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Making of the English Working Class
by E P Thompson
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"Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most... ( read more)
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The Last Lion-Winston Spenser Churchill: Alone 1932-1940
by William Manchester
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The long-awaited second volume of the best Churchill biography reveals the true portrait of this ambitious world leader. Discussion centers on the alarm he sounded about the terrible plot being hatched inside Hitler's deranged mind. Two 8-page photos... ( read more)
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The Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir
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Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I reigned prosperously for more than forty years, from 1558 until her death in 1603. During her rule, however, she remained an extremely private person, keeping her own... ( read more)
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
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The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on... ( read more)
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The Crofter and the Laird
by John Mcphee
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When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestorsColonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainlanda hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken... ( read more)
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Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan & Jacobean Times
by Ron Pritchard
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This anthology paints a vivid picture of life during Shakespeare's time.... ( read more)
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In the Footsteps of Churchill: A Study in Character
by Richard Holmes
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Drawing upon never-before-seen materials such as letters between the young Winston Churchill and his parents, Holmes paints the most complete portrait to date of the man who stood up to Hitler and led his people to victory against all odds.... ( read more)
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The Princes in the Tower
by Alison Weir
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"A SURPRISINGLY FRESH AND TREMENDOUSLY THOROUGH CONTRIBUTION to the debate...Weir's book is, no doubt, not the last on this subject, but it might be the best....[She] constructs a devastating case...[and] brilliantly illuminates the nature of late... ( read more)
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The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm
by Juliet Nicolson
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The Perfect Summer chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago, when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson’s rich storytelling gifts rivet us with the sights, colors, and... ( read more)
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-452) and index.... ( read more)
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The Duchess
by Amanda Foreman
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Now a major motion picture starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved... ( read more)
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Among the Thugs
by Bill Buford
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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)
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Lord Minimus: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Smallest Man
by Nick Page
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At the climax of the feast, a large pie is set down before the Queen, who is given a knife and invited to cut into the pastry. Before she can do so, however, the crust begins to crack and rise of its own accord. From out of the pie emerges a tiny man... ( read more)
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To Marry an English Lord: Or, How Anglomania Really Got Started
by Gail Maccoll
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AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE In 1895, nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil) and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realmoXamong them, a duke, an earl, three... ( read more)
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by Alison Weir
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The acclaimed historian and bestselling author of "Eleanor of Aquitaine" turns her expert eye on the dark reign of another notorious and charismatic medieval monarch, Queen Isabella of France.... ( read more)
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Rise and Fall of the British Empire (94 Edition)
by Lawrence James
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Includes bibliographical references and index.... ( read more)
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English Society in the 18th Century: Second Edition (Penguin Social History of Britain)
by Roy Porter
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In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays... ( read more)
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In Search of England
by Michael Wood
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England is the birthplace of many immortal legends told around the world: King Arthur and Camelot, the Holy Grail, Robin Hood, the mysterious Isle of Avalon. But are these famous stories based on historical events and actual people? And what do they tell... ( read more)
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Elizabeth and Leicester: The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved
by Sarah Gristwood
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A gripping account of one of history's most fascinating of alliances-the love affair between Queen Elizabeth I and her political advisor and confident, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. No one knows quite when and where their relationship began -- though... ( read more)
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The King's Parliament of England (Historical Controversies)
by George O Sayles
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Among England's many contributions to western civilization, the development of a workable democracy is easily the most important. And while democratic institutions have been adopted by other than English - a creation of centuries of trial and error. A... ( read more)
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