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A House in Gross Disorder: Sex, Law, and the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven by Cynthia B Herrup Publisher Comments Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines. But in 17th century England, a sex scandal in which the 2nd Earl of Castlehaven was executed for crimes so horrible that "a... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $6.80 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser Publisher Comments No one brings English history alive like Antonia Fraser. In her bestselling books -- including Mary Queen of Scots and The Six Wives of Henry VIII -- she has shown why she is one of the finest contemporary popular historians, someone who brilliantly... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The History of Scotland by Planta Somerset Fry Publisher Comments An ideal volume for anyone wanting a brisk overview of North Britain from the year dot to the twentieth century. <BR>This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.<BR>Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Churchill and the Politics of War, 1940-1941 (Cacu) by Sheila Lawlor Publisher Comments A new examination of Churchill's first year as Britain??'s wartime leader.... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Betty Boothroyd the Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd Publisher Comments The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for—fair play, an unshakeable sense of honor, and a passionate belief in the sovereignty of Parliament. This is a... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $4.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list William Wallace by Andrew Fisher Publisher Comments Dufour Editions will now be distributing this Scottish publisher's fine list of books as part of Birlinn Limited, another Scottish press. John Donald publishes primarily Scottish history, biography, and folklore. A vivid, concise, and complete account of... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era by Norman F Cantor Publisher Comments There may be no more fascinating historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. Chaucer wrote... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Transactions of the Royal Historical Society #08: Volume 8, 1998, Sixth Series by Royal Historical Soc Publisher Comments Volume 8 of The Royal Historical Society Transactions contains essays based around the theme ???identities and empires???.... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $4.80 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Early English Art & Architecture by Lloyd Laing Publisher Comments A survey of English art from the coming of the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the end of the 12th century, considering among other subjects the impact of the Vikings and the survival of Anglo-Saxon traditions after the Norman Conquest. Particular... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price $7.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Daughters of Britannia the Lives & Times by Katie Hickman Synopsis From the first exploratory expeditions into foreign lands, through the heyday of the British Empire and still at the end of the millennium, the foreign service has been shaped and run behind the scenes by the wives of ambassadors and minor civil servants.... (read more) Your price $3.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Great Britain on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century by David Underdown Synopsis The town is Dorchester in Dorset; the time the beginning of the seventeenth century. Two hundred years before Hardy disguised it as Casterbridge, Dorchester was a typical English country town, of middling size and unremarkable achievements. But on 6... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale by Jan Bondeson Publisher Comments "The facts in this case are so bizarre that no novelist would have dared to invent them," said the Philadelphia Inquirer. Indeed. A century before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London, another predator held sway: a "vulgar-looking man" who... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Warrior Race by Lawrence James Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [810]-837) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Scotland: An Intimate Portrait by Geddes Macgregor Publisher Comments 'Informative and amusing, MacGregor\'s book recounts the history and origins of golf, kilts, bagpipes, and other distinct parts of Scottish culture. MacGregor captures the essence of Scottish life, religion, dress, literature, and history.'... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury by John Butler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-175) and index.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Hutton Inquiry (Uncovered Editions) by Tim Coates Synopsis The report of Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death, in July 2003, of Dr David Kelly, a British scientist and expert in chemical and biological warfare, who was employed by the government to advise it on weapons in such warfare.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments In this entertaining and informative volume, a renowned biographer and critic takes on his grandest subject: London--one of the world's most vast and vital cities. in color. 2 maps.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Island: Diary of a Year on Easdale by Garth Waite Publisher Comments Island is a detailed and lovingly illustrated account of a newly married couple's first idyllic year on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale. It took them 6 years to complete, and it will delight anyone who responds to the romance of life on a remote... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $21.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Plot Against Pepys by James Long Synopsis Part history, part bone-rattling suspense, this work tells the forgotten story of two of the most dangerous years in the life of legendary diarist Samuel Pepys, who, in 1679, was charged with treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #196: The Wealth of England from 1496 to 1760 by George N Clark Publisher Comments This book reviews English economic history from the eve of the discovery of America through the time when the Industrial Revolution was well underway. It emphasizes the connection of the wealth of England with developments in Europe and in the other... (read more) List Price $68.00 Your price $10.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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