0385313314
- Language: English
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Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
$29.00 Read moreA best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colon… [more below]
- Author: Sanghera, Sathnam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0593316673
- Language: English
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England
$20.99 Add to cartA “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Bront?, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes biza
- Author: Pool, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 21, 1994
- ISBN10: 0671882368
- Language: English
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The Britannias: An Archipelago’s Tale
$35.00 Add to cartFrom Neolithic Orkney, Viking Shetland, and Druidical Anglesey to the joys and strangeness of modern Thanet, The Britannias explores the farthest reaches of Britain’s island topography, once known by
- Author: Albinia, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0393608557
- Language: English
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Weird Walk: Wanderings and Wonderings Through the British Ritual Year
$28.95 Read moreThe first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain’s strange and ancient places, to standing stones and pagan rituals, and to the p… [more below]
- Author: Walk, Weird
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1786786826
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartEngland–begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor–is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven b… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Hawes, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1615198148
- Language: English
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The Road to Wigan Pier
$18.99 Add to cartBefore he authored the dystopian 1984 and the allegorical Animal Farm, George Orwell was a journalist, reporting on England’s working class — an investigation that led him to examine democratic soci… [more below]
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 1972
- ISBN10: 0156767503
- Language: English
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The Royal Wardrobe
$28.99 Add to cart‘I loved this book!’ – Alison Weir
‘[A] lively, gossipy forage through royal wardrobes’ – Daily Mail
‘A sparkling history’ – Dr Kate Strasdin Peek into the wardrobes of history’s most fashionable royal- Author: Harte, Rosie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472297466
- Language: English
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Writers Guide To Everyday Life In Regency & Victorian England
$18.99 Add to cartA study of everyday life in Regency and Victorian England derived from anecdotes, written histories and first hand accounts. The author covers subjects from contemporary recipes, to courtship rituals,… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Kristine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: April 14, 2003
- ISBN10: 158297280X
- Language: English
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A History of Scotland
$19.99 Add to cartThe dramatic story of Scotland – by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver.
Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that- Author: Oliver, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 04, 2011
- ISBN10: 0753826631
- Language: English
