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Now in a third edition, this seminal text has been updated to provide an insightful and original portrait of one of England’s most unforgettable monarchs and the many paradoxes of his character and ……続きを見る

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LUCY WORSLEY: AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW No one has lived and breathed the monarchy quite like Lucy Worsley. For over twenty years, she worked……続きを見る

Fascinating, surprising and illuminating, join metal detecting cousins, Ellie and Lucie, on their journey into the search for hidden history in this story of nature, lost lives and long buried objec……続きを見る

British Heroes is a defiant celebration of the men who built, defended, and defined Britain ー from the battlefields of Alfred the Great to the political trenches of Tommy Robinson. These pages do n……続きを見る

Arthur Kingsley Porter, (1883 1933) renowned American, Harvard professor and owner of Glenveagh Castle, vanished without trace from Inishbofin Island, Co. Donegal, in 1933. No trace of the professor……続きを見る

The book answers fundamental questions about the processes of social negotiation of mentality shifts in communist Poland. Taking divorce, single motherhood, domestic violence and abortion as example……続きを見る

This book examines Irish Poor Law reform during the years of the Irish revolution and Irish Free State. This work is a significant addition to the growing historiography of the twentieth century whi……続きを見る

Tommy Robinson: Political Prisoner A2084CG is an exposé of the British establishment’s relentless persecution of one man for daring to reveal uncomfortable truths. Robinson has been incarcerated in ……続きを見る

Games and Gamesters of the Restoration (1930) reprints two vastly different books The Compleat Gamester (1674) and Lives of the Gamesters (1714) that together give a comprehensive and representative……続きを見る

Inspired by decolonial thinking, this book challenges romantic images of Y Wladfa, the Welsh Patagonian settlement founded in 1865. Drawing on archival sources written in Spanish, Welsh and English,……続きを見る

A beautiful tribute to some of the UK's strangest, most charismatic structures - and an invitation to see the world around us a little differently 'Allow me to vent my enthusiasm for the oddest book……続きを見る

“England made many mistakes; she is paying heavily for them now. In studying the reasons why England slept, let us try to profit by them and save ourselves her anguish.” – John F. Kennedy In 1938, B……続きを見る

This collection of Stephen Clucas's articles addresses the complex interactions between religion, natural philosophy and magic in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. The essays on the Elizabe……続きを見る

"Notes on Old Edinburgh" by Isabella Lucy Bird offers a compelling glimpse into the historical and architectural tapestry of Scotland's capital city. In this book, published in 1891, Bird meticulous……続きを見る

In this path-breaking book, he reflects on the evolution of Polish Jewry in these years against the background of its enormous contribution to Jewish religious traditions and its tragic fate in the ……続きを見る

Throne of Turmoil by Lucky delves into the tumultuous reign of King Henry VIII, focusing on his six marriages that reshaped the course of English history. The book offers a vivid portrayal of Henry'……続きを見る

The 19th century historic landscape of Devon developed from earlier patterns of landholdings and settlement that are, today, not always easily discernible on the ground. The study of Tithe Survey la……続きを見る

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 HWA NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD* 'Immensely readable, emotional and important' KAVITA PURI 'A poignant exploration of empire, community and family' AANCHAL MALHOTRA 'Full of the……続きを見る

Kensington Palace is now most famous as the former home of Diana, Princess of Wales, but the palace's glory days came between 1714 and 1760, during the reigns of George I and II . In the eighteenth ……続きを見る

Drawing on the archives of Mary Evans Picture Library, Images of the Past The British Seaside is a nostalgic promenade through the history of Britains seaside resorts from their early genesis as hea……続きを見る

In this volume, six experts from Europe and Africa present new insights from the field about various aspects of Germany’s colonial rule in Africa, raising doubt about the hitherto interpretations of……続きを見る

We most often think of the Victorian female offender in her most archetypal and stereotypical roles; the polite lady shoplifter, stowing all manner of valuables beneath her voluminous crinolines, th……続きを見る

R.C. Sherriff, author of Journeys End, the most famous play of the Great War, saw all his front line service with the 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. This intense experience profoundly affected ……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A visionary book' Philip Pullman 'Essential and magnificent' George Monbiot 'Deft and wonderfully poetic' Grace Blakeley The Right have hijacked Englishness. Can it be r……続きを見る

First published in 1806, this record of Colonel John Hutchinson (1615-1664) by his widow, Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681), was intended to justify his action in 1649, as one of 59 commissioners on the h……続きを見る

This book challenges existing accounts of the role of religion in early-nineteenth-century British socialism. Against scholarly interpretations which have identified Owenite socialists as anti-relig……続きを見る

The Little Book of Lincolnshire is a compendium of fascinating information about this historic county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Lincolnshire's fam……続きを見る

The declaration of war in August 1914 was to change Britain and British society irrevocably as conflict came to dominate almost every aspect of civilian life for the next four years. Popular weekly ……続きを見る

Taking you through the year day by day, The Grimsby Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, shocking, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the town. Ideal……続きを見る

An exploration of coronations from before the time of William the Conqueror through to Elizabeth II's glorious coronation in 1953. The monarchy has made many concessions to the modern age, but the a……続きを見る