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Good hair day? Bad hair day? Hair has always evoked strong emotions.In this fascinating book, Patricia Malcolmson examines how British women over the past 150 years have managed their hair, from the……続きを見る

In 1796, William Hayley named John Milton the greatest English author, high praise considering Milton (1608-1674) lived during the Age of Shakespeare. Regardless of whether Milton is truly the great……続きを見る

During the 17th century the British Isles were trapped in a 23-year-long state of turmoil through civil war, continued rebellion, and revolutions. King Charles I wanted to instill a new uniform reli……続きを見る

Now in its fourth year, this latest Volume in the popular  Memory Lane series, brings you more old photos &  postcards along with stories from the locality. Harry Thomas’s popularity ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTER I. ... CHAPTER XXXVIII……続きを見る

Conciliarism is one of the oldest and most essential means of decision-making in the history of the Christian church. Indeed, as a leading Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann states, 'Before we ……続きを見る

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in rec……続きを見る

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered as Hessians, entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. At times, they constituted a thi……続きを見る

Using a combination of original sources and sharp analysis, this book is sheds new light on a crucial period in England’s development. From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta is a wide-ranging history o……続きを見る

In this work, the author covers the beginning of the so-called Reformation in England during the first 20 years of Henry VIII's destructive reign. In 1521 he was awarded the title of 'Defender of th……続きを見る

Missing from much of the scholarship on 18th century British politics is recognition of the extensive participation of aristocratic women. Fortunately, as a literate and self-conscious group, these ……続きを見る

This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the patronage that structure……続きを見る

The Atlas of Early Modern Britain presents a unique visual survey of British history from the end of the Wars of the Roses through to the accession of George I in 1715. Featuring 117 maps, accompani……続きを見る

This volume comprehensively examines how metropolitan Britons spoke and wrote about the British Empire during the short eighteenth century, from about 1730 to 1790. The work argues that following se……続きを見る

YORKSHIRE’S OLYMPIC HEROES HOW THE WHITE ROSE ATHLETES LIT UP LONDON 2012 NICK WESTBY GREAT NORTHERN BOOKS Olympians from Yorkshire made a huge impact on a memorable London 2012. Of the 65 medals th……続きを見る

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. This "insanely readable and improbably profound" biography (Chicago Tribune) reveals the truth as only famed……続きを見る

This new ebook about the history of North Yorkshire's County Town tells the story from its beginnings to the year 2002. With 139 illustrations and maps, and a complete bibliography, the book is perf……続きを見る

The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation’s dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual pro……続きを見る

Prior to the publication of The Sense of Power most studies of the Canadian movement for imperial unity focused on commercial policy and military and naval cooperation. This influential book demonst……続きを見る

The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes (intervening episodes) published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vici……続きを見る

George Rogers Clarke was the hero of the Western Frontier during the American Revolutionary War, capturing virtually the entire Ohio Valley from the British with his victory at Fort Vincennes. This……続きを見る

This collection of essays looks at the history of African people in Britain mainly over the past 200 years 続きを見る

A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British empire and the moment when America became a world superpower. "I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside ……続きを見る

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the B……続きを見る

The twentieth century was a time of rapid social change in Ireland: from colonial rule to independence, civil war and later the Troubles; from poverty to globalisation and the Celtic Tiger; and from……続きを見る

For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely filled pages recorded just over two years in his life in unif……続きを見る

The frank and revealing memoirs of James Lowry, a young surgeon in Nelson's Mediterranean fleet 1797 to 1804. This is his hand-written journal, never intended for publication, describing his rugged ……続きを見る

From the Preface ...The Alexanders of Scotland having united Galloway, then a powerful maritime state, to their dominions, began to think of measures for obtaining a permanent possession of the Hebr……続きを見る

The 1832 Reform Act was a watershed in the history of modern Britain, profoundly affecting the composition of parliament and the course of all subsequent legislation. This new edition of The Great R……続きを見る

In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegationーincluding diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocratsーentered Beijing on a mission to open China to Briti……続きを見る