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The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester Publisher Comments 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) List Price $50.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-383) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - 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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The Churchills: In Love and War by Mary S Lovell Publisher Comments The First Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose Publisher Comments In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Isles: A History by Norman Davies Publisher Comments Written by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that takes a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, looking at them not as self-contained islands, but as an... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850 by Linda Colley Publisher Comments In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the lands their own rulers sought to conquer, Colley also offers an intimate... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wit & Wisdom of Wisdom Churchill by James Humes Publisher Comments An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer -- useful for speakers, students, of history, and World War II buffs, as well as general readers.... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Life of Elizabeth I (American) by Alison Weir Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Aristocrats: The Illustrated Companion by Stella Tillyard Publisher Comments A rich social history of the eighteenth century that accompanies a BBC TV series, here is the story of four sisters as threads in the tapestry of a grand era. The daughters of the Second Duke and Duchess of Richmond lived in magnificence as mistresses of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall Publisher Comments Paul Murray Kendall's masterful account of the life of England's King Richard III has remained the standard biography of this controversial figure.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Perfect Prince: Truth and Deception in Renaissance Europe by Ann Wroe Publisher Comments In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Dominique Enright Publisher Comments Sir Winston Churchill was the greatest orator of his day, the greatest statesman of his age, and the greatest Englishman of the 20th century. This enchanting collection gathers hundreds of his funniest and wickedest quips in tribute to the exhilarating... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.) by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne Publisher Comments Evelyn Waugh was already famous when Brideshead Revisited was published in 1945. Written at the height of the war, the novel was, he admitted, of no "immediate propaganda value." Instead, it was the story of a household, a family and a journey of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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In the Footsteps of Churchill: A Study in Character by Richard Holmes Publisher Comments As one of the most admired political leaders of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill holds iconic status in popular memory. But in this incisive new biography, acclaimed military historian Richard Holmes offers a remarkable reappraisal of Churchill... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Citizens of London (10 Edition) by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments In Citizens of London, Lynne Olson has written a work of World War II history even more relevant and revealing than her acclaimed Troublesome Young Men. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain,... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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