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There has always been a romance around ocean liners, but this book looks behind the romance to show the reality of travelling the oceans of ...
The big railway companies had famous locomotive works such as Crewe and Swindon, but this is the story of the very many other companies, who ...
Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the ...
Edmund Burke and Charles Fox made common political cause in eighteenth-century Britain for twenty-five years: They supported the rebellious American colonies, attacked the British slave ...
A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill.
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A thrilling new history of the fourteenth century - a time of catastrophe and conflict that shaped England for centuries to come - by the highly acclaimed ...
The head of the Guinness family tells the true story of how his ancestors created the largest brewery in the world.
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'A load of complete and utter brilliance: real history, yet really funny.' James Hawes, bestselling author of The Shortest History of England
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Now in its second edition, A Short History of the Wars of the Roses is an accessible history of the English civil wars of the ...
The life of Honor, Lady Lisle, follows a dizzying narrative arc. Born into a West Country family, her second marriage propelled her into Anne Boleyn ...
They were often half-starved, marching through an alien land with few signposts and no maps. They were often suffering from dysentery, their legwear rolled down ...
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised
Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023
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