1,780円 Few cities in the world abound with so many extraordinary stories as Glasgow. The city has been the silent witness to some of the most significant events of the past century, from major triumphs to cataclysmic calamities, and the best of these anecdotes are compiled here to form this unique colle...

200円 "A monthly magazine costing sixpence but worth a shilling." For 60 years The Strand Magazine showcased the best writers in England and America. The magazine did not just reflect the age, it shaped it. It was a popular publication for the best in fiction, featuring works by some of the greatest au...

3,522円 A smart, provocative account of the erotic current running just beneath the surface of a stuffy and stifling Victorian London. In 1860s London, two loosely overlapping groups of bohemiansーthe Cannibal Club and the Aesthetesーchallenged the buttoned-up Victorian propriety to promote erotic freedo...

403円 Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, written in England and set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. Beowulf survives in a single manuscript dated on paleographical grounds to the late tenth ...

403円 Robert Henry Elliot (1837 – 1914), was an early British coffee planter in Mysore, India, and author of books on plantation life in Mysore. He arrived in Bombay in 1855 at 18 years of age. From there he sailed to Mangalore, then headed inland through the ghauts to the high plateau of Mysore where ...

304円 The Ghille A series of 6 compact books looking at the lives of famous John Browns' throughout history. Part one details the relationship between the rugged Highland Ghillie (servant) John Brown and Monarch - Queen Victoria. No other servant since, has crossed the huge social divide with such a...

1,780円 Saul David's All The King's Men is a thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo. Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success was the humble redcoat soldier who showed heroism in battle and stoicism in peace, ...

4,046円 From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire, Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr. The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to t...

403円 Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The actual real-life Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England for tw...

599円 2 works of Horatio Nelson British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars (1758-1805) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Horatio Nelson. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Cont...

9,616円 Mike Savage and Andrew Miles provide a comprehensive introduction to the working class in Britain in the years after 1840. This textbook: * Includes a provocative, timely and clear defence of class analysis * Breaks new ground in showing how social mobility and urban change affected working class...

5,496円 'outstanding ... one of the most valuable contributions ever made to our knowledge of the history of our own land' English Historical Review This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. Professor Stenton examines the de...