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Synopsis Revised & Updated Edition. With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King ...

Synopsis Subtitled : A Memorable History of England. Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuin...

Synopsis The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller. Shortlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards for 2019. Every cheese tells a story ! Wh...

Synopsis Subtitled : The forgotten evacuees of the Second World War. In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school c...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Fight For Freedom. A New York Times Bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017. . . . "Their paths neve...

Synopsis The Times Top 10 Bestseller. Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This...

Synopsis Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane investigates eight epic journeys, following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers. Nic...

Synopsis The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England. The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist betwe...

Synopsis Subtitled : The History of Christianity in Britain & Ireland through Twenty Buildings. Christianity has been central to the lives of...

Synopsis Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the...

Synopsis Subtitled : Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain. Britain's rise to global dominance from the 16th Century onwards owed as much to the visi...

Synopsis Full Subtitle : 22nd January 1879 : Minute by Minute. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes in...

Synopsis A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller. The incredible story of the greatest female spy in history, from one of Britain's most acclaimed histori...

Synopsis The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1851: James Chance, of the glass-making firm Chance Brothers, is nervously showcasing a new lens, ...

Synopsis A compelling and evocative history of Britain through the stories of its `lost' or abandoned buildings; a companion to Channel 5's serie...

Synopsis Subtitled : Selected Journalism and Other Writings. First collected in this volume 2014. Edited with an introduction by Peter Davison. Geo...

Synopsis Delve into this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown as renowned biographer and the show's historical consultan...

Synopsis Subtitled : A History of The British Isles. A magisterial new one-volume history of the British Isles from the Romans to the present day, ...

Synopsis Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of ...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Rise & Fall of the Victorian City. Victorian cities, so long the object of derision as a byword for deprivation, are...

Synopsis These journals cover the period from 1848 to 1882 provide a fascinating insight into the days she spent with her family in her much belove...

Synopsis If you are you looking to inspire your child with the story of Britain's history, H.E. Marshall's classic Our Island Story is perfect. A c...

Synopsis The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-a...

Synopsis This is the extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology and his contribution to society. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stai...