107 books in History - Great Britain
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Discovering Subterranean London
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $13.95
Beneath the streets and towering buildings of London, there is a realm of shadow and secrets. This little book is the first concise guide to the hidden world of underground London. Informative, authoritative and richly illustrated, this volume takes you on a subterranean tour of the many remarkable constructions that few... Read more >
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $13.95
Beneath the streets and towering buildings of London, there is a realm of shadow and secrets. This little book is the first concise guide to the hidden world of underground London. Informative, authoritative and richly illustrated, this volume takes you on a subterranean tour of the many remarkable constructions that few... Read more >
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We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $18.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $18.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
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Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew
Format: Hardcover, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew
Format: Hardcover, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Defend the Realm
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew
Format: eBook, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
The Authorized History of MI5
Written by Christopher Andrew
Format: eBook, 1056 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives to an independent historian. The book reveals the precise role of the Security Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Thames
The Biography
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $20.00
In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations.
Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about... Read more >
The Biography
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $20.00
In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations.
Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about... Read more >
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The 1940s Home
Written by Paul Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows... Read more >
Written by Paul Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows... Read more >
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The British Seaside Holiday
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
Old fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Quintessential elements such as seaside donkeys and sickly sticks of rock are easily identifiable and memorable ingredients of a tradition that most people in this country have experienced. Focusing on the one-hundred-year period from 1870 to 1970... Read more >
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
Old fashioned seaside holidays inspire a great deal of nostalgic affection among British people. Quintessential elements such as seaside donkeys and sickly sticks of rock are easily identifiable and memorable ingredients of a tradition that most people in this country have experienced. Focusing on the one-hundred-year period from 1870 to 1970... Read more >
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Evacuees of the Second World War
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
During the last days of peace in 1939 nearly two million people, most of them children, were evacuated from British cities, towns and ports to the countryside, or across the Atlantic to the USA and Canada. Whole schools were evacuated together and found themselves billeted in large country houses. Others were... Read more >
Written by Mike Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
During the last days of peace in 1939 nearly two million people, most of them children, were evacuated from British cities, towns and ports to the countryside, or across the Atlantic to the USA and Canada. Whole schools were evacuated together and found themselves billeted in large country houses. Others were... Read more >
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Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November)
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About British History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out
Written by Judy Parkinson
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
From civil wars to world wars . . . from the Black Death to the Bard to the Blitz, here is the sweeping saga of the storied history of Britain in bite-sized chunks
Was Bloody Mary the same as Mary, Queen of Scots? How many King Henrys were there– and which... Read more >
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About British History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out
Written by Judy Parkinson
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
From civil wars to world wars . . . from the Black Death to the Bard to the Blitz, here is the sweeping saga of the storied history of Britain in bite-sized chunks
Was Bloody Mary the same as Mary, Queen of Scots? How many King Henrys were there– and which... Read more >
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Remember, Remember (the Fifth of November)
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About British History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out
Written by Judy Parkinson
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
From civil wars to world wars . . . from the Black Death to the Bard to the Blitz, here is the sweeping saga of the storied history of Britain in bite-sized chunks
Was Bloody Mary the same as Mary, Queen of Scots? How many King Henrys were there– and which... Read more >
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About British History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out
Written by Judy Parkinson
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $16.00
From civil wars to world wars . . . from the Black Death to the Bard to the Blitz, here is the sweeping saga of the storied history of Britain in bite-sized chunks
Was Bloody Mary the same as Mary, Queen of Scots? How many King Henrys were there– and which... Read more >
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Monumental Brasses
Written by Sally Badham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
Monumental brasses became popular during the Middle Ages and were commonly mounted on the walls and floors of cathedrals to commemorate the great and wealthy. Often depicting knights and bishops, these representations are a major source of information concerning arms, armor and dress in the Middle Ages.
Written by a member... Read more >
Written by Sally Badham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
Monumental brasses became popular during the Middle Ages and were commonly mounted on the walls and floors of cathedrals to commemorate the great and wealthy. Often depicting knights and bishops, these representations are a major source of information concerning arms, armor and dress in the Middle Ages.
