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A guidebook that pairs London's historical landmarks with nearby pubs, offering a journey through the city's diverse history and vibrant pub culture. Metropolitan London has around 7,000 public hous……続きを見る

**Can you crack a cunning code as you visit GCHQ? Did you know Stroud used to have its own time zone, Wyedean School helped shape the Harry Potter books and a Cirencester woman reduced Margaret That……続きを見る

A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy. Despite the introduction of modern-day technology, Ships and Submarines of the Royal Navy still operate on the basis of main broadcast ……続きを見る

The History of the British Post Office by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon is a comprehensive and meticulously researched account of the development and evolution of the British postal system from its earlie……続きを見る

The contribution of Commodore Michael Clapp has been overlooked when compared with the other senior Falklands commanders and the time is ripe to redress the balance. Despite commanding the Amphibiou……続きを見る

The Plague of 1665 was the last great epidemic of plague to strike London, and the only one of which numerous written accounts survive. This book contains an overview of the plague's history and pat……続きを見る

Early twentieth-century Persia and the Persian Gulf presented a largely blank slate to the British, best known only as a vital conduit to India and a site of contest – the 'great game' – with the Ru……続きを見る

Captain Hans Pochhammer delivers a gripping naval memoir in this 1931 English edition translated by H. J. Stenning. Originally published in German as Graf Spee's letzte Fahrt (1924), the book offers……続きを見る

The series of rebellions against royal authority and the violent clashes between aristocratic families that occurred in England between 1455 and 1487 have long been characterized as the 'Wars of the……続きを見る

The fascinating, improbable true story of Maxwell Knight -- the great MI5 spymaster and inspiration for the James Bond character M. Maxwell Knight was perhaps the greatest spymaster in history. He d……続きを見る

Trefor M. Owen’s seminal work educates, enlightens and entertains with a far-reaching yet accessible text, which paints a colourful and comprehensive portrait of a nation’s rich folk culture. The Cu……続きを見る

"Dr. Seddon has contributed an important and fascinating chapter to the modern history of Britain."-David Waines, emeritus professor of Islamic Studies, Lancaster University, UK Originally arriving ……続きを見る

This book examines the early decades of economic nation building in Ireland. It draws on a large amount of previously unstudied archival material to construct a novel contribution to Irish business ……続きを見る

The Royal Artillery played an absolutely vital, though often forgotten, part in the British armed forces successful operation to recapture the Falkland Islands in 1982. The actions of the artillery ……続きを見る

The Smoke of London uncovers the origins of urban air pollution, two centuries before the industrial revolution. By 1600, London was a fossil-fuelled city, its high-sulfur coal a basic necessity for……続きを見る

Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses up……続きを見る

When many people hear the words United Kingdom, they instantly think of England. This region, part of the European island of Great Britain, is indeed a large part of the greater entity known as the ……続きを見る

The year 1688 is a turning point in English culture, and one from which can be dated numerous distinctively ‘modern’ notions of truth, property and political order. The texts assembled in this colle……続きを見る

The nineteenth century, which saw the triumph of the idea of progress and improvement, saw also the triumph of science as a political and cultural force. In England, as science and its methods claim……続きを見る

In the fog-drenched streets of Victorian London, a shadow lurkedーone whose identity would become the subject of one of the most chilling and enduring mysteries in criminal history. Jack the Ripper ……続きを見る

This second volume of articles by G.V. Scammell offers new insights into the history of British and European shipping in the centuries of Europe's penetration into the oceans of the world, from the ……続きを見る

The long and bitter struggle for the vote is certainly the most spectacular part of the history of women’s emancipation. Originally published in 1966 Rapiers and Battleaxes tells the story in its wi……続きを見る

On the cusp of memory and history, the story of Scotland's twentieth-century is contested territory: international yet parochial; prosperous yet ailing; and, passionate yet temperate. This thematic ……続きを見る

This book comprises nine essays, selected from Roy MacLeod's work on the social history of Victorian science, and is concerned with the analysis of science as a responsibility and opportunity for 19……続きを見る

The definitive guide to the stone circles of Britain and Ireland From Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are scattered with the stone……続きを見る

A detailed history of witchcraft in England, from its earliest records through to the twentieth century. First published in 1937, this history of witchcraft was written by English clergyman and auth……続きを見る

A history of asylums, their construction, the treatment of patients & reasons for admittance spanning from the early Middle Ages to the late 20th century. The iconic image of the lunatic asylum is o……続きを見る

A history of women who spied for Britain during WWI that "retells forgotten stories and unearths new evidence of intrepid female field agents" ( London Review of Books). When the Germans invaded her……続きを見る

This book explores the role of the Cyprus regiment, a military unit of the British Army, in the Second World War. Highlighting the contribution of Cyprus to the war effort, the book contributes to t……続きを見る

In the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, nearly one-third of the population of today’s Slovenia permanently settled in countries around the world. Many more were travel……続きを見る