From the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the Impressionists to the Surrealists, this gorgeous, visually stunning new book ...

This is the definitive visual guide to 5, 000 years of British history, now in paperback. The History of Britain & Ireland traces the key events that have shaped the British Isles. From the Elizabethan age of Shakespeare to the Iraq & Afghan wars of the 21st century, this beautifully illustrated book offers a definitive visual chronicle of the most colourful & defining episodes in British history. This paperback edition is updated to include recent events such as the wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton. Packed with visually arresting illustrations & clear, concise text, you can now explore the long & fascinating story of the British Isles. It

Includes:: profiles of key people in history such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Alfred the Great, Charles Dickens, Queen Elizabeth I & Winston Churchill. The History of Britain & Ireland (previous hardback edition ISBN 9781405364287) is ideal as a family reference for the home as well as a key history companion for schools.

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From King Harold to Elizabeth II, this fascinating & unique book offers a view of the oddities, quirks, origins & stories behind the history of Britain that has made the country what it is today. Starting, quite literally at the beginning, the reader is taken on an unorthodox tour through the lesser known nuggets of British history. ` The History of Britain Companion` provides the reader with a fascinating range of notes, "es, facts & stats. Britons have always been fond of looking backwards & now is no exception. The television schedules are brimming with history programmes & the rise of the celebrity historian continues. Hollywood is more than keen to plunder the history books for material too, the recent production of ` King Arthur` being just one example. ` The History of Britain Companion` doesn`t just contain fascinating snippets of information; it also offers extracts from some of the finest writing through the ages. Bill Bryson looks back with John Betjeman, while George Orwell considers the Brits with Simon Schama. & like all other books in the Companion series, there`s a great piece of statistical trivia to match each page number. ...

From Mappa Mundi to modern election maps, the United Kingdom has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which it has been mapped. In this time, cartography has not only kept pace with these changes, but has often driven them. In this beautiful book, 100 maps give a visual representation of the history of Britain. Every map tells a story & this book tells the incredible history of Britain through maps, &

Includes:: many famous examples of cartography, along with some that deserve to be better known. See the establishment of Great Britain, the British Empire exp&, the impact of World Wars & the latest statistical mapping. Maps include* Rudge Cup (schematic map of western forts on Hadrian`s Wall), 2nd century AD* Matthew Paris map of the Anglian Heptarchy (Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms), c. 1250* Gough map of Britain, 1360* Cambriae Typus, first published map of Wales, 1573* Raven maps of the Ulster Plantations, 1622* Enclosure map (eg of Norfolk, c. 1800)* Booth Poverty Map of London, 1886* Map of Beeching cuts to Britain`s railways, 1963* Map of EU Referendum voting patterns, 2016

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The London Borough of Camden consists of three diverse & vibrant areas
- Holborn, Hampstead & St Pancras. Its borders contain
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This book presents an accessible introduction to Maculey`s major work with a masterly introduction by John Burrow. Thomas Babington Macaulay`s ” History of England from the Accession of James II” was his masterwork & one of the great enduring classics of English historical writing. The first two volumes were published in 1848 & achieved a huge success. They were published in numerous editions both in Great Britain & in the United States. This volume in the ” Continuum History Series” contains the celebrated third chapter which inherently contributed to the development of social history by presenting a highly contextually relevant extensive survey of English society in the year 1685, in terms of such things as population, cities, classes & tastes. Macaulay`s approach to his subject, as John Burrow explains in his masterly introduction, was that of a definite advocate of `progress`. He saw many real achievements in British & World history as resulting from policies pursued by Whig political interest. ` The history of our country` he wrote `during the last hundred & sixty years is eminently the history of physical, or moral & of intellectual improvement`. Macaulay`s work must be of compelling interest to any student of history today. As a writer of the finest English prose, he is beyond compare. ...

In this magnificent guide to England`s cuisine, the inimitable Clarissa Dickson Wright takes us from a medieval feast to a modern-day farmers` market, visiting the Tudor working man`s table & a Georgian kitchen along the way. Peppered with surprises & seasoned with wit, ”A History of England Food” is a classic for any food lover. ...

In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade & the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine
- both good & bad
- of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national diet as new ideas & ingredients have arrived, & as immigrant communities have made their contribution to the life of the country. She evokes lost worlds of open fires & ice houses, of constant pickling & preserving, & of manchet loaves & curly-coated pigs. & she tells the stories of the chefs, cookery book writers, gourmets & gluttons who have shaped public taste, from the salad-loving Catherine of Aragon to the foodies of today. Above all, she gives a vivid sense of what it was like to sit down to the meals of previous ages, whether an eighteenth-century labourer's breakfast or a twelve-course Victorian banquet or a lunch out during the Second World War. Insightful & entertaining by turns, this is a magnificent tour of nearly a thousand years of English cuisine, peppered with surprises & seasoned with Clarissa Dickson Wright's characteristic wit.

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To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp`s history is the book to read. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classic in the field of Middle East studies, read & admired by students, soldiers, policymakers & journalists. