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Social and Economic History
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by Fiona Carnarvon
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon and the basis of... (read more)

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Recently Arrived Used
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    Wait for Me!: Memoirs

    Duchess Deborah Mitford 9780312610647
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    Culloden

    John Prebble 9780140253504
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Tudor to Stuart Period
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Cavalier the Story of a 17TH Century Playboy William Cavendish
Cavalier the Story of a 17TH Century Playboy William Cavendish
by Lucy Worsley
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From the Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in England, a vivid portrait of a seventeenth-century nobleman, his household, and the dramatic decades surrounding the English Civil War. William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He... (read more)

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Pre Tudor
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
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This is the book you will want to pack before you power up your time machine to visit the 14th century. It is your travel guide to knowing what to wear, how to buy food, how to travel, and how to communicate and even joke with ye olde natives. Ian... (read more)

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Winston Churchill
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The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
by William Manchester
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Alone is the second volume in William Manchester's projected three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, the first volume of which was critically acclaimed: Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such... (read more)

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Travel
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The London Mapguide (Penguin Mapguides)
The London Mapguide (Penguin Mapguides)
by Michael Middleditch
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Newly revised and updated, this convenient guide is the essential companion for visitors to London in the new century. Featuring colorful, informative, easy-to-handle maps that require no unfolding, the guide gives a comprehensive overview of what to see... (read more)

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General History
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The Land Where I Belong: Fifty Years in Focus in the Highlands and Islands: Duncan MacPherson: Photographer and Pharmacist: 1882-1966
The Land Where I Belong: Fifty Years in Focus in the Highlands and Islands: Duncan MacPherson: Photographer and Pharmacist: 1882-1966
by Mary Carmichael
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Carmichael, a former museum officer who curated a touring exhibition of Macpherson's work in 2003, collects selected b&w photographs by Duncan Macpherson, a pharmacist who lived in Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland and recorded life in the Highlands. Along... (read more)

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Politics and Empire
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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
by Arthur Herman
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In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the 20th century, and reveals how their 40-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the... (read more)

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Royalty 20th Century
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Prince Philip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II
by Philip Eade
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"Rich in drama and tragedy" (The Guardian), here is a mesmerizing account of the extraordinary formative years of the man married to the most famous woman in the world   Before he met the young girl who became Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip had a... (read more)

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Sale Books
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The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall
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Sarah Lyall, a reporter for the New York Times, moved to London in the mid-1990s and soon became known for her amusing and incisive dispatches on her adopted country. As she came to terms with its eccentric inhabitants (the English husband who never... (read more)

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Used Books
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Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres
Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres
by Ruth Brandon
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The rise and fall of the English governess, the domestic heroine who inspired Victorian literatures greatest authors. Between the 1780s and the end of the nineteenth century, an army of sad women took up residence in other peoples homes, part and yet not... (read more)

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