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'An absolute treasure trove of sound advice and historical detail' Katherine May
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In his short new biography of Winston Churchill, author Peter Caddick-Adams writes than the recipe for Winston Churchill's success during his wartime premiership of ...
Millicent Fawcett, the leader of the British suffragist movement, described Josephine Butler as 'the most distinguished English woman of the nineteenth century'. Among the first ...
A vivid biography in cinematic snapshots of David Lloyd George, one of the world's greatest statesmen.
Brought up in rural North Wales, David Lloyd ...
'A good story, embracing character, emotion and drama... refreshing.' THE TIMES'A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait... Wittily written and rich in detail' Miranda SeymourDespite ...
The untold story of British politics in modern times, through the triumphs and disasters of its five most radical figures
In the great revolutionary year ...
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was executed on 19 May 1536. Her sister Mary, rumoured mistress to the monarch, lived on and ...
30 January 1972, the day that became known as Bloody Sunday, is remembered as one of the darkest and bloodiest events of The Troubles in ...
Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain's top 100 lighthouses, each one illustrated ...
A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the ShardA walk along any London street takes you past ...
The personal side of James II and VII has long been obscured by the propaganda storm emanating from the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, one of ...
The intriguing questions of cleanliness and health in seventeenth-century England. What was medicine like in the time of Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell? How did Charles ...
The flight of King James II in November 1688 was a seminal moment in British history. The deposed Catholic King set up house and home ...
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and sending them ...
