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When Sophia Dorothea of Celle married her first cousin, the future King George I, she was an unhappy bride. Filled with dreams of romance and ...
Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and ...
The biography of England's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward the Confessor. Often depicted as a virginal, pious simpleton, Edward was in fact a devious, wily ...
The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a ...
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander the Great's short-lived empire) were near their peak. In ...
Butcher Joe Nangan was one of those charismatic people who exercised a most profound impact on all who met him.
Having spent his life acquiring ...
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at ...
Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and ...
'Provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life' New York Times
'Naughty Knickers version of our island story' Daily Mail ...
London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, the heart of the British Empire. The defiant capital had ...
This book features various accounts of a cholera outbreak in West London that killed over 500 people in ten days during the late summer of ...
As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address present crises ...
'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about ...
The gripping new history of a dynasty that seized the English throne - then tore itself apart
It is 1461 and England is crippled by civil ...
Anna was the 'last woman standing' of Henry VIII's wives - and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna ...
