Great Britain

Peter Laslett. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 204-209.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesGerontology

Witch-hunting In Scotland Presents A Fresh Perspective On The Trial And Execution Of The Hundreds Of Women And Men Prosecuted For The Crime Of Witchcraft, A...

A dazzling account of peace and conflict in 15th Century England which emphasises the military over the political history of the Wars of the Roses. Frequen...

The Astonishing But True Story Of One Of The Most Notorious Spy Cases From The Cold War--and The International Manhunt That Seized Global Attention As It Re...

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates, from the journalist who has spent years studying them. Who really runs the show and, as Char...

In the summer of 1940 Britain stood alone as Nazi Germany was swiftly tightening its grip on Europe. Hitler's forces appeared to be invincible, having swept...

This widely used book, first published in 1987, examines changes in crime and the criminal justice system against the larger changes in an industrialising s...

This lavishly illustrated historical guide to Westminster Abbey is a highly readable account of this great institution, which is central to the long history...

Married at 17 to the grandson of a confirmed lunatic and widowed at 20, Catherine Parr chose a Yorkshire lord twice her age as her second husband. Caught up...

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from the Tower of London. History has judged they were murdered...

Tying-in with the 4-part primetime PBS series airing in November 2004, Regency House Party will follow 5 men and 5 women as they meet, flirt and court withi...

Divorced at ten, a mother at thirteen & three times a widow. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen', Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the T...

The true story, drawn from official documents and hours of personal interviews, of how Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation and became Canada's te...

England's greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from th...

The Magna Carta Is Revered Around The World As The Founding Document Of Western Liberty. Its Principles--even Its Language--can Be Found In Our Bill Of Righ...

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater.Volume Two il...

A Stunning, Intricate Narrative About A Notorious Killing In Northern Ireland And Its Devastating Repercussions. In December 1972, Jean Mcconville, A Thirty...

Perkins, President Of A Business Consulting Group, Cites Critical Moments In Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic Expedition To Illustrate Ten Strategies To Improve ...

For Fans Of The Netflix Series The Crown And From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of 17 Carnations Comes A Captivating Biography Of Queen Elizabeth Ii...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the drama...

Accomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their wa...

Tony Banham. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [285]-287) And Index.Categories: History EuropeGreat Britain

The Encyclopedia of Ireland is the most comprehensive book to date on all aspects of Irish life, culture, and history. It encompasses the whole of Ireland-...

A photographic celebration of the history, culture, people, and places that make up a century of life in Ireland.\Covering all 32 counties, this beautiful, ...

pp. 7 544.volume 2 only ."The second volume of Simon Schama's epic history is a story of revolution and reaction, of progress and catastrophe. It is a story...

Paul Adelman seeks to explain the Liberal Party's dramatic transformation in political fortune. This clear, objective up-to-date account of the history of t...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (Th...

Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as the...

From our foremost historian of World War II, a vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime.With unparalleled insight, Max Hastings brin...

"A wonderful offbeat memoir.... Holroyd has written perhaps his best book yet."—Ben Macintyre, New York Times Book Review Renowned biographer Michael Ho...

For fans of Downton Abbey, this New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWIA...

The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in more than 10 years, completely revised and upd...

A Net Of Complex Currents Flowed Across Jacobean England. This Was The England Of Shakespeare, Jonson And Bacon; Of The Gunpowder Plot; The Worst Outbreak O...

Vogue's "special royal salute" to Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor.\"Vogue, like the royal family, has been through many evolutions of its own, a...

The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them to rise ...

From Queen Elizabeth II to Prince George, there's a lot of news to keep up with regarding the royal family. This fantastic compendium of fascinating facts a...

This Book Is A Tale Of Three Cities: The Fictional London That Lives In The Pages Of Writers From Shakespeare To P.d. James And Martin Amis; The Historical ...

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth ...

From the author of Masters and Commanders, Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War has been hailed as the finest single-volu...

Tells The Interwoven Stories Of Two Men--hawley Crippen, A Very Unlikely Murderer, And Guglielmo Marconi, The Obsessive Creator Of A Seemingly Supernatural ...

Introduction: The Other History: Motherhood -- 1. Miss, I Wish I Had Your Life: The Poor Of London And Their Chroniclers -- 2. There Is Meat Ye Know Not Of:...

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our in...

A reference on British royalty, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdo...

the History Of Scotland Is Like Its Landscape--full Of Peaks And Valleys, Of Ruggedness And Grandeur, Of Gentleness And Calm Splendor. Its Story Is Inextric...

With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England—from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionhe...

King Henry VIII remains one of the most controversial figures in our history. Wilson draws together all the most recent discoveries and looks afresh at the ...

Roger Dingman. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 287-310.Categories: History Europe Great BritainEngland