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Synopsis Subtitled : A History of England's Kings & Queens. The Sunday Times Bestseller. A seriously funny, seriously clever history of our e...

Synopsis Edited by Reginald J. W. Hammond. 17th Edition from 1971. The Wye Valley Guidebook : Monmouth, Hereford, Llandrindod Wells and the spas ...

Synopsis Full Title : The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: History, Art, Architecture. In 2009 the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom wa...

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

Synopsis Omnibus Edition of The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet. The highs and lows of being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales are perfectl...

Synopsis Featuring over 100 locations. A fully illustrated guide to the glorious riches of London's museums and galleries, drawing on the cream o...

Synopsis Notes from a Small Island & Notes from a Big Country. Notes from a Small Island. In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks...

Synopsis Subtitled : A Tale of The Lake District. A Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller. "Affectionate, evocative, illuminating. A story of survival...

Synopsis London is a city brim-full of culinary possibilities, from lively markets to Michelin-starred restaurants. This third edition of Eat Lon...

Synopsis From the invaders of the dark ages to the aftermath of the coalition, one of Britain's most respected journalists, Simon Jenkins, weaves t...

Synopsis 85 Weeks on The Sunday Times Bestseller List. Multiple-Award Winner & first of a series of 3. Just days after Raynor learns that Moth,...

Synopsis Charles Dickens’s charming history of his homeland, spanning from antiquity through the 17th Century. In this accessible history volume, C...

Synopsis Author : Hugh Clout. This edition is as vibrant, compelling and diverse as the infamous city itself. An established authority on London pa...

Synopsis A fascinating portrait of St. Albans in years gone by. Ch 1. Romans & Relics. Ch 2. From Pilgrims to Coaches. Ch 3. The Railway comes ...

Synopsis What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it something less ...

Synopsis In 1995 Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the Unite...

Synopsis Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yo...

Synopsis Paul Morley grew up in Reddish, less than five miles from Manchester and even closer to Stockport. Ever since the age of seven Morley has ...

Synopsis When work on the Eden Project began in February 1999, the worked-out china clay pit of Bodelva in Cornwall was a grey 'moonscape' fifteen ...

Synopsis Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of ...

Synopsis “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part o...