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Shakespeare
Shakespeare
This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers ...
Shakespeare Cats
Shakespeare Cats
In 32 entrancing paintings, Susan Herbert opens up an unsuspected world of Shakespeare interpreted by cats with all their winning ways. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, this imaginativ...
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Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a day
Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day
Explore London at the close of the 16th century, a city of courtiers, cut-throats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. See the sights from Whiteha...
Ship Lost : The Fate of the Titanic Crew
Ship Lost : The Fate of Titanic's Crew
Titanic continues to capture the popular imagination even a hundred
years after her tragic loss in the North Atlantic in 1912. However much of
that focus is on the disparity betwee...
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Silk And The Sword
Silk and the Sword : The Women of the Norman Conquest
The momentous events of 1066, the story of invasion, battle and conquest, are well known. But what of the women?Harold II of England had been with Edith Swanneck for...
Six For The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Six for the Tolpuddle Martyrs : The Epic Struggle for Justice and Freedom
In 1834 six farm labourers from the Dorset hamlet of Tolpuddle fell foul of draconian Victorian laws prohibiting ‘assembly’. Today the names ...
So Great A Prince
So Great A Prince : England and hte Accession of Henry VIII
The King is dead: long live the King. In 1509, Henry VII was succeeded by his son Henry VIII, second monarch of the house of Tudor. But this is not the familia...
Special Operations In The Age of Chivalry
Special Operations In The Age of Chivalry
Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason and sabotage. ...
State Of Emergency : The Way We Were Britain 1970-1974
State Of Emergency : The Way We Were Britain 1970-1974
In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the h...
Stephen And Matilda's Civil War
Stepehn And Matilda's Civil War : Cousins of Anarchy
The Anarchy was the first civil war in post-Conquest England, enduring throughout the reign of King Stephen between 1135 and 1154. It ultimately brought about the end...
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Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis 1956 : End of Empire and the Reshaping of the Middle East
In 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, ending nearly a century of British and French control over the crucial wat...
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The 19th Century Underworld
The 19th Century Underworld
Take a walk on the dark side of the street in this unique exploration of the fears and desires at the heart of the British Empire, from the Regency dandy’s playground to the grim and gothic...
The A-Z of Charles II's London
A-Z Charles II's London 1682
The London Topographical Society's A to Z series consists of seven books, which provide fully-indexed maps of London at roughly 100 year intervals. Each reproduces a key map of the period. ...
The Afghan War
Afghan War : Operation Enduring Freedom
Drugs, war and terrorism were the unholy trinity that brought the US-led air campaign crashing down on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in October 2001 in Operation Enduring Free...
The Amritsar Massacre
Amritsar Massacre
The shocking massacre of 379 unarmed Indians in the enclosed Jallianwala Bath park on the command of a British army officer on April 13th, 1919 is considered a brutal example of colonial abuse. Immedia...
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The Anarchy
The Anarchy : The Darkest Days of Medieval England
When the mighty Henry I died in December 1135, leaving no legitimate son, who was to replace him on the throne of England? Would it be Stephen, nephew to the king and s...
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The Anarchy
The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by Englis...
The Anglo Zulu War Isandlwana
Anglo Zulu War Isandlawana
In 1878, H.M. High Commissioner for Southern Africa and the Lieut. General Commanding H.M. Forces, clandestinely conspired to invade the Zulu Kingdom. Drastically underestimating their foe, wi...
The Anne Boleyn Papers
The Anne Boleyn Papers
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, caused comment wherever she went. Through the chronicles, letters and dispatches written by both Anne and her contemporaries, it is possible to see her...
The Archbishops Of Canterbury
The Archbishops of Canterbury : A Tale of Church and State
The office of Archbishop of Canterbury is the oldest continuous institution in Britain - older than the English crown and much older than Parliament. For over f...
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