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London: A Pilgrimage (Anthem Travel Classics) by Blanchard Jerrold Publisher Comments 'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Doré, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Great Harry's Navy: How Henry VIII Gave England Seapower by Geoffrey Moorhouse Synopsis Henry VIII's domestic life overshadows a now almost forgotten fact: he founded what would become the Royal Navy. When Henry ascended the English throne, the country's fleet consisted of just five ships. At his death, he handed down to his son, Edward VI,... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Very Short Introductions #19: Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction by John Gri Gillingham Publisher Comments 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) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Among the Thugs by Bill Buford Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Victorians by A N Wilson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 659-687) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Diary of Samuel Pepys #04: The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys Publisher Comments Available for the first time in paperback: the definitive edition of Samuel Pepys' famous diary.... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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English Society 1580 1680 by Keith Wrightson Synopsis English Society brings together the results of recent historiography, together with much original research by the author, to provide a fascinating picture of society and social change in the period. The first section of the book discusses some of the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Second World War #0004: The Hinge of Fate by Winston S Churchill Publisher Comments From uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success: a year when Rommel is gradually thrown back in North Africa, and in the Pacific the tide turns.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Highlands by Calum I Maclean Publisher Comments Of the books written on the Scottish Highlands, many have been penned by outsiders with only the most superficial knowledge of Gaelic culture and language. In this new edition of his classic work, the late Calum I. Maclean, a Gaelic-speaking Highlander... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Countryside by Joe Cornish Synopsis Travel to the glorious countryside of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in this photographic tour of spectacular and varied landscapes. Unforgettable color pictures of the nearly 600,000 acres -- both unspoiled and populated -- owned and preserved by... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens by Lisa Hilton Publisher Comments Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, Englands medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the monarchy and the nation. Lisa Hiltons meticulously researched new work explores the lives of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection by Margaret D Stetz Publisher Comments This is a lavishly illustrated volume that offers a new interpretation of the significance of the portrait image during the final decades of the nineteenth century in Britain, using materials drawn from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the... (read more) List Price $49.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Great British Speeches by Simon Heffer Publisher Comments 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. From King Henry V to Margaret Thatcher... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how Britain's Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to power unprecedented in history. From its beginnings under Henry VIII and adventurers like John Hawkins and Francis Drake, the Royal Navy toppled one... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death of a princess :the investigation by Thomas Sancton Publisher Comments Finally -- the ultimate investigation and full story of what really happened and why, by the two Time magazine Paris-based correspondents who have covered the case from the beginning With privileged access to hundreds of pages of documents and scores of... (read more) Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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Clans and Tartans of Scotland by Neil Grant Publisher Comments This book offers a look at Scottish clan society and an explanation of how the clans' tartans evolved. It takes a look at over 100 clans, describing their often turbulent history. Each entry features the clan's most recent tartan together with its family... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Diana: The Last Word by Simone Simmons Publisher Comments "Simone, if anything happens to me, write a book and tell it like it is." --Diana, Princess of Wales During the last five years of her life, the "People's Princess" had one friend and confidante who was special to her. She was not part of Diana's... (read more) Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir Publisher Comments Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, remain two of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill &ldquo... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Snowdon: The Biography by Anne De Courcy Publisher Comments Anthony Armstrong-Jones was born to a Welsh father and English-Jewish mother. Creative and inventive, he attended Eton and then Cambridge. The engagement of this motorbike-riding freelance photographer in 1960 to Princess Margaret was a bombshell... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana by Janet Gleeson Publisher Comments Sweeping and scandalous, rich and compellingly readable, here is the first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was without a doubt one of the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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