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In the eyes of Britain's heritage industry, London is the traditional home of empire, monarchy and power, an urban wonderland for the privileged, where the vast majority of Londoners feature only to……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS Letter to Sir Samuel Shepherd Letter to Mr. Carlile 続きを見る

Noisy popular liberal interventionism? Or a more conservative, diplomatic approach concentrating on co-operation between nations? This is the debate that lies at the heart of modern politics and Hur……続きを見る

Over 1000 years old, the Anglo-Saxon poem 'Beowulf" is one of the great classic epics of European Literature. The hero Beowulf is a great warrior and nobleman who comes to the aid of the Danish King……続きを見る

Pontiac's war was fought at Detroit and at Fort Pitt. This is the story of the rescue mission sent to relieve Fort Pitt, release hostages and end the Indian Rebellion in what is now the American mi……続きを見る

'The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especially wanted to know what I did after my escape, and precise things on the organisation of the SOE. And just for fun I suspect,……続きを見る

One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sa……続きを見る

After their successful book speculating on What Killed Jane Austen, Dr Jim Leavesley and Dr George Biro turn their attention to How Isaac Newton Lost His Marbles and more medical mysteries. the life……続きを見る

The Works of William Hogarth In a Series of Engravings with Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS RAKE'S PRO……続きを見る

Las Guerras Anglo-Bóer le introducirán en una de las guerras victorianas del Imperio Británico. Se trata de un completo informe de las dos Guerras Anglo-Bóer que se libraron entre 1880-1881 y 1899-1……続きを見る

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering Kin……続きを見る

THE TRYAL OF WILLIAM PENN & WILLIAM MEAD At the SESSIONS held at the OLD BAILEY FOR CAUSING A TUMULT At the SESSIONS held at the OLD BAILEY in LONDON the 1ST, 3RD, 4TH, and 5TH of SEPTEMBER 1670 Don……続きを見る

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF GEORGE I CHAPTER III. THE REIGN OF GEORGE II CHAPTER IV. THE REIGN OF GEORGE III ……続きを見る

Bit of a wide boy, Terry. Got a spot of form, eye for the ladies, a real rough diamond some might say. Not without his virtues, though, as his campaign for open government shows. No secrets, that's ……続きを見る

A brilliant British memoir from three different theatres of the First World War; widely regarded as one of the finest written during the early period after the war. Despite being badly short-sighted……続きを見る

The author joined the war effort only late in the war in 1918., He was witness to the last disintegrations of the German war machine as the Allied forces finally pushed into Germany itself. As an of……続きを見る

It was close to the small southern Belgian town of Mons that the shooting war began or the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914. It was close to the same town that it ended for them over fifte……続きを見る

New York Times 'Could hardly be a more timely parable for our day' Evening Standard 'An engrossing and vivid impression of those terrible days' Sunday Express 'Absorbing. . .an excellent account of……続きを見る

For fans of The King's Speech, the intriguing bond between monarch and prime minister and its crucial role during World War II The political and personal relationship between King George VI and Wins……続きを見る

A gripping account of the Wars of the Roses battle of Towton - the most brutal day in English history. 'Vivid, humane and superbly researched' David Starkey 'The story has never been told so well or……続きを見る

Sir Robert Filmer (1588 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist living at a time shortly after the English had cast off the Catholic Church and established the Church of England, leading to f……続きを見る

In the 1880s a New York-based faction of militant Irish nationalists conducted the first urban bombing campaign in history, targeting symbolic public buildings in Britain with homemade bombs. This b……続きを見る

Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects. This work is no exception: for the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever give……続きを見る

In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history happen……続きを見る

‘Engaging and highly entertaining’ Sunday Times The dramatic confrontation between the two 'mighty opposites' of the Victorian age, brilliantly recreated by a talented young historian. Gladstone and……続きを見る

A book dedicated to the three sieges of Leicester in 943 and in the summer of 1645, events that saw much of the medieval city razed to the ground and hundreds of citizens killed. Leicester spent mos……続きを見る

English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century is a new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history. Mich……続きを見る

The two most significant British political figures of the twentieth-century, Churchill and Lloyd George were political rivals but personal friends. Between them their ministerial careers spanned sev……続きを見る

The first comprehensive account of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. GO! GO! GO! tells the action-packed story of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege. It is a comprehensive, detailed……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Charles, Diana and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Discusses the controversies surrounding the royal marriage and conspiracy theories about Diana and her d……続きを見る