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'Social Disorder in
Britain' is an important
contribution to the study
of the history of
religion, social protest
and the rise of
revolutionary movements,
and will be essential
reading for students and
researchers of British
history as well as those
interested in revolution
more generally.
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Offers information about
Irish history,
including: Invasions,
Emergencies, one Big
Rising, all sorts of
Troubles; the Siege of
Limerick (continuing),
Paddy of the Snakes,
Niall of the Nine
Hostages, The Big Fella,
Wolfe Tone and other
singers, Gun-running at
Howth, Wind-surfing at
Lahinch; and, the IRB,
the EEC, the GAA, the
Celtic Tiger, RIP.
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Tells the life of London.
This book attempts to
bring to life the human
trial of the capital
including invasions by
the Vikings, the brutal
execution of Sir Thomas
More, the sight of a
whale swimming up the
Thames and the rebuilding
of St Paul's by Sir
Christopher Wren, as
well as the everyday life
of the city.
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Presents the story of how
William F Cody, army
scout, Indian fighter,
stagecoach driver and
buffalo hunter, became a
'dime novel' hero and
acting sensation in the
United States and then
followed it up with fame
and fortune in Britain.
This book shows how one
of the world's greatest
showmen took Victorian
England by storm.
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Irish culture is obsessed
with the past, and this
book asks why and how. In
an innovative reading of
Irish culture since 1980,
Emilie Pine provides a
new analysis of theatre,
film, television,
memoir and art, and
interrogates the
anti-nostalgia that
characterizes so much of
contemporary Irish
culture.
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The two-and-a-half
centuries after 1066 were
momentous ones in the
history of Britain. In
1066, England was
conquered. The
Anglo-Saxon ruling class
was destroyed and the
English became a subject
race, dominated by a
Norman-French dynasty and
aristocracy. This book
shows how the English
domination was by no
means a foregone
conclusion.
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In 1910, with the tacit
support of the British,
Tsarist Russia occupied
northwest Iran and
violently suppressed the
constitutional movement
in Tabriz, the
northwestern city which
was at the centre of the
constitutional movement.
This title features the
letters by Iranian
constitutionalist leaders
describing the Russian
atrocities in Tabriz.
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In the terrible aftermath
of the battle of
Culloden, the
Highlanders suffered at
the hands of their own
clan chiefs. Offering a
reconstruction of
Culloden, the author
recounts how the
Highlanders were deserted
and then betrayed into
famine and poverty. While
their chiefs grew rich on
meat and wool, the
people died of cholera
and starvation.
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Glasgow city has been the
silent witness to some of
the most significant
events. This title
presents such notable
events as the launching
of the Queen Mary, the
victorious 16-month
work-in campaign by the
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
in the early 1970s, the
Ibrox disaster of 1971
and the plague that
gripped the Gorbals in
1900.
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Shows that the
countryside we enjoy
today has a very long
history, but many of its
key features were created
in the past. This book
investigates how the
landscape of a particular
area of England, East
Anglia, developed in the
period of the great
depression, beginning in
1870, and the phase of
wartime intensification
which succeeded it after
1930.
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An illustrated book that
draws on the archives of
the Yorkshire
Agricultural Society and
the "Yorkshire Post" to
portray The Great
Yorkshire Show in its
variety and colour,
ranging from sheep
shearing to the 'pig of
the year' and from heavy
horses to champion bulls.
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This history covers
almost 1800 years. Hume
saw English history as an
evolution from a
government of will to a
government of law.
Advanced in Hume's
masterly prose, this
argument continues to
make the "History" a
valuable study for the
modern reader.
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This history covers
almost 1800 years. Hume
saw English history as an
evolution from a
government of will to a
government of law.
Advanced in Hume's
masterly prose, this
argument continues to
make the "History" a
valuable study for the
modern reader.
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This history covers
almost 1800 years. Hume
saw English history as an
evolution from a
government of will to a
government of law.
Advanced in Hume's
masterly prose, this
argument continues to
make the "History" a
valuable study for the
modern reader.
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This history covers
almost 1800 years. Hume
saw English history as an
evolution from a
government of will to a
government of law.
Advanced in Hume's
masterly prose, this
argument continues to
make the "History" a
valuable study for the
modern reader.
