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A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, play……続きを見る

In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead of the main Allied ……続きを見る

From renowned and respected author David Shotter, this updated and expanded edition of Roman Britain offers a concise introduction to this period, drawing on the wealth of recent scholarship to expl……続きを見る

For nearly four centuries, from AD 43 to 410, Britain was a small province on the north western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Patricia Southerns masterly new history tells the story from first cont……続きを見る

"Jack the Ripper" by Deborah O'Toole is an essay about serial killer Jack the Ripper, including information about the Whitechapel district of London, the victims, suspects, the investigation, press ……続きを見る

'Ground-breaking ... One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph **'**Reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday Times An infant queen. A teenag……続きを見る

Richard III is one of the most controversial figures in the history of England. Portrayed by Shakespeare as a hunchbacked cripple and described by many as a ruthless ruler, some historians believe t……続きを見る

Thomas Babington Macaulay was a child prodigy who, by the age of 8, had written a history of the world and a poem in three cantos modeled after the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. He studied law at Trin……続きを見る

The first major biography of Winston Churchill to focus on his inner life and psychology 'An extraordinary biography...Pearson...has a sensitive pen, matching the wit of his subject, and shows perce……続きを見る

Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the pol……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. Sect. I. On the Study of the Law. Sect. II. Of the Nature of Laws in general. Sect. III. Of the Laws of England……続きを見る

The true story of a bumbling and undistinguished television producer who inadvertently changed the landscape of cookery programmes forever to give rise to the world of the 'celebrity chef'. As the p……続きを見る

Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of workin……続きを見る

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN HIS FAMILY AND HIS TIMES. WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS AND A DISCOURSE ON ARCHITECTURE HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. 1585–1723. This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and……続きを見る

Focussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study examines the private petition and its plac……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations CONTENTS I. Introductory II. Boyhood III. The Midland Railway and “King Hudson” IV. Fashions and Manners, Victorian Days V. Early Office Life VI. Friendship VII……続きを見る

This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison (1789–1857), who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-cen……続きを見る

"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detect……続きを見る

"A Child's History of England", which first appeared serially in "Household Words" between January 25, 1851 and December 10, 1853, is a history of England written for school-aged children. The works……続きを見る

Drawing on unique sources, Michael Bloch describes the career of the Duke of Windsor during the Second World War.As a military liaison officer in France during 1939-40, he issued warnings which, had……続きを見る

This major new book represents the first serious study of Irish evangelicalism. The authors examine the social history of popular protestantism in Ulster from the Evangelical Revival in the mid-eigh……続きを見る

Measurements are a central institutional component of markets and economic exchange. By the nineteenth century, the measurement system in Britain was desperately in need of revision: a multiplicity ……続きを見る

In this enthralling and sometimes harrowing memoir, the acclaimed author of The Promise of Light gives us a masterly companion to such classics as Brideshead Revisited and A Separate Peace. At the a……続きを見る

Once recalled only for The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and Christianity and History (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western culture has undergone an astonishing revaluati……続きを見る

A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian. 'Thoroughly enjoyable, beautifully written and meticulously ……続きを見る

The story of the war along the Niagara River between Lakes Ontario and Erie.続きを見る

Popular Politics in Nineteenth Century England provides an accessible introduction to the culture of English popular politics between 1815 and 1900, the period from Luddism to the New Liberalism. Th……続きを見る

This new translation offers readers of English a unique look at eighteenth century London and England generally, compared to Paris and France in the same period. It was written by the sharp-tongued……続きを見る

Classified is a fascinating account of the British state's long obsession with secrecy and the ways it sought to prevent information about its secret activities from entering the public domain. Draw……続きを見る

In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneat……続きを見る