Great Britain - History
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The Complete Midshipman Bolitho
$19.95 Add to cartCombining three novellas that cover the early years of Richard Bolitho’s service in the Royal Navy–including the latest Bolitho novella Band of Brothers–this omnibus is the new first book in the Ric
- Series: Bolitho Novels (Paperback) #1
- Author: Kent, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 341
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1590131274
- Language: English
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The Fortune of War
$15.95 Read moreCaptain Jack Aubrey arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the British Navy. He and his friend, surgeon Stephen Maturin, tak… [more below]
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #6
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541630
- Language: English
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Ship of the Line
$18.99 Add to cartHornblower leads his first ship of the line into enemy waters in this installment of C. S. Forester’s beloved adventure series, called “exciting, realistic, packed with grand naval action” by the New … [more below]
- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #07
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 30 1985
- ISBN10: 0316289361
- Language: English
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Lord Hornblower
$18.99 Add to cartHornblower is tasked with a dangerous rescue mission in this “enthralling” chapter (New York Times) in C. S. Forester’s beloved naval adventure series.
Weary of the war that he has waged nearly his e- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #10
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 1989
- ISBN10: 0316289434
- Language: English
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
$18.99 Add to cartHornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this “excellent” installment (The Atlantic) in C. S. Forester’s beloved saga of naval adventures.
In the chaotic aftermath … [more below]- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #11
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 02 1989
- ISBN10: 0316289418
- Language: English
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Treason’s Harbour
$15.95 Read moreStranded in Malta, Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin must be careful, for the salons and dockyards are infested with Napoleon’s spies, and there is a traitor in the British intelligence … [more below]
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #9
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0393881733
- Language: English
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Hornblower and the Atropos
$19.99 Add to cartHornblower leads a ship into the Mediterranean in this “intense and exciting” installment (New York Times) of C. S. Forester’s beloved naval adventure saga.
In the wake of a humbling incident aboard- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #05
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 30 1985
- ISBN10: 0316289299
- Language: English
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Flying Colours
$17.99 Add to cartHornblower is captured by the French and faces execution in a Paris prison in this “most satisfying” chapter (Times Literary Supplement) in C. S. Forester’s beloved naval adventure series.
Forced to- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #08
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 05 1989
- ISBN10: 0316289396
- Language: English
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Call the Midwife the Official Cookbook
$39.99 Read moreThis elegant cookbook celebrates the characters and cuisine of the popular BBC period drama Call the Midwife.
Call the Midwife: The Official Cookbook includes more than 100 beautiful photographs of fe- Author: Gray, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1681888289
- Language: English
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Commodore Hornblower
$18.99 Add to cartHornblower finds himself fighting Napoleonic forces in Russia in this “extremely entertaining” (Christian Science Monitor) chapter in C. S. Forester’s beloved naval adventure series.
The year is 1812…. [more below]- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #09
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 05 1989
- ISBN10: 0316289388
- Language: English
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Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Desperadoes Who Plotted Hitler’s Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops
$17.99 Add to cartIn the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain’s wartime leader called for the lightning development of a … [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1529432332
- 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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Sea of Treason
$28.00 Add to cartFollowing his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.
- Author: Stockwin, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1399716719
- Language: English
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Lieutenant Hornblower
$19.99 Add to cartHornblower gets his first independent command in this installment of C. S. Forester’s beloved series, “the most popular modern saga of the days when ships were wood and men were iron” (New York Times … [more below]
- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #02
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 16 1998
- ISBN10: 0316290637
- 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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H. M. S. Surprise
$15.95 Add to cartIn H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked w
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #3
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541606
- Language: English
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Hornblower and the Hotspur
$19.99 Add to cartHornblower’s reconnaissance mission quickly turns to warfare in this installment of the beloved series of naval adventures by C. S. Forester, “a master of the genre” (New York Times).
April 1803. Th- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #03
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0316290467
- 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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Hornblower During the Crisis
$17.99 Add to cartThe final, unfinished volume in C. S. Forester’s beloved Hornblower saga sees the indomitable naval hero engage in espionage to thwart Napoleon’s forces ahead of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Although un- Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) #04
- Author: Forester, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 18 1990
- ISBN10: 0316289442
- Language: English
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Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly
$32.00 Add to cartThe incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible
“Aviation buffs will cheer this high-flying saga.”-… [more below]- Author: White, David Fairbank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1524746320
- Language: English