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Takes the reader on an
urban promenade along the
Clyde and finds its
character is created from
far more than the
remnants of shipbuilding.
This title relates
stories of conflicts,
people and communities,
while incorporating walks
in these areas. It
meanders from Coatbridge
to Cathcart, Garngad to
Greencock.
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Since its purchase in
1604 by Thomas Sackville,
1st Earl of Dorset, the
house at Knole, Kent,
has been inhabited by
thirteen generations of a
single aristocratic
family, the Sackvilles.
In this book, the author
paints an intimate
portrait of the vast,
labyrinthine house and
the close relationships
his colourful ancestors
formed with it.
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An encyclopaedic work on
various aspects of
monarchy in Britain from
semi-legendary times
onwards. It includes mini
biographies on each of
the forty-two kings and
queens who have ruled
since the Norman
Conquest, details of the
royal lines in Scotland
before the Act of Union,
the background to the
royal houses of Britain
and the consorts.
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Presents a concise
history of Great Britain
as an island kingdom from
the reigns of William I
in 1066 to that of Queen
Elizabeth II. This book
offers a brief history of
the four countries -
England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales - and
how they came to be
united as the Kingdom of
Great Britain.
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A landmark study which
reconsiders in fresh and
illuminating ways the
classic themes of the
nation's history since
the sixteenth century,
as well as a number of
new topics which are only
now receiving detailed
attention. Places the
Scottish experience
firmly in an
international historical
experience.
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A fascinatingly detailed
history of Knoydart, a
piece of land that has
changed hands more times
in the past 150 years,
than in the past 700. Its
warlike and impoverished
inhabitants famously
caused endless problems
under the leadership of
Coll of Barisdale, whose
protection racket
bequeathed the word
blackmail to the English
language.
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This work stresses the
ancient, rooted nature
of Irish culture, but
also looks beyond
received ideas of Irish
history to explore the
patterns of fragmentation
and change which have
been characteristic of
Ireland's past. The text
is supplemented with a
chronology of Irish
history, and maps.
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This ground-breaking
political history of the
two Irish States provides
unique new insights into
the 'Troubles' and the
peace process. It
examines the impact of
the fraught dynamics
between the competing
identities of the
Nationalist-Catholic-Irish
Community on the one hand
and the
Unionist-Protestant-British
community on the other.
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An examination of the
fraught dynamics of
identity politics in and
between Northern Ireland
and the Irish Free State/
Republic of Ireland from
1921 to the present. This
book provides a new
understanding of the
'Troubles' and the peace
process. Commemorations
and the influence of
history receive special
attention, as does the
European context.
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It is one of the most
respected introductions
to the social and
political history of
modern Britain. Now in
its third edition,
moving beyond the
downfall of Margaret
Thatcher, this book
guides readers to the
point of Labour's
watershed victory in the
1997 election by covering
those instances of change
and continuity which
interlink the periods.
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Scotland's traditionally
built environment is one
of its most unique and
cherished features. This
book celebrates the raw
materials which have been
employed in forming
Scotland's traditional
buildings. It examines 14
different materials,
including stone, timber,
iron, clay and slate.
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The Black Country was
given its name because of
its extensive coal mining
and furnaces and was one
of the cradles of the
Industrial Revolution.
This book takes readers
on a tour looking at the
some of the "Hidden Gems"
of the Black Country that
have survived into the
21st century.
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Provides a comprehensive
history of the four
shipbuilding yards that
have operated along
Dublin's River Liffey
since shipbuilding began
there. This book begins
with the Walpole and Webb
shipyard from the early
1830's and documents the
progression of the
shipbuilding industry in
Dublin throughout the
First World War.
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Kings and Queens offers
tourists and Britons
alike an accessible and
interesting introduction
to the monarchy and
heritage of the country
from Henry VIII to Wills
and Kate. With full
colour illustrations and
bite-sized facts, this
pocket-sized guide is a
must have for anyone with
an interest in British
history.
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Who doesn't love to be
beside the seaside?
Whether we're building
sandcastles, exploring
rockpools, strolling
along windswept beaches
or skimming stones across
the waves, we Brits
never seem happier than
when we're enjoying our
coastline. This companion
gathers together writings
on various aspects of the
British seaside.
