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New Arrivals $15.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters Charlotte Mosley $37.50 Hardcover add to wishlist The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 Piers Brendon $22.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Mountbatten: The Private Story Brian Hoey $20.50 Hardcover add to wishlist Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations Richard Langworth $39.95 Hardcover add to wishlist Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War Andrew Stewart $45.00 Hardcover add to wishlist Her Oxford Judy G Batson $8.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Sovereign Ladies: Sex, Sacrifice, and Power---The Six Reigning Queens of England Maureen Waller $18.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived Without Men After the First World War Virginia Nicholson $10.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Best Little Stories from the Life and Times of Winston Churchill C Brian Kelly $24.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Historic London: An Explorer's Companion Stephen Inwood $21.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Oxford Companion to Black British History David (edt) Dabydeen $18.50 Hardcover add to wishlist Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War Adam Nicolson Politics and Empire To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.) by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian... (read more) Your Price $6.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Sale Books 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford Publisher Comments For more than 900 years the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved one of history's greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Historians have held for centuries that the majestic... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) Browse more featured Sale titles Used Books English Society in the 18th Century: Second Edition (Penguin Social History of Britain) by Roy Porter Synopsis In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (Used - Trade Paper) Browse more featured Used titles Sign up to get our most recent used additions in Great Britain to your inbox Tudor to Stuart Period Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments Queen Elizabeth I and England's First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant... (read more) Your Price $6.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies General History How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western... (read more) Your Price $7.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Pre Tudor Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses by Helen Castor Publisher Comments The Wars of the Roses tore England asunder. Over the course of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. Yet until now,... (read more) Your Price $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies Winston Churchill Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 by Carlo Deste Publisher Comments Carlo D'Este's brilliant new biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually... (read more) Your Price $39.95 New - Hardcover check for used and sale copies 20th Century Rich Relations the American Occupation O by David Reynolds Synopsis This blend of military and social history explores the rich variety of relations between pushy, homesick American GIs, famously lampooned as "over-paid, over-sexed, over-fed and over here" and their "under-sexed, under-paid, under-fed and under... (read more) Your Price $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies Social and Economic History The Lives of the English Rakes by Fergus Linnane Publisher Comments Rake (n) "was a dissolute man, esp. one in fashionable society; roue." The English rake strides through the pages of romantic fiction, impossibly handsome, cynical and dangerous, a gambler, a deadly swordsman leaving a trail of broken hearts and slain... (read more) Your Price $11.98 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies Travel Rick Steves' Great Britain (Rick Steves' Great Britain) by Rick Steves Publisher Comments Completely revised and updated, this guide includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights, friendly places to eat and sleep, suggested day plans, walking tours and trip itineraries, and clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere... (read more) Your Price $21.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Scotland Highlands New Edition by Calum I Maclean Publisher Comments Of the books written on the Scottish Highlands, many have been penned by outsiders with only the most superficial knowledge of Gaelic culture and language. In this new edition of his classic work, the late Calum I. Maclean, a Gaelic-speaking Highlander... (read more) Your Price $16.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Nature Travel and Rural Thames: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river’s endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames: The... (read more) Your Price $40.00 New - Hardcover check for used and sale copies

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