Great Britain

Early Modern England, 14851714: A Narrative History is a lively, up-to-date survey of the TudorStuart period. The narrative shows how England transformed it...

Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeChanges in the Land offers an original and persuasive interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plan...

This Fascinating Title Offers A New Study Of The Loss Of Six British Ships During The Falklands War Of 1982. Based On New Evidence Released Following Freedo...

an Outstanding And Authoritative Biography Of One Of Britain's Greatest Masters. publishers Weekly phenomenal Drinking Habits, Chronic Sleep Deprivation, A...

Perhaps the most influential monarch ever to rule England, Queen Elizabeth I is at once the best- and least-known of queens. She was a very private person,...

Though sometimes a source of controversy regarding certain issues, the Catholic Church has in many ways lead the struggle for social justice and rights fo...

This Text Explores Controversial Ideas In 'the Da Vinci Code' And The Real And Remarkable Significance Of Magdalene To Our Culture And To Christianity Itsel...

the Tank Killers Is The Story Of The American Tank Destroyer Force In North Africa, Italy, And The European Theater During World War Ii. The Tank Destroyer...

The sudden and tragic death of Princess Diana has caused the entire world to reflect on how much this singular woman meant to us all. From her fairy-tale c...

From The Author Of The Bestselling The Professor And The Madman Comes The Fascinating Story Of William Smith, The Orphaned Son Of An English Country Blacksm...

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears.History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Qu...

"There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freed...

Culture and Customs of Russia is a splendid introduction to the largest country in the world. This timely volume gives the scope of the country from earlie...

Describes The Diplomatic Minuets And Military Brinkmanship As Germany Grew To Be A Continental Superpower At The End Of The Nineteenth Century And Became A ...

A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure.If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of expl...

Mark Logue And Peter Conradi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History Europe Great BritainEngland

Lawrence James. Originally Published: London : Little, Brown, C1994. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History EuropeGreat Britain ...

For years, Churchill warned the British government against the growing Nazi threat. For years he was ignored. Politically isolated in Parliament, sometimes...

Many books on the Luftwaffe in World War II have been published over the years, although the Night Fighter´s branch has been studied less often. In our Gui...

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting...

Napoleon And Russia Tells, For The First Time, The Full Story Of Napoleon And His Crucial Relationship With Russia, From The 1790s And Bonaparte's Rise To P...

This biography takes the perspective that Churchill always believed he was destined for greatness, and thus, throughout his life, positioned himself in his...

An original, entertaining and illuminating guide to a complete different world: England in the Middle Ages.Imagine you could get into a time machine and tra...

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to become the heroesof a golden age the dawn of professional gol...

The New York Public Library, in looking back on the greatest books of the past century, called Churchill's history "monumental" and said that the author "d...

A new abridged edition of a highly acclaimed biography of Edward VIII, who left England as the Duke of Windsor less than eleven months after succeeding his ...

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Devil In The White City And Dead Wake Delivers A Fresh And Compelling Portrait Of Winston Churchill And Lond...

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley C...

From Roman Times To The Present Day This Is The Story Of Black British HistoryCategories: Teen & Young Adult Education & Reference HistoryModern ...

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life o...

The fascinating story of the Irish in Boston unfolds in this engagingly written history. Full of heroism and romance, politics and brawls, it tells the stor...

When News Of The Budding Romance Between A Beloved English Prince And An American Actress Broke, It Captured The World's Attention And Sparked An Internatio...

Highlights from the horrid series that gets you hooked on history! Age 8+. Dimensions: 19 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm. Titles:The Awesome Egyptians; The Groovy Greeks; ...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of sc...

The official companion to the Emmy-winning Netflix drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and starring Claire Foy and John Lithgow, The Crown b...

Pam Clark ... [et Al.]. Since 1914, The Famous Round Tower Of Windsor Castle Has Been The Iconic Home Of The Royal Archives--an Extraordinary Collection Of ...

The Author And The Characters From The Pooh Books Engage In Dialogue Elucidating The Taoist Principle Of Te, The Way Of The Small.Categories: Humor & En...

in This Original And Meticulous Work Of Historical Ethnography, Janice Boddy Deftly Offers An Acute Analysis Of Imperial Ambition And The Gendering Of Pol...

Can’t get enough of The Crown? In this must-have exploration of the history behind seasons 2 and 3 of Peter Morgan’s Emmy-winning Netflix drama, the sh...

Bestselling author Ken McGoogan tells the story of those courageous Scots who, ruthlessly evicted from their ancestral homelands, were sent to Canada in co...

Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of th...

A journey through a colorful period in history presents life in the latter part of the nineteenth century, from the small innovations that began to transfor...

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the US found itse...

A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire—the Amritsar Massacre—to mark its 100th anniversary The Amri...

Benjamin Weinstein. The Royal Historical Society. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 177-195) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Poli...

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive account of Queen Elizabeth II's legendary reign. Painfu...