Written by a member... Read more >
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Peat and Peat Cutting
Written by Ian Rotherham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $12.95
For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It... Read more >
Written by Ian Rotherham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $12.95
For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It... Read more >
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The English Pleasure Garden
1660-1860
Written by Sarah Jane Downing
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
During their heyday in the mid-eighteenth century the pleasure gardens were one of the hubs of polite society. Laid out with formal gardens and buildings for dining and amusement, the pleasure gardens were the scene of upper class exercise and entertainment. Most famous were Vauxhall Gardens, Cremorne Gardens and Ranelagh Gardens... Read more >
1660-1860
Written by Sarah Jane Downing
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
During their heyday in the mid-eighteenth century the pleasure gardens were one of the hubs of polite society. Laid out with formal gardens and buildings for dining and amusement, the pleasure gardens were the scene of upper class exercise and entertainment. Most famous were Vauxhall Gardens, Cremorne Gardens and Ranelagh Gardens... Read more >
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The Victorian Farmer
Written by David Eveleigh
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $11.95
The Victorian farmer occupied a pivotal role in rural society, paying rents to the landowner and providing employment for the labourer. This book explores the world of the farmer during Queen Victoria's reign, which was a period of considerable change on the farm as the forces of industrialisation made themselves felt... Read more >
Written by David Eveleigh
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $11.95
The Victorian farmer occupied a pivotal role in rural society, paying rents to the landowner and providing employment for the labourer. This book explores the world of the farmer during Queen Victoria's reign, which was a period of considerable change on the farm as the forces of industrialisation made themselves felt... Read more >
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Treachery
Betrayals, Blunders, and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America and Great Britain
Written by Chapman Pincher
Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $36.00
From noted intelligence authority and author Chapman Pincher comes an utterly riveting book that reveals in startling detail sixty years of Soviet spying against Great Britain and the United States. Using a huge cache of recently released documents and exclusive interviews, Pincher makes a compelling new case that–as he has long... Read more >
Betrayals, Blunders, and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America and Great Britain
Written by Chapman Pincher
Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $36.00
From noted intelligence authority and author Chapman Pincher comes an utterly riveting book that reveals in startling detail sixty years of Soviet spying against Great Britain and the United States. Using a huge cache of recently released documents and exclusive interviews, Pincher makes a compelling new case that–as he has long... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Beach Huts and Bathing Machines
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $12.95
Behind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. Immensely photogenic and appealing, these colorful seaside buildings are direct successors of the Georgian bathing machine, which first appeared in the 1730s as a peculiar device to protect the modesty of rich and fashionable bathers.
Kathryn Ferry paints... Read more >
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $12.95
Behind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. Immensely photogenic and appealing, these colorful seaside buildings are direct successors of the Georgian bathing machine, which first appeared in the 1730s as a peculiar device to protect the modesty of rich and fashionable bathers.
Kathryn Ferry paints... Read more >
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Markets and Marketplaces of Britain
Written by Anna Hallett
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $19.95
The market towns of the British Isles were a vital part of rural life, offering farmers and traders the opportunity to bring their produce to sell. Today, many of these traditional market towns still trade once a week, attracting locals and tourists alike to their streets. This book charts the history... Read more >
Written by Anna Hallett
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $19.95
The market towns of the British Isles were a vital part of rural life, offering farmers and traders the opportunity to bring their produce to sell. Today, many of these traditional market towns still trade once a week, attracting locals and tourists alike to their streets. This book charts the history... Read more >
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England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
Written by Kate Williams
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $26.95
She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her... Read more >
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
Written by Kate Williams
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2009
Price: $26.95
She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Bolter
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
Written by Frances Osborne
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $30.00
She was irresistible. She inspired fiction, fantasy, legend, and art.
Some say she was “the Bolter” of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. She “played” Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s celebrated novel about fashionable London’s lost generation, The Green Hat, and Greta Garbo played her in A Woman of Affairs, the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Victorian Cemetery
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $12.95
The Victorian period has been described as the 'Great Age of Death'. The customs of death, notably burial and mourning, were taken very seriously and elaborate rituals of commemoration were part of everyone's lives. As demand grew for hygienic and dignified burial places, the humble parish graveyard - unable to cope... Read more >
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $12.95
The Victorian period has been described as the 'Great Age of Death'. The customs of death, notably burial and mourning, were taken very seriously and elaborate rituals of commemoration were part of everyone's lives. As demand grew for hygienic and dignified burial places, the humble parish graveyard - unable to cope... Read more >
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We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
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We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $35.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
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We Two
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Written by Gillian Gill
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch... Read more >
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London's Bridges
Written by Peter Matthews
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $25.95
Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west... Read more >
Written by Peter Matthews
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $25.95
Oft-overshadowed by the imposing buildings that line the River Thames, the bridges of London are an intriguing part of the capital, past and present. This book traces the history of all 33 Thames bridges within Greater London, exploring the fascinating architecture and unique stories from Hampton Court Bridge in the west... Read more >
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Wagons and Carts
Written by David Viner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
The slow-paced wagons and carts of yesteryear can provide clues into the way past rural communities lived and worked. The varying landscape of the British Isles created different agricultural demands, and this is reflected in the extremely localized design and craftsmanship of pastoral vehicles. This book explores the origins of wagon... Read more >
Written by David Viner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
The slow-paced wagons and carts of yesteryear can provide clues into the way past rural communities lived and worked. The varying landscape of the British Isles created different agricultural demands, and this is reflected in the extremely localized design and craftsmanship of pastoral vehicles. This book explores the origins of wagon... Read more >
