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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by Fiona Carnarvon
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US“Almina was a woman of great charm and courage.” —New York Times Book Review “The more interesting and entertaining book is Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle. Written by the castle's... (read more)

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Jane Austen's England
Jane Austen's England
by Lesley Adkins
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A cultural snapshot of everyday life in the world of Jane Austen Jane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, wrote brilliantly about the gentry and aristocracy of two centuries ago in her accounts of young women looking for love.... (read more)

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The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
The Last Lion, Volume 2: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
by William Manchester
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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)

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
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The past is a foreign country. This is your guidebook. A time machine has just transported you back into the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? How do you earn a living and how much are you paid? What sort of food will you be offered... (read more)

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A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D.
A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D.
by Simon Schama
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This first installment in the series from celebrated historian Simon Schama was both a colossal undertaking and a smashing success. In it, Schama (The Embarrassment of Riches, Rembrandt's Eyes) concisely lays out the themes and events that... (read more)

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1215: The Year of Magna Carta
1215: The Year of Magna Carta
by Danny Danziger
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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)

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The Lion's Share: A Short History of British Imperialism 1850-1995
The Lion's Share: A Short History of British Imperialism 1850-1995
by Bernard Porter
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'As for Dr Porter's study, this reviewer found it one of the most captivating pieces he had read for a long time: his book abounds in wit, is studded with brief but telling phrases, and reveals an unerring eye for the relevant fact and apposite quotation'... (read more)

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The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genuis of the Golden Age
The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genuis of the Golden Age
by Christopher Hibbert
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An intimate portrait of historys most fascinating monarch.... (read more)

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Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings
by Jim Bradbury
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This is the first time a military historian has attempted to make accessible to the general reader all that is known about the Battle of Hastings and to present as deatiled a reconstruction as is possible. Furthermore, the author places the battle in the... (read more)

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Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson
by Adam Sisman
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A heroic, brilliantly detailed portrait of the biographer as artist. James Boswell's 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... (read more)

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The Angry Brigade: A History of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group
The Angry Brigade: A History of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group
by Gordon Carr
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Based on extensive research, this book remains the essential study of the Angry Brigade, a group of urban guerillas, who, between 1970 and 1972, used guns and bombs on embassies of repressive regimes, police stations and army barracks... (read more)

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Modern Wales a Concise History 2ND Edition
Modern Wales a Concise History 2ND Edition
by Gareth Elwyn Jones
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This book surveys the history of Wales in modern times. It explores first a society which was dominated by the landed gentry then divides at the Industrial Revolution which transformed the face and fortune of Wales, as well as its place in British... (read more)

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A History of Ancient Britain
A History of Ancient Britain
by Neil Oliver
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Who were the first Britons? Famed archaeologist Neil Oliver answers that question and more, excavating the past to weave an epic story of half-a-million years, from the mists of prehistory to the departure of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD. As... (read more)

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Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India
Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India
by Margaret Macmillan
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From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Paris 1919" and "Nixon and Mao" comes this fascinating glimpse of women and Empire in 19th- and 20th-century India. Illustrated.... (read more)

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Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
by Susan Nagel
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The remarkable Mary Nisbet was the Countess of Elgin in Romantic-era Scotland and the wife of the seventh Earl of Elgin. When Mary accompanied her husband to diplomatic duty in Turkey, she changed history. She helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the... (read more)

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A Short History of England: The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation
A Short History of England: The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation
by Simon Jenkins
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The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two world wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story. A... (read more)

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A History of Britain, Volume 3: The Fate of Empire 1776-2002
A History of Britain, Volume 3: The Fate of Empire 1776-2002
by Simon Schama
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Simon Schama's dramatic, broad-ranging, and immensely readable epic history of Britain reaches its triumphant conclusion in this third and final volume, which stretches from the American Revolution to the present. The Fate of Empire tells the... (read more)

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Wait for Me!: Memoirs
Wait for Me!: Memoirs
by Duchess Deborah Mitford
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Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, “How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl.... (read more)

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The Oxford illustrated history of Britain
The Oxford illustrated history of Britain
by Kenneth O Morgan
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This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British... (read more)

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Very Short Introductions #19: Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions #19: Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction
by John Gri Gillingham
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A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, through to England's failure to dominate the British Isles and France in the... (read more)

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