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by Henry Pelling  Synopsis Winston Spencer Churchill was an extraordinary combination of soldier and statesman. Of aristocratic birth, he had a long military career, as well as a chequered career in politics until he received the call to become Prime Minister in May 1940. This is... (read more)  List Price $12.99 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Liz Barclay Publisher Comments Boost your legal know-how with this simple guide that does away with the jargon and complication of the law, and helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues.... (read more) Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Beauclark Publisher Comments Written by a direct descendant of the union between Nell Gwyn and King Charles II, Nell Gwyn tells the story of one of England's great folk heroines. Born during a tumultuous period in England's past, Nell Gwyn was spotted selling oranges in the Theatre... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil Davidson Publisher Comments The traditional view of the Scottish nation holds that it first aroseduring the Wars of Independence from England in the thirteenth andfourteenth centuries. Although Scotland was absorbed into Britain in 1707 with the Treaty of Union, Scottish identity... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Wilson Publisher Comments The story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is one of the most romantic of all time-Edward VIII abdicated his throne and gave up an empire so that he could marry the woman he loved, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Very few people suspected, and even... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Danny Danziger Publisher Comments Vivid exploration of one of the most important years in history. Danziger skilfully weaves the events surrounding the signing of the document, in 1215, with an assessment of its political impact on the life of the era's Everyman. Danziger's "The Year... (read more) Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Patricia Fara Publisher Comments In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Geoffrey Elton Book News Annotation Traces the 12 centuries of the English people on the island of Britain, focusing on the perseverance of their sense of national identity and distinctive characteristics. Attributes such cultural longevity on the early emergence of a constitutional... (read more) Your price $6.71 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Hitchens Publisher Comments Prominent English social critic Hitchens writes of the period between the death of Winston Churchill and the funeral of Princess Diana--a time he believes has seen disastrous changes in English life.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Howarth Publisher Comments Here, from two of the United Kingdom's finest naval historians, is an immensely human portrait of Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant and most honored naval leader Britain has ever known. A great seaman and tactician who possessed an extraordinary ability... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $3.35 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Katie Hickman Publisher Comments In an absorbing mixture of poignant biography and wonderfully entertaining social history, Daughters of Britannia offers the story of diplomatic life as it has never been told before. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Vita Sackville-West and Lady Diana Cooper... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gyles Brandreth Publisher Comments The first substantial, authoritative biography of Charles and Camilla and their relationship. This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth, acclaimed biographer of the Queen and Prince Philip... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments Each of these lavishly illustrated books serves up a brief and manageable portion of the Fraser-edited and much-touted Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. A set of six jewels for Fraser's crown.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bill Schwarz Publisher Comments Caribbean migration to Britain brought many new things--new music, new foods, new styles. It brought new ways of thinking too. This lively, innovative book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that... (read more) List Price $74.95 Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Herbert Berry Synopsis This work is a study of Sloane Ms. 2530, a manuscript book at the British Library. Much of the manuscript describes the public examinations men had to pass to join the profession of fencing. Many of the examinations took place in public playhouses or in... (read more) Your price $75.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Roxane C Murph Publisher Comments A period of tumultuous political and religious strife, the English Civil War has inspired writers for the past four centuries. Their works vary widely in quality from the hurriedly written political verse of the 17th century and the superficial or... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price $23.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sarah Bradford Book News Annotation An enjoyable biography of Queen Elizabeth from her birth to the present, providing much insight into the famous royal doings that inevitably conflict with the official image of the House of Windsor but above all focusing on Elizabeth's priviledged and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Joseph Boughey Book News Annotation Combines a critique of Hadfield's (1909-96) well known histories of canals with his own autobiographical perspectives on other aspects of his life. Shows how he opened up a field of history that had barely existed before, discovered canals on foot and... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Christina Hardyment Publisher Comments Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte Darthur" (1469) is one of the most renown books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its energetic, memorably phrased and remarkably individual telling of the stirring exploits... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Starkey Publisher Comments An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This brilliant new biography, by concentrating... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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