Great Britain
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Melancholy Wedgwood
$34.95 Read moreAn experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity.
Melancholy Wedgwood traces the- Author: Moon, Iris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0262546345
- Language: English
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Charles III: The Making of a King
$29.95 Add to cartHow photographers from Cecil Beaton to Mario Testino have portrayed the UK’s new king across the decades
Celebrating the new king of the United Kingdom in the year of his coronation, this beautiful gif
- Author: Smith, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1855145774
- Language: English
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The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred’s Britain: 789 – 955
$19.95 Add to cartA history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954.
In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Angli- Author: Adams, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1643132547
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Walks in & Around London (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$24.99 Read moreThis practical travel guide to Walks in and Around London features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-tra
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1839058498
- Language: English
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The Crofter and the Laird
$18.00 Add to cartWhen John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors–Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland–a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofter
- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0374514658
- Language: English
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The Witch Hunter
$19.99 Add to cartThe magic and suspense of Graceling meet the political intrigue and unrest of Game of Thrones in this riveting fantasy debut.
Your greatest enemy isn’t what you fight, but what you fear. Elizabeth Gr- Author: Boecker, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 0316327190
- Language: English
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Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes (Revised and Updated Edition)
$17.95 Read moreA tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art
A Prospect Best Book of 2021 ‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd ‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT ‘Compelling.- Author: Phillips, Barnaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0861543130
- Language: English
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The Oxford History of Britain: 2021 Edition
$20.99 Add to cartA new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century.
The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its peo- Author: Morgan, Kenneth O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198841116
- Language: English
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History of Scotland: A Captivating Guide to Scottish History, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Scotland, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace, then keep reading…
Three captivating manuscripts in one book:
- Scottish History: A
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1647482968
- Language: English
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The Scottish Bothy Bible
$24.95 Read moreThis first ever guide to the Scottish bothies reveals the country’s unique and often hidden network of bothy cabins and mountain huts. Scattered across Scotland’s most beautiful landscapes, these evoc… [more below]
- Author: Allan, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 191063610X
- Language: English
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Churchill’s Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government
$22.99 Read more“A masterpiece of political philosophy and practical statesmanship…the one book on Winston Churchill that every undergraduate, every graduate student, every professional historian, and every member
- Author: Arnn, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0718096215
- Language: English
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London: The Biography
$28.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Here are two thousand years of London’s history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar’s an… [more below]- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: April 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0385497717
- Language: English
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The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
$16.00 Read moreAn illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people.
The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much–or- Author: Harvey, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146569
- Language: English
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Rick Steves Snapshot Scottish Highlands
$14.99 Read moreWith Rick Steves, the Scottish Highlands are yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Scotland includes:
- Rick’s firsthand, up-to-date advice on the Highlands’ best sights, restaur
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1641715359
- Language: English
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Bede and the Theory of Everything
$25.00 Add to cartAn accessible biography of the venerable Bede, regarded as the father of English history.
This book investigates the life and world of Bede (c. 673-735), the fo
A 2023 History Today Book of the Year- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Brown, Michelle P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147883
- Language: English
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St. Andrews Sojourn
$20.99 Add to cartThe Old Course at St. Andrews is the great hallowed ground of golf, and it was there that George Peper was playing in 1983 when he hit a slice so hideous that he never found the ball. But in looking f… [more below]
- Author: Peper, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0743262832
- Language: English
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Alexander McQueen
$100.00 Add to cartThis definitive publication on Alexander McQueen invites you into the creative mind and world of one of Britain’s most brilliant, daring, and provocative designers, and the many themes and references … [more below]
- Author: Wilcox, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1419717235
- Language: English
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To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age (an Inspiration for Downton Abbey)
$19.99 Add to cart“Marvelous and entertaining.” –Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
Discover the true stories behind the women who inspired DowntonAbbey and HBO’s The Gilded Age, the heiresses–including a Van- Author: MacColl, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0761171959
- Language: English
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
$22.99 Add to cartThis is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the … [more below]
- Author: Lovell, Mary S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: March 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0393324141
- Language: English
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Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes
$27.99 Add to cartThe story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated troops on the one side and heroic American patriots in t… [more below]
- Author: Hibbert, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 412
- Publish Date: October 09 2012
- ISBN10: 0393322939
- Language: English
