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The definitive, one-volume abridgment by Christopher Lee.

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In August 1914, the two greatest navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. At first there were skirmishes, then battles off the ... More

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For many, the thought of Scotland conjures up little more than kilts, bagpipes, and Scotch whiskey. In this lively and engrossing history, Arthur ... More

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On a mild winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party. Her carriage bumped across the wide cobbled streets of Edinburgh's ... More

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With detailed information on the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, and the Tower of London, Steves also shows travelers how to find the ... More

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The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the most original and gripping volumes ever written about the First World War. Fussell ... More

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The acclaimed author of "Troublesome Young Men" reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain ... More

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A celebration in pictures and words of the Yorkshire of James Herriot's stories.

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The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unprecedented in the annals of English history. It was ... More

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In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue ... More

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Winchester tells the fascinating story of an Oxfordshire blacksmith's orphaned son who discovered an unmistakable pattern in the rocks. From this, ... More

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William Wilberforce was a world-class statesman, a politician whose profound Christian convictions not only led to the abolition of slavery in the ... More

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On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner ... More

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Bestselling author Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of cholera in 19th-century London, the rise of cities, and the nature ... More

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Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the King James Bible and its translation, immersing readers in an age whose greatest ... More

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In an utterly original, endlessly engaging portrait of London, renowned biographer Peter Ackroyd peels back layers of history to reveal a living, ... More

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On 2 November 1917, after much discussion, the British War Cabinet under Lloyd George finally approved and issued a statement in the form of a short ... More

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In this chronicle of the years from 1377 to 1485, Costain describes the reigns of Henrys and Richards, who were born to the House of Plantagenets. He ... More

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In 1910, Edwardian England was scandalized by a murder: a mild-mannered American named Hawley Crippen had killed his wife and buried her remains ... More

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"Weir does a masterful job of leading the layman through the entwined family trees of England's powerful families and the many usurpers to the throne ... More

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A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, ... More

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Samuel Pepys, FRS (1633-1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had ... More

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The lives of England's Kings and Queens, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. This painstakingly illustrated book celebrates the Great ... More

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