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by Celia Sandys  Publisher Comments This intimate and accessible guide to Winston Churchill covers his years as schoolboy, soldier, journalist, writer and statesman. With over 100 illustrations, references to key people and places, family tree, timeline of events and full bibliography... (read more)  Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Alan Hamilton Publisher Comments Simply because of who they are, members of the Royal Family have always been highly quotable, from Queen Elizabeth I declaring that she had the heart of a king to the Prince of Wales confessing that he talks to his plants. This unique collection of royal... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Paterson Publisher Comments Paterson juxtaposes Churchill's prolific commentaries on himself with the opinions of those who knew him. From his dramatic escape as a prisoner of war in South Africa to his resurgence as Britain's great wartime prime minister, this is a well-rounded... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Brian D Osborne Synopsis From the curraghs of Celtic monks to the longships of the Vikings, the sea has been central to the Scots. Weaving poetry and prose, reportage and travel writing, the editors have tried to reflect the full range and power of the sea and its influence on... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Coote Publisher Comments Best known for diaries that chronicle in brilliant detail his life and times during the turbulence of Restoration England, Samuel Pepys was an extraordinary man in an extraordinary time--member of Parliament, secretary of the admiralty, political insider,... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sebastian Haffner Publisher Comments A brilliantly vivid and engaging portrait of a towering figure in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nick Page Publisher Comments At the climax of the feast, a large pie is set down before the Queen, who is given a knife and invited to cut into the pastry. Before she can do so, however, the crust begins to crack and rise of its own accord. From out of the pie emerges a tiny man... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $2.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter N Miller Publisher Comments This book focuses on the political thought of late eighteenth-century Britain, discussing the crisis of the early modern state provoked by the American revolution and setting it in its European context.... (read more) List Price $52.00 Your price $45.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gail Maccoll Publisher Comments AMERICAN HEIRESSES TAKE ON THE PEERAGE In 1895, nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil) and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realmoXamong them, a duke, an earl, three... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ron Pritchard Publisher Comments This anthology paints a vivid picture of life during Shakespeare's time.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Street Synopsis An insight into British life in Coronation year. Here is a picture of Britain preparing for and celebrating the crowning of its new, young queen. It is an exploration in words and pictures of a nation gradually returning to prosperity after the ravages... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $4.40 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Hibbert Publisher Comments When Charles Stuart was a young child, it seemed unlikely that he would survive, let alone become ruler of England and Scotland. Once shy and retiring, an awkward stutterer, he grew in stature and confidence under the guidance of the Duke of Buckingham... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jon E Lewis Publisher Comments Beginning with the Roman invasion of Britain in 55 B.C., as seen through the eyes of Julius Caesar, and ending at the dawn of the third millennium, this new Mammoth volume heightens major events in three thousand years of British history with the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip Guedalla Publisher Comments This classic study of the Duke of Wellington, from the struggle against Napoleon to the post-war attempt to build a new Europe, was widely read by Britain's leaders in World War II. Guedalla's excellent account is particularly noted for his coverage of... (read more) Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Deborah H Strober Publisher Comments Her public and private worlds, the life and times of Elizabeth II and her family. Fifty years ago in February 1952, while in Kenya on the beginning of a world tour, Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British Throne on the death of her father, King George... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $5.98 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Matthew Shaw Synopsis Praised by Queen Victoria as the 'greatest man this country has ever produced, ' the Duke of Wellington possessed an unmatched career in Britain as a soldier, politician, and statesman. A frail child, overshadowed by his siblings, he became a man of... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $13.46 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew Fisher Publisher Comments Scotland's story is chronicled by one of the country's best historians. Andrew Fisher begins with Scotland's first people and their culture and ends with Devolution and the setting up of the first Scottish parliament since 1707. Maps. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ingrid Seward Publisher Comments Revealing the real woman behind the fairy-tale princess, "The Queen & Di" is written by the editor of "Majesty" magazine. "A surprisingly fresh addition to the mountain of biographies of the late Princes of Wales. . . . Well-written, guilt-free treat.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Plantagenet Fry Book News Annotation A spectacularly illustrated guide to the royal histories of England and Scotland as well as the parallel events in English history, e.g. the Battle of Hastings, the Spanish Armada, the Civil War. A running chronology covers the major events of each... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mike Watson Publisher Comments As a member of the Scottish Parliament, Mike Watson is uniquely situated to offer insight into its workings in its first year of operation. In this book, he asks whether the Parliament has delivered what it promised the people of Scotland and explores... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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