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by Tom Beaumont James  Publisher Comments A new and fascinating view of England's history that marries the work of archaeologists and historians. Foreword by Time Team's Mick Aston.... (read more)  List Price $27.50 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Jan Bondeson Publisher Comments A century before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London, another predator held sway. In the late eighteenth century, the city was gripped by fear, outrage, and Monster Mania. A psychopath who had lashed out violently at over fifty women during a... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Liz Davies Publisher Comments As the British public turns away in disgust from New Labour, Liz Davies provides a compelling insider's account of the events leading up to the party's spectacular fall from grace. For two years prior to the party conference of September 2000, Davies sat... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gwen Kenned Neville Publisher Comments A theoretical and sociological exploration of the relationship between law and society, this book constructs an approach to law that integrates legal theory with sociological approaches to law. Law is generally understood to be a mirror of society--a... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $3.70 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by J M Ritchie Book News Annotation Looks at the experiences of artists and writers who came to Britain from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to escape National Socialism. Subjects include expressionism in exile in Great Britain, the exile plays of Hans Jose Rehfisch, women in exile,... (read more) Your price $7.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Janet Egle Dunleavy Publisher Comments "This biography of a man who was not only a political leader but an influential figure in literary history . . . should become the standard work."--James F. Kilroy, Tulane University<P>"Apart from the book's interest to students of modern Irish... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $11.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Holmes Publisher Comments Is it true King Arthur was a real person, who profoundly influenced actual history? The evidence presented here comes from many reliable ancient sources depicting Britain around the year A.D. 500, and from numerous modern historians who have developed... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Correlli Barnett Synopsis This book seeks to bring to life the heroic figure behind the age of Blenheim. The emphasis throughout is on the character and personality of John Churchill rather than on the general historical events of his life. Originally published by Eyre Methuen in... (read more) Your price $4.98 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael De La Noy Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Alan J Wilson Publisher Comments St. Margaret is, after Mary, Queen of Scots, perhaps the most famous woman in Scottish history, and her life is among the most extraordinary of any other major Scottish historical figure.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stanley Weintraub Synopsis Illustrious couple Lionel and Charlotte Rothchild were blessed with great wealth and a powerful love, but oppressed by dogmatic Victorian anti-semitism. By the biographer of books on Victoria and Albert, Edward Prince of Wales, and Whistler, this title... (read more) Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Lukacs Publisher Comments In previous books Lukacs has told the story of Churchill's titanic struggle with Adolf Hitler in the early days of World War II. Now he turns his attention to Churchill the man and visionary statesman. Each chapter of this book provides an essential... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Rupert Christiansen Publisher Comments Marshaling the experiences of a set of remarkable foreign visitors to England in the 1800s, the author chronicles their impact on British culture and its impact upon them. Includes stories of visits by French painter Gericault, Richard Wagner, Ralph... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Claire Gervat Publisher Comments The fascinating and delightfully entertaining story of the eighteenth century beauty and bigamist -- Elizabeth Chudleigh. In 1743 Elizabeth Chudleigh, an exceptional beauty, was appointed maid of honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales. She was soon... (read more) Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Bossy Synopsis In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by J F Campbell Publisher Comments The second volume of the finest treasure-house of Scottish tales ever published.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Glyn Redworth Publisher Comments On the night of March 7, 1623, the prince of Wales and the duke of Buckingham knocked on the door of the British embassy in Madrid. Their unsolicited arrival began one of the most bizarre episodes in British history, as the Protestant heir to the Stuart... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Levy Publisher Comments Chapter One Why Vainly Seek to Flee? Love Will Pursue You. Martha Ray had a great deal on her mind during the evening of Wednesday, April 7, 1779, as her personal maid set about preparing her for a night at Covent Garden Theatre. She had not been out of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Lynch Publisher Comments This provocative new study argues that the Royalists by capturing Bristol in July 1643, they gained not only England's second most important city but also the materials and facilities that allowed them to remain as long as they did in Civil War.... (read more) List Price $45.95 Your price $30.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Frederick Madden Publisher Comments This volume deals with those dependencies of the Crown for which it was considered premature to concede fully representative government, and also with Ireland where the union with Britain made in 1800 was coming under increasing strain. The documents in... (read more) List Price $154.95 Your price $17.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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