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Using first-hand
accounts, this title
strips away the myth -
and the
self-mythologising - to
find Sir Walter Ralegh in
the one role in which his
contemporaries knew him
best: the courtier who
could win the attention -
and the heart - of
Elizabeth I, while also
being the 'most hated man
in England'.
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From quack doctor Baron
Spolasco, to the outlaw
Airt O Laoghaire, Cork
has seen some eccentric,
wonderful and downright
nasty people. This work
presents a collection of
some of Cork's most
interesting historical
characters and incidents.
It delves into the
tapestry of Cork history
to reveal some of the
most bizarre events and
strangest characters.
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A series of photographic
histories, produced in
conjunction with Getty
Images, is a
multi-faceted vision of
Britain over the past
century-and-a-half, a
heritage shared by all
who live within its
shores. It covers the
1990s, at the beginning
of which Margaret
Thatcher resigned.
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In February 1971,
Britain switched to
decimal currency and in
1973 joined the EU, then
known as the Common
Market. Then in 1979
Margaret Thatcher stole
everyone's thunder when
she became Britain's
first woman prime
minister. This title
presents a multi-faceted
vision of '70s Britain,
a heritage shared by
those who live within its
shores.
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Offers a comprehensive
account of the coming of
Christianity to Britain,
its coexistence or
conflict with paganism,
and its impact on the
lives of both indigenous
islanders and invading
Anglo-Saxons. This title
illuminates how the
conversion process
changed the hearts and
minds of early Britain.
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Belfast's varied past has
had a huge impact on its
growth and development:
its location, its
industry and its
particular religious and
social mix have combined
to produce a unique city
in the context of both
Ireland and Britain. This
book charts the
remarkable history of
Belfast.
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In BC 55 Julius Caesar
came, saw, conquered
and then left. It was not
until AD 43 that the
Emperor Claudius crossed
the channel and made
Britain the western
outpost of the Roman
Empire that would span
from the Scottish border
to Persia. This book is a
social history of the
period showing how roman
society grew in Britain.
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Ireland's history has
involved successive waves
of immigration: Celts,
Vikings, Normans,
Elizabethan-English
adventurers, Anglo-Scots
settlers, Cromwellians,
Huguenots, Palatines and
others. This introduction
to the island's story
separates the history
from the myths.
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The third volume of A New
History of Ireland opens
with a character study of
early modern Ireland and
a panoramic survey of
Ireland in 1534,
followed by twelve
chapters of narrative
history. There are
further chapters on the
economy, the coinage,
languages and literature,
and the Irish abroad.
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Providing an account of
his travels, the author
describes landscapes,
fish, birds and animals.
He recounts the history
of Ireland's rulers, and
tells stories of magic
wells and deadly
whirlpools, strange
creatures and evil
spirits. This work is
written from the point of
view of an invader and
reformer.
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This second volume of the
A New History of Ireland
series opens with a
character study of
medieval Ireland and a
panoramic view of the
country c.1169, followed
by nineteen chapters of
narrative history. There
are further chapters on
Gaelic and colonial
society, literature,
architecture, sculpture,
manuscripts and
illuminations, and
coinage.
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Volume VI opens with a
character study of the
period, followed by ten
chapters of narrative
history, and a study of
Ireland in 1914. It
includes further chapters
on the economy,
literature, the Irish
language, music, arts,
education,
administration and the
public service, and
emigration.
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Volume V opens with a
character study of the
period, followed by
twenty chapters of
narrative history,
covering sectarian
conflict, politics of
the era and the impact of
the Great Famine. Further
thematic chapters examine
emigration, the economy,
legal developments,
literature, and
education, ending with a
study of Ireland in 1870.
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The Irish revolution
began with the Ulster
crisis of 1912 followed
by the Irish Nationalist
Party securing the
passage of the Home Rule
Act in 1914. The Ulster
problem had, however,
never been resolved. The
years of the Irish
revolution were the
crucible of modern
Ireland. This book
presents the history of
Irish Revolution.
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In early September 1051,
the "Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle" recorded that
'the French had built a
castle', the first
Norman castle in England.
This work looks at the
history behind the
building of the castle
and the man who built it,
the Norman soldier
Osbern.
