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The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles 1815-1901 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles)
by Colin Matthew  Publisher Comments This new eleven-volume series will span the history of the British Isles from the Roman Era to the present. Each volume consists of essays by leading historians who focus on key issues for the period--including society, economy, religion, politics, and...
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Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
by Janet Gleeson Publisher Comments A revealing portrait of one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious members of the Spencer family Intelligent, attractive, and born into wealth, Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Princess Diana, married Frederick, Viscount Duncannon, at the age of...
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The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789-1837
by Ben Wilson Publisher Comments In this history of the pre-Victorian era, Wilson begins with the libertine spirit inspired by Byron, Shelley, and the Romantics; and ends with the rise and eventual victory of stolid middle-class values. The result is a radical tour de force, a brilliant...
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Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class, 1780-1850 (Women & Culture & Society Series)
by Leonore Davidoff Publisher Comments "Family Fortunes is a major groundbreaking study that will become a classic in its field. I was fascinated by the information it provided and the argument it established about the role of gender in the construction of middle-class values, family life...
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The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty (Dynasties)
by Jeremy Black Publisher Comments In The Hanoverians, one of Britain's most widely read historians, Jeremy Black, presents a detailed look at the long reign of this family's scandal-plagued reigning dynasty from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, including four King Georges...
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Dr. Johnson's London: Coffe-Houses and Climbing Boys, Medicine, Toothpaste and Gin, Poverty and Press-Gangs, Freak Shows and Female Educatio
by Liza Picard Publisher Comments The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books. To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the lives of our ancestors, Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and...
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White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
by Don Jordan Publisher Comments "With information gleaned from contemporary letters, journals and court archives, White Cargo is packed with proof that the brutalities usually associated with black slavery were, for centuries, also inflicted on whites." —Daily Mail"An eye-opening...
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Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain
by Tim Barringer Publisher Comments For artists of the increasingly mechanized Victorian age, questions about the meaning and value of labour presented a series of urgent problems: Is work a moral obligation or a religious duty? Must labour be the preserve of men alone? Does the amount of...
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Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style
by Ian Kelly Publisher Comments "If people turn to look at you in the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable." -- Beau Brummell Long before tabloids and television, Beau Brummell was the first person famous for being famous, the male...
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Edward VII: The Last Victorian King
by Christopher Hibbert Publisher Comments To his mother, Queen Victoria, he was "poor Bertie," to his wife he was "my dear little man," while the President of France called him "a great English king," and the German Kaiser condemned him as "an old peacock." King Edward VII was all these things...
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My Lady Scandalous: The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace Dalrymple Elliott, Royal Courtesan
by Jo Manning Publisher Comments Jo Manning, a gifted writer and connoisseur of the times, enriches the details of Grace's life, from the journal published posthumously, with excerpts from contemporary newspapers, magazines, prints and portraits. "My Lady Scandalous" is a captivating...
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Eminent Victorians (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Lytton Strachey Synopsis In this biography, Strachey exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, he looks at the public-school system and the whole structure of...
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Laurence Sterne: A Life
by Ian Campbell Ross Publisher Comments "I wrote to be famous, not to be fed," said Laurence Sterne upon publication of his comic masterpiece, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. And indeed, almost overnight, Sterne achieved fame beyond his wildest dreams. In this fascinating...
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England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams Publisher Comments A vivid biography of Emma Hamilton re-creates her dramatic rags-to-riches saga from her birth as the daughter of a blacksmith in a poor English mining town, through her colorful career as a mistress to one aristocrat and wife of another, to her notorious...
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Noble Hounds and Dear Companions: The Royal Photograph Collection
by Sophie Gordon Synopsis Over a century of photographs of royal pets and royal owners....
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Letters Concerning the English Nation (Oxford World's Classics)
by Voltaire Publisher Comments Inspired by Voltaire's two-year stay in England (1726-8), this is one of the key works of the Enlightenment. His controversial pronouncements on politics, philosophy, religion, and literature have placed the Letters among the great Augustan satires...
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The Victorians
by A N Wilson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 659-687) and index....
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The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone Vs. Disraeli
by Richard Aldous Publisher Comments This brilliant account of the dramatic confrontation between the two "mighty opposites" of the Victorian age highlights political giants William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli....
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library)
by Amanda Foreman Publisher Comments The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time...
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
by Flora Fraser Publisher Comments From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, a brilliant group biography of the six daughters of “Mad” King George III. Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions...
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