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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by Fiona Carnarvon Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Ghost Map: Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (06 Edition) by Steven Johnson Staff Pick In 1854, as a cholera epidemic ravaged London, prevailing wisdom blamed "miasma"; in other words, "bad air" was spreading the disease. One prominent physician disagreed. It was Dr. John Snow's work outside of the lab, however — his innovative mapmaking,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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To Marry an English Lord by Gail Maccoll Publisher Comments From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles--just like Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, the first of the Downton Abbey characters Julian Fellowes was inspired to create after... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley Publisher Comments Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries"? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders by William Mcelwee Publisher Comments On 1 July 1881 Viscount Cardwell's wholesale reorganisation of the British Army brought into existence Priness Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Both had existed as separate regiments even before their official incorporation into the British... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Foot Grenadiers by Charles Grant Publisher Comments This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organization of Napoleon's Foot Grenadiers during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Their experiences at Ulm, Austerlitz, Berlin, in Russia and at Waterloo are all summarized. Uniforms are shown in... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Campaign #244: The Falklands 1982: Ground Operations in the South Atlantic by Gregory Barnes Publisher Comments On the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Staff Pick In this remarkable follow-up to his hit thriller Devil in the White City, Erik Larson applies his considerable skill to craft a story of invention and murder. A tightly written page-turner.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45 by Angus Konstam Publisher Comments The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of the First World War, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Treaty on naval armament. The pre-Great War concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Boer War by Christopher Latham Publisher Comments This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the armies that fought in the Boer War. Both sides are covered, and the campaigns summarised. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Among the Thugs by Bill Buford Publisher Comments They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist -- the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool Publisher Comments For every frustrated reader of the great nineteenth-century English novels of Austen, Trollope, Dickens, or the Brontës who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell "Tally Ho!" at a fox hunt, or how one landed in "debtor's prison,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Falklands 1982 by Gregory Barnes Publisher Comments On the night of 1-2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher faced an appalled and furious House of Commons to announce that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Absent-Minded Imperialists: Empire, Society, and Culture in Britain by Bernard Porter Publisher Comments The British empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. One might expect this to have been reflected in her... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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British Mark I Tank 1916 by David Fletcher Publisher Comments In 1915 a machine christened Little Willie changed the way that wars were fought. Little Willie was a fully tracked armoured vehicle that could break a trench system. Its development was completed in December 1915, but by then it had already been... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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New Vanguard #190: British Heavy Cruisers 1939-45 by Angus Konstam Publisher Comments The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of the First World War, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Treaty on naval armament. The pre-Great War concept of armoured cruisers had been abandoned, but in their... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Mr. Churchill's Profession: The Statesman as Author and the Book That Defined the "Special Relationship" by Peter Clarke Publisher Comments Is it possible to offer a fresh perspective on a figure as familiar as Winston Churchill? Distinguished historian Peter Clarke shows the answer is yes. When Churchill received the Nobel Prize in 1953, it was not for his role as a world leader, but for... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Nights Out by Judith Walkowitz Publisher Comments London's Soho district underwent a spectacular transformation between the late Victorian era and the end of the Second World War: its old buildings and dark streets infamous for sex, crime, political disloyalty, and ethnic diversity became a center of... (read more) Your price: $40.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Windsor Castle: Official Souvenir Guide by Jonathan Marsden Publisher Comments The official guidebook to the Windsor Castle Illustrated with 130 color images including paintings, drawings, works of art, historic documents and beautiful photographs of the State Rooms These new, fully revised official souvenir guides, published in... (read more) Your price: $10.95 New - Hardcover
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London The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments In this entertaining and informative volume, a renowned biographer and critic takes on his grandest subject: London--one of the world's most vast and vital cities. in color. 2 maps.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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