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The way we shop has
undergone many
transformations over the
years - and a pioneer of
one such change was the
department store. This
title charts the history
of the department store,
the innovations in
retailing, advertising
and technology, and the
developments in fashion,
design and working
practices.
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A collection of studies
on central aspects of the
languages, literatures,
place-names, culture and
history of the Isles of
Islay and Jura and along
the western seaboard of
Argyll. It includes
re-assessments of the
nineteenth-century Islay
poet William Livingston,
and an analysis of the
Scots found in the poems
of Tarbert poet George
Campbell Hay.
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The English Reformation
was a unique turning
point in English history.
By 1600, in just eighty
years, England had
become a radically
different nation in which
family, work; politics
as well as religion were
dramatically altered. The
author retells the story
of how the Tudor monarchs
transformed the English
religion and why it still
matters today.
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The British consume at
least double the per
capita quantity of baked
beans eaten by any other
nationality. 20 per cent
of men claim that they
can do DIY jobs better
than any professional.
This book presents a
numerical portrait of
Britain. It contains
information about what we
do, and presents facts
about who we are.
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Many of Britain's
villages are known for
their loveliness, but
their role in shaping the
nation over the centuries
is relatively untold,
drowned out by the
metropolitan bias of
history. This book
presents the history of
the countryside,
covering five hundred of
its settlements such as
Cheshire municipality,
Derbyshire estate, and
more.
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Suitable for general
reader, this book
focuses on the seventy
generations who have
inhabited Scotland within
historical time. It
tracks how Scotland has
changed because of
various arrivals, and
argues that the country
has maintained and prized
its cultural and
political differences
while welcoming ethnic
influence.
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In the early days of the
First World War, Lord
Kitchener made his famous
appeal for volunteers to
join the New Army. Men
had to be at least
eighteen years old to
join up, and nineteen to
serve overseas, but in
the flurry of activity
many younger boys came to
enlist. This book delves
into the history of
Britain's youngest Great
War recruits.
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Presents a collection of
primary, secondary, and
visual sources for the
Western Civilization
survey course which
provides a introduction
to the materials
historians use, the
interpretations
historians make, and 6,
000 years of Western
civilization. This book
offers insight into the
work of historians.
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Francis Knollys was one
of that small intimate
circle from whom King
Edward had no secrets,
personal or political. In
this book, the author
uses the Knollys Papers
to extend and deepen the
commonly held portrait of
a man whose physical
grossness has been
allowed to obscure both a
keen intelligence and a
serious even
conscientious pursuit of
duty.
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Why did the flushing
toilet take two centuries
to catch on? Why did
Samuel Pepys never give
his mistresses an orgasm?
Why did medieval people
sleep sitting up? When
were the two 'dirty
centuries'? Why did gas
lighting cause Victorian
ladies to faint? Why,
for centuries, did
people fear fruit? This
title answers these
questions.
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Tells the history of the
military camp built in
the grounds of Foxley
Manor House,
Herefordshire, from the
outbreak of the Second
World War until the late
1960s when it was
demolished. This book
tells of the day to day
activities on the base,
and also deals with the
impact that the occupants
had on the surrounding
area of Herefordshire.
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Only 40 years ago,
English identity was not
in question. Now, as
certainty has given way
to concern and every
aspect of national life
is changing with
revolutionary speed, the
'national question' is
back on the agenda.
Robert Colls's Identity
of England tells the long
and fascinating history
of this old and powerful
idea.
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Shows the changes of
power and intricacies
that are necessary to
understand the
interrelation between
England and Scotland and
the Highland and Lowland
populations. This title
also shows how Duncan
(1034-40) emerged from
'the union of the four
people' as the first king
of a united Scotland and
provides reign-by-reign
accounts from then on.
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The Ballinderry River
rises north-west of
Pomeroy in Co. Beginning
at the Ice Age, and
leading us through the
coming of Christianity,
the Tudors, and
Plantation, this book
brings us right through
to the Ballinderry River
of modern times, where
it is going through a
rejuvenation project with
the help of the WWF and
the community.
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Wallsend's name recalls
its origins as a
settlement on the
frontier of the Roman
Empire. Over the
centuries the town at the
end of the Wall would
become just as famous for
its coal, ships and
marine engineering. In
this book, Jean and Ken
Smith spotlight important
aspects of the history of
this friendly Tyneside
community.
