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The Popish Plot by John Kenyon Synopsis In the autumn of 1678, Titus Oates and his followers convinced both Parliament and the public of a Jesuit and Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II and overthrow the Protestant Establishment. This is an examination of the background of the plot... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leader by Philip Stephens Publisher Comments On March 27, 2003, President George W. Bush said, "America has learned a lot about Tony Blair over the last weeks...and we're proud to have him as a friend." Despite the President's assertion, the average American knows little about Tony Blair except... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami Publisher Comments Alice Keppel, the married lover of Queen Victoria's eldest son and great-grandmother to Camilla Parker-Bowles, was a key figure in Edwardian society. Hers was the acceptable face of adultery. Discretion was her hallmark. It was her art to be the king's... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Stuarts by John Miller Publisher Comments Biography; When in 1603 King James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth on the throne of England, as James I, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule the three British kingdoms - England, Scotland and Ireland. The problems that James and his son... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1789 (Who's Who in British History) by Geoffrey Treasure Publisher Comments Stackpole is pleased to introduce the final two installments in the Who's Who in British History series. Chronologically arranged and extensively indexed, these eight volumes are an indispensable guide to the people of 2,000 years of British history... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $3.53 Used - Hardcover
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The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (Penguin History of Britain #10) by Miri Rubin Publisher Comments The extraordinary world so brilliantly re-created in The Hollow Crown was a turbulent and dangerous one. England was racked by famine, rebellion, civil war, and plague — with the descent of the Black Death and the horrific, ultimately futile... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman and Her Lost Kingdom by Philip Eade Publisher Comments Sylvia Brooke (1885-1971), better known as the Ranee of Sarawak, was the wife, consort, and—by custom—slave of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah of the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The nation had its own flag... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London: Photopockets by Tina Herzig Synopsis This is a visual survey of Britain's dynamic capital city. Interspersed among the many artfully composed photographs of London's most famous landmarks are dozens of pictures that capture the spirit and energy of Londoners themselves.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Charles--victim or villain? by Penny Junor Publisher Comments Long a subject of intense media scrutiny and speculation, Charles, Prince of Wales and future King of England, commands more international attention than ever before. Now, on the occasion of the Prince's 50th birthday, veteran journalist Penny Junor... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lady Godiva by Daniel Donoghue Publisher Comments This book investigates who Lady Godiva was, how the story of her naked horseback ride through Coventry arose, and how the whole Godiva legend has evolved from the thirteenth century through to the present day.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cambridge Minds by Richard Mason Publisher Comments An introduction, written by leading authorities, to many of the major modern achievements of Cambridge University.... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street by Cherie Blair Synopsis In her autobiography, Blair reveals for the first time what it was like to combine life as a working mother with life married to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. She writes about her encounters with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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London 1945: Life in the Debris of War by Maureen Waller Publisher Comments Praise for Ungrateful Daughters "Maureen Waller frames an absorbing narrative of the Glorious Revolution." - The New York Times Book Review "This is a family drama reported with a keen ear for delicious, gossipy detail and a satisfying willingness to... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Henry Plantagenet by Richard Barber Publisher Comments Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his time, besides ambassadors... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover 
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VITAL CENTURY by John Rule Synopsis Attempts to provide a comprehensive economic history of the 18th century by taking into account the large ammount of fresh information that has appeared. It includes a reassessment of population growth, a revision of the rate of economic growth and... (read more) Your price: $22.40 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Rural England Through a Victorian Lens (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies) by Martin Barnes Publisher Comments Filled with lovely scenes of 19th-century England, this beautiful book is a nostalgic glimpse of a vanished world through the lens of Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815 -- 1894), one of the first, and one of the greatest, of early British photographers.<... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Customs & Traditions of Wales by Trefor M Owen Review "This guide is certainly pocket-sized, but the depth and breadth of its contents are quite remarkable, and equal to what is often found in a much bulkier tome." -Lore and Language(Lore and Language)... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Rhyming History of Britain: 55 B.C.- 1966 A.D. by James Muirden Publisher Comments This cheerful poem has been written To tell the history of Britain; For People puzzled by the Past— If this means YOU, here’s help at last! From Celts to Churchill, it relates (With all the most Important Dates) Our country’s convoluted... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Lauren Kassell Publisher Comments Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. Whilst he was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions he stood apart from the medical elite as he boldly asserted medical ideas that were at odds with most... (read more) List Price $189.95 Your price: $27.88 Used - Hardcover
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