Vanity Fair
403円 Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847–48, satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. The book's title comes from John Bunyan's allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress, first published in 1678 and still widely read at the tim...
The Oxford History of the British Empire:...
9,865円 Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. This is the age of General Wolfe, Clive of India, and Cap...
Poland
1,471円 Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation. In 1797, Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Pola...
Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge
1,399円 If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s. Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the ...
Works of David MacRitchie
599円 2 works of David MacRitchie Scottish folklorist and antiquarian (1851-1925) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of David MacRitchie. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Fians, Fairies and Picts The Testimony of Tradition
The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, ...
612円 Imprint: VolumesOfValue $0.99 Kobo 3.69 This edition features • a linked Table of Contents The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commonly Called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, an...
The Irish Rebellion of 1641
661円 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was a conflict between Irish Catholics and English and Scottish Protestants. The organized Irish Catholics created a de facto government called the Catholic Confederation and the ensuing war between Ireland and Protestants would be known as the Irish Confederate Wars. ...
Archaeology in British Towns
12,103円 Over the last twenty-five years archaeology has revolutionised our knowledge of the early history of British towns. Based on his day-to-day involvement in urban archaeology, Patrick Ottaway reviews the important discoveries and research themes of this period, and considers how long-term urban res...
Pepyss London: Everyday Life in London 16...
1,616円 Samuel Pepyss London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on the stage for the first time, and the period ...
The Red Fort
523円 ‘This is a battle piece of the finest kind, detailed, authentic and largely written from original documents. Mr. Leasor has a formidable gift of narrative. Never has this story of hate, violence, courage and cowardice been better told.’ Cecil Woodham-Smith in the New York Times A year after th...
The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain
10,943円 Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of challenges to the liberal democratic order have emerged, the main focus of concern among academics, policy-makers and practitioners within Europe a...
The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and Ot...
1,856円 Stored in Whitehall's archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Concerned notes from ministers on the subject of the Heir to the Throne's potential brainwashing by Welsh terrorists are shelved alongs...
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