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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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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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy Synopsis Delving into a netherworld of treachery and intrigue in Elizabethan London, John Bossy attempts to solve a centuries-old mystery: who was "Fagot", the spy working within the French embassy in London to subvert Catholic attempts to overthrow Queen... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London Labour & the London Poor by Henry Mayhew Publisher Comments Unflinching reports of Londons poor from a prolific and influential English writer London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles, later published in four volumes, written for the Morning Chronicle in 1849 and 1850 when journalist... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The History of England (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Babington Macaulay Synopsis This historic text was originally published in five volumes between 1849 and 1861. Covering the period from the accession of James II to the death of Richard III, it examines social, economic and political forces and events that contributed to the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Mass Market
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Diana Mosley: Mitford Beauty, British Fascist, Hitler's Angel by Anne De Courcy Publisher Comments Diana Mosley was a society beauty who fell from grace when she left her husband, brewery heir Bryan Guinness, for Sir Oswald Mosley, an admirer of Mussolini and a notorious womanizer. This horrified her family and scandalized society. In 1933, Diana met... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Agincourt Henry V & the Battle That Made by Juliet Barker Publisher Comments Juliet Barker's shimmeringly brilliant narrative commemorates and analyses a canonical battle in British history.... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson by Adam Sisman Publisher Comments James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and most entertaining books in the English language. Yet Boswell himself has generally been considered little more than an idiot and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Evil Empire: 101 Ways That Britain Ruined the World by Steven A Grasse Publisher Comments In The Evil Empire, Steven A. Grasse exposes the secret history of England’s global misdeeds. He asks what few have dared to ask: Having spent the better half of the millennium turning the world into their personal litter box, where do the English... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy Publisher Comments The eminent British historian John Guy has unearthed a wealth of evidence that upends the popular notion of Mary Queen of Scots as a femme fatale and establishes her as the intellectual and political equal of Elizabeth I. Guy draws on sources as... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sisters the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S Lovell Publisher Comments This is the Story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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1215: The Year of Magna Carta by Danny Danziger and John Gillingham Publisher Comments Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt today. At the center of this fascinating period is the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments The acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain Publisher Comments Nuala O'Faolain attracted a huge amount of critical praise and a wide audience with the literary debut of Are You Somebody? Her midlife exploration of life's love, pain, loneliness, and self- discovery won her fans worldwide who write and tell her how... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Scotland: A History by Jenny Wormald Publisher Comments Covers Scottish history from prehistory to the twenty-first century. 8pp colour plates, 4 maps.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660 by Alison Games Publisher Comments How did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important second book, Alison Games, a colonial American historian, explores the period from 1560 to 1660, when England challenged... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox Publisher Comments In Watching the English anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks and habits of the English people. From the most famous national traits through to the most bizarre reflex reactions, she holds a mirror up to the English national... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Langford Publisher Comments While the rest of eighteenth century Europe was embroiled in revolution and unrest, Britain embarked on an era of comparative calm and stability. Two attempts by the Stuarts to reclaim the throne were easily put down, not through the power of the British... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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All the Queens Men the World of Elizabeth I by Peter Brimacombe Synopsis Elizabeth I was the last English monarch truly to rule the nation; she inherited a weak and divided kingdom yet relentlessly fashioned it into a major world power. Central to the success of her reign was her relationships with the key men in the kingdom.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Illustrated Rise & Fall of the British Empire (Ill) by Lawrence James Publisher Comments Spanning four centuries and six continents, James' masterpiece examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous insight and finesse. His original work has now been abridged and illustrated in full color throughout with over 400... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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