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William de Breos rose to a position of great power and influence as a close confidant of King John, but when his wife revealed John's greatest secret John's revenge was brutal. William's sons and gr……続きを見る

Millions of visitors come to London every year on holiday, and guess what? They dont all speak perfect English! London Guide in Easy English helps them enjoy their stay by explaining the city in cle……続きを見る

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAP. I. GENERAL VIEW OF EXISTING EVILS. CHAP. II. ON THE SYSTEM OF PUNISHMENTS: THEORETICALLY CONSIDERED. .……続きを見る

The Epic of Gilgamish by R. Campbell Thompson The first complete academic translation of Gilgamesh. "This is one of the first essentially complete academic translations of the epic of Gilgamesh. It ……続きを見る

The Fascination of London' was a series of guide books written by Sir Walter Besant and G. E. Mitton about various different areas of London. This book is about the area of Westminster, the seat of ……続きを見る

Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish church From the arrival of the missionaries ……続きを見る

Popular TV ghosthunter, Clive Kristen, takes the reader in search of grueseome events across the border in Scotland. The stories are woven into their historical context and take the reader to spookt……続きを見る

A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research, this book looks at life-expectancy, se……続きを見る

*Weaves the lives of Nelson and Wellington together in one entertaining and educational narrative.*Includes pictures of Nelson, Wellington, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*I……続きを見る

This collection of essays is based upon the assumption that the British Empire was held together not merely by ties of trade and defence, but by a shared sense of British identity that linked Britis……続きを見る

This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in w……続きを見る

An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and……続きを見る

An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen’s beloved novels, from the authors of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 201……続きを見る

While Bloomsbury is now associated with Virginia Woolf and her early-twentieth-century circle of writers and artists, the neighborhood was originally the undisputed intellectual quarter of nineteent……続きを見る

Blubberhouses, Stanstead Mountfitchet and Melbury Bubb ! English placeーnames can be curious and amusing. They can also tell us about our past. England’s towns,villages farms, and even fields, have ……続きを見る

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century. It committed Britain to supporting the establishment……続きを見る

Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascina……続きを見る

Historians have long understood that the notion of "the cold war" is richly metaphorical, if not paradoxical. The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was a war that fell ambiguou……続きを見る

From the author of Without Precedent and Indivisible**,** the gripping true story of how three men used espionage, betrayal, and sexual deception to help win the American Revolution. Unlikely Allies……続きを見る

In Britain since the Seventies, well-known historian Jeremy Black examines the most recent developments in British political, social, cultural and economic history. Taking the triumph of consumerism……続きを見る

The Historia Regum Britanniae (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes maps of famous battles, including Trafalgar and Waterloo.*Answers common myths ab……続きを見る

Charles Carlton's biography of the `monarch of the Civil Wars' was praised for its distinctive psychological portrait of Charles I when it was first published in 1983. Challenging conventional inter……続きを見る

Aristocratic Vice examines the outrage againstーand attempts to endーthe four vices associated with the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England: duelling, suicide, adultery, and gambling. Each of ……続きを見る

Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle wit……続きを見る

Classic history of Anglo-Saxon Britain, first published in 1881. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and noveli……続きを見る

This major textbook is a newly researched historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting from its inception in the time of John Wesley to charismatic renewal today. The Chu……続きを見る

Jane Austen, the much-loved author of Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility,was just 42 when she died. Do you know what killed her?the intriguing nature of Jane Austen's demise is just……続きを見る

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Guy's Very Short Introduction to The Tudors is the most authoritative short introduction to this age in Br……続きを見る

Based on empirical evidence derived from university and national archives across the country and interviews with participants, British Student Activism in the Long Sixties reconstructs the world of ……続きを見る