Great Britain
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John Dee’s Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature
$32.00 Add to cartElizabethan England’s most famous natural philosopher John Dee recorded his reflections on the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse in a series of conversations with a… [more below]
- Author: Harkness, Deborah E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: November 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0521027489
- Language: English
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The Making of the English Working Class
$27.00 Add to cartA seminal text on the history of the working class by one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century.
During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and ar- Author: Thompson, E. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: February 12 1966
- ISBN10: 0394703227
- Language: English
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The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes “a rousing tale of little-known heroes” (Booklist).
The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight you… [more below]- Author: Kershaw, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0306815729
- Language: English
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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown
$18.99 Add to cartVanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remarkable life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, with new chapters to include the last few months of her
- Author: Nicholl, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0306827999
- Language: English
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Joseph Banks: A Life
$23.00 Add to cartOne of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history’s most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O’Brian’s biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of A… [more below]
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: December 08 1997
- ISBN10: 0226616282
- Language: English
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Doggy People: The Victorians Who Made the Modern Dog
$29.95 Read moreThis book reveals the varied and often eccentric lives of the Victorians who helped define dogs as we know them today.
- Author: Worboys, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1526167727
- Language: English
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No Man’s Land: The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain’s Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I
$18.99 Add to cartThe “absorbing and powerful” (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed modern medicine during World War I. A month after war b… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1541672755
- Language: English
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The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands
$15.99 Add to cartThere are millions of people whose ancestors originated in the Scottish Highlands, but few reliable guides about the daily lives of the people of this region, their vibrant culture, and their storied
- Author: Newton, Michael Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: January 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0971385823
- Language: English
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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
$20.00 Read moreIn this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 11 2008
- ISBN10: 1400078334
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII
$19.99 Read moreA timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning British democracy–using
- Author: Young, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0062936743
- Language: English
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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the pre
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063292300
- Language: English
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A History of the Church in England: Third Edition
$46.95 Add to cartA comprehensive history of the Christianity in Great Britain from the Roman Empire, through the Reformation and the 20th century.
This authoritative account of the Church in England covers its history
- Author: Moorman, J. R. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 01 1980
- ISBN10: 081921406X
- Language: English
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The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty
$22.00 Add to cartEngland’s Tudor monarchs–Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I–are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history. Their love affairs, their politic… [more below]
- Author: Borman, Tracy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0802127541
- Language: English
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The Game of Our Lives: The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain
$21.99 Add to cartThe Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular cultu… [more below]
- Author: Goldblatt, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1568585160
- Language: English
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The Ruin of Britain
$6.99 Add to cartDe Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae is a work written in Latin by the 6th-century AD British cleric St Gildas. It is a sermon in three parts condemning the acts of Gildas’ contemporaries, both secular
- Author: St Gildas the Wise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088132200
- Language: English
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Pocket Rough Guide British Breaks Isle of Skye & the Western Isles (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$15.99 Read moreThis expert-curated guide book to the Isle of Skye & the Western Isles shines a spotlight on a more unusual British break, with a wealth of practical information on what to see and do. Each area or ne
- Series: Pocket Rough Guide British Breaks
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1839058617
- Language: English
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The Irregulars
$20.00 Add to cartFollowing her extraordinary, bestselling, and much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War, here is a rollicking true story of spies, politicians, journalists, and intri… [more below]
- Author: Conant, Jennet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0743294599
- Language: English
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
$46.99 Read moreThis beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day.
Edited by esteemed historian Kenneth O.- Series: Oxford Illustrated Histories
- Author: Morgan, Kenneth O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199544751
- Language: English
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The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England
$20.00 Add to cartAn entertaining, accessible guide to Elizabethan England–the latest in the Time Traveler’s Guide series
Acclaimed historian Ian Mortimer shows readers that the past is not just something to be studie- Author: Mortimer, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 014312563X
- Language: English
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The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire
$18.99 Add to cart“A highly colorful, swashbuckling read, one that will give you new respect for Britain’s first Elizabeth.” —Seattle Times
An illuminating revisionist biography about Queen Elizabeth I and her merchant
- Author: Ronald, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 24 2008
- ISBN10: 0060820675
- Language: English
