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Over several centuries, England imposed itself by force and by treaty on the other three nations of the Hiberno-British Isles to form its own English ...
An award-winning historian places the corporation-more than the Crown-at the heart of British colonialism, arguing that companies built and governed global empire, raising questions about ...
What did the Georgians think of themselves, and of their exciting, turbulent, and controversial times?
The Georgian era (1714-1830) was a time of innovations. It ...
This book explores who King James was as an individual by looking at key events and relationships that shaped him. The life of King James ...
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Chief Minister and Secretary ...
Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to ...
New in paperback - An original new biography of Henry VIII's last wife, Katherine Parr, which shows the strength of the Queen's devotion to ...
The 'boy-king' is finally shown in a new light: not as an overshadowed son, but as a notable King of England. For too long, King ...
'Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator' Dan Snow, History Hit
'Vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings, Sunday ...
In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He shows us the capital ...
The first history of childhood in Tudor England
What was it like to grow up in England under the Tudors? How were children cared for ...
Former royal correspondent Stephen Bates lifts the lid on the 1,800 years of power plays, ritual, tradition and intrigue in Britain's monarchy and ...
Revealing the ten great engineers, across a variety of fields, who were responsible for the industrial revolution. Samuel Smiles published his "Lives of the Engineers ...
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'Tender, fascinating ... Lucid and illuminating' Robert Macfarlane
Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss ...