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Explores the
transformation of Halifax
from a remote Pennine
settlement into a
thriving commercial
centre. The author asks
how, when, and why did
such a transformation
occur. He considers how
the experience of history
has impacted the lives of
those who live in
Halifax.
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Reveals how the Highlands
and Islands of Scotland
have evolved from a
centre of European
significance to a
Scottish outpost. This
book presents not simply
the story of humanity's
millennia-long
involvement with one of
the world's most
spectacular localities,
but also contributes to
debate about how
Scotland, and Britain,
should be organised.
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An edition of an unusual
book, which had three
elements, a memoir
giving the author's
intellectual and
political formation and
his family connection to
1798 in Wexford, a
critique of the
bicentenary of the
rebellion, and an
account of the pivotal
battle of New Ross and
the massacre nearby at
Scullabogue. It adds a
fourth layer of
exploration.
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For centuries Britain has
laid claim to the notion
of liberty, yet the
rights and freedoms we
enjoy in the United
Kingdom were in fact hard
fought for and won. This
book reveals those
struggles, their
winners, losers and
stalemates, which have
stretched over 900 years,
and continue still.
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The city of Edinburgh is
set on seven hills.
Edinburgh provides the
backdrop to much of the
dark drama of the
Scottish past, from Mary
Queen of Scots to Bonnie
Prince Charlie and
beyond. This book
presents an account of
this city, from the
earliest times,
balancing the city's
cultural, political and
social history.
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For centuries Britain has
laid claim to the notion
of liberty, yet the
rights and freedoms we
enjoy in the United
Kingdom were in fact hard
fought for and won. This
book reveals those
struggles, their
winners, losers and
stalemates, which have
stretched over 900 years,
and continue still.
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Tartan is an
internationally
recognised fabric and
symbol of Scottishness.
This illustrated book
traces tartan back to its
roots, looking at how
and where the various
clan tartans began and
showing how the material
has spread to such an
extent that 30 American
states have their own
tartan, and no major
corporation can be
without one.
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31 August 1994. The IRA
ceasefire is announced in
Belfast. Gerry Adams
takes to the podium built
close to Sinn Fein
headquarters. All around
him are placed helium
balloons, flowers,
teddy bears, good luck
cards, etc. It's more
like a kid's birthday
party than the end of a
war.
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2009 is the bicentenary
of the birth of the
English writer,
translator, critic and
amateur artist Elizabeth
Rigby, Lady Eastlake
(1809-1893). The scope of
Lady Eastlake's writing
is wide and
interdisciplinary, which
recommends her as a
significant figure in
Victorian culture. This
title features a
collection of her
surviving correspondence.
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Walk around the City of
London and you will see a
modern, high-tech
business city, one of
the world's most
important financial
centres. But it wasn't
always like that. This
book includes atmospheric
photographs and postcards
that shows how the City
of London used to be.
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Thomas Sutton's
reputation as the
wealthiest commoner in
England at the time of
his death in 1611 was
matched by the scale of
the charity which he
founded at the
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This outstanding survey
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There is no more
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the years between 1493
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London is special. For
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its people. This
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London, told through a
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of the Edwardian era to
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people and the events
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fictional, that dwell in
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Elizabeth II is within a
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In 1875, at only 25
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pursuit of a fellowship
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account of Maitland's
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Christianity in the
county from its
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pursuit of a fellowship
at the University of
Cambridge, submitted a
remarkable work, which
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This assessment of
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The English landscape
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A narrative history of
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divide, uprisings,
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The mysterious and
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15th century with
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the myths and romance
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of the chapel's history
and architecture.
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Award-winning historian
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illuminates the period of
British history from 1770
to 2000 through a variety
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Castle, royal palace,
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observatory and the most
visited tourist
attraction in the
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London has been all these
things and more. This
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portrayal of the Tower of
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No building in Britain
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brooding stronghold in
the very heart of the
capital, a place which
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bloody and frequently
cruel events for almost a
thousand years. This
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This Very Short
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key themes from more than
1, 000 years of
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history. Covering
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Jacobites to devolution
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this concise account
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religion look like, and
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