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Making A Living in the Middle Ages
Making a Living in the Middle Ages
Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways, from the structure of their families to the ways they made t...
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher : The Authorised Biography Volume Two
The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron Lady. In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a go...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher : The Authorized Biography Volume One
Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential figures of the postwar era. Volume One of Moore's...
Martyrs of Henry VIII
Martyrs of Henry VIII : Repression, Defiance, Sacrifice
When Henry VIII passed through Canterbury in 1532, a young woman in her mid-twenties named Elizabeth Barton, widely revered as a visionary and prophetess, burst in...
Mead
Mead : The Libations, Legends, and Lore of History's Oldest Drink
With fantastical narratives, home-brewing instructions, and original craft cocktail recipes, Mead is the ultimate exploration of the resurgent alcoholic ...
Medieval Graffiti
Medieval Graffiti : The Lost Voices of England's Churches
For centuries carved writings and artworks in churches lay largely unnoticed so archaeologist Matthew Champion started a nationwide survey to gather the best exa...
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Medieval Illumination
Medieval Illumination: Manuscript Art in England and France 700-1200
Illuminated manuscripts from England and France are among the greatest masterpieces of medieval European art. This beautiful new book showcases dozens...
Medieval Intrigue : Decoding Royal Conspiracies
Medieval Intrigue : Decoding Royal Conspiracies
Ian Mortimer considers some of the key questions in Medieval history and rethinks the nature of historical evidence. In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some ...
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pr...
Migrant City
Migrant City : A New History of London
The first history of London to show how immigrants have built, shaped and made a great success of the capital cityLondon is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which ov...
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Mother Country
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children
For the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was 'the Mother Country'. They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would ...
Mr Barry's War
Mr Barry's War : Rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the Great Fire of 1834
When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he though...
My Dear Hamy
My Dear Hamy: Insights and Intrigues at the Court of Caroline Princess of Wales
This book is the story of the lives of three feisty women - Caroline and Charlotte, of the blood royal, and Anne herself, the common sensed...
My Dearest Dearest Albert
My Dearest Dearest Albert
Using excerpts from her letters and diaries, this book shows the very human face of Queen Victoria, from spirited young princess to caring Queen, passionate bride and loving mother to great-gra...
National Service : From Aldershot to Aden Tales frm the Conscripts 1946-62
National Service: From Aldershot to Aden:
In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Some were sent abroad and watched their friends die in com...
National Service
National Service: A Generation in Uniform
Richard Vinen's National Service is a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with the reality of that extraordinary institution, which now seems as remot...
Never Had It So Good
Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles
In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. Domi...
New World, Inc.
New World Inc
In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had begun to face a daunting array of social, commercial and political problems. St...
Not Enough Room To Swing A Cat
Not Enough Room to Swing A Cat
As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language convers...
One Hot Summer
One Hot Summer : Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured "The Gr...
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