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South Yorkshire Mining Villages
South Yorkshire Mining Villages
Over a period of more than 150 years between the late eighteenth century and the 1930s the South Yorkshire rural landscape was transformed by coal mining and the movement of coal. But it ...
Sweet And Bitter Island
Sweet and Bitter Island : A History of the British in Cyprus
On a sweltering day in July, 1878 the men of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - the Black Watch - waded ashore at Larnaca Bay to begin the British occupation of Cyp...
T E Lawrence in War and Peace
T E Lawrence In War And Peace
'These wartime reports provide illuminating insights into aspects of Lawrence's enigmatic character which would later be suppressed as his darker side emerged in Seven Pillars of Wisdom.' -...
Terror Attack Brighton: Blowing Up The Iron Lady
Terror Attack Brighton : Blowing Up The Iron Lady
The Brighton bombing in 1984 was the most audacious terrorist attack ever on the British Government. Certainly it was the most ambitious since the Gunpowder plot of 1605...
Testament Of Friendship
Testament of Friendship : The story of Winifred Holtby
In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the ...
The 1960s Home
Shire: The 1960s Home
The 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This hitherto unknown prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subs...
The 1960s Look
The 1960s Look : Recreating the Fashions of the Sixties
The 1960s, known as the 'Swinging Sixties', are recognised as a landmark decade both by those who lived through them and those who look back in awe at the revoluti...
The Beeching Era Rail Atlas
The Beeching Era Rail Atlas
The Beeching Report 'The Reshaping of British Railways' was first published in 1963. This seminal document, about which much has been written and which remains highly controversial to this da...
The Benn Diaries
The Benn Diaries
Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians. The Benn Diaries, kept for almost seventy years, are a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and readable record of the political...
The Black Door
The Black Door : Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
'The Black Door' explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith's Secret...
The British Dentist
British Dentist
Though the prospect may fill us with dread, most of us need dental treatment at some stage - and the reality is that better care has never been available, as this fully illustrated book shows. Early dent...
The Cabinet Office 1916-2016
The Cabinet Office 1916-2016 : The Birth of Modern Government
The story of the Cabinet Office, created in the depths of the Great War in December 1916, goes to the very heart of the British state over the last 100 years...
The Country Formerly Known As Great Britain
The Country Formerly Known As Great Britain
In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity...
The Country House And The Great War
The Country House and The Great War: Irish and British Experiences
Drawing on archival materials, and incorporating never-before-seen images, this volume presents a spectrum of experiences from owners, to servants and t...
The Fatal Englishman
The Fatal Englishman : Three Short Lives
Christopher Wood, a beautiful young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. He went to Paris in 1921. By day he studied, by night he attended the parti...
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The GPO Garrison Easter Week 1916
GPO Garrison Easter Week 1916 : a Biographical Dictionary
The clandestine Irish War News on Tuesday, April 25, 1916 stated 'The Irish Republic was proclaimed in Dublin on Easter Monday, April 24, at 12 noon. Simultaneou...
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The Great Silence 1918-1920 : Living in the shadow of the Great War
The Great Silence 1918-1920 : Living in the Shadow of the Great War
Peace at last, after Lloyd George declared it had been 'the war to end all wars', would surely bring relief and a renewed sense of optimism? But this ...
The History Thieves
The History Thieves : Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation
In 1889, the first Official Secrets Act was passed, creating offences of 'disclosure of information' and 'breach of official trust'. It limited and ...
The Last Dance : 1936 The Year Our Lives Changed
The Last Dance : 1936 The Year Our Lives Changed
'The year has, indeed, begun in gloom. The King ill, and Kipling dead ...' so wrote the diarist Chips Channon in 1936 as George V lay on his deathbed at Buckingham Palace...
The Long And Winding Road
The Long And Winding Road
From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson's multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unim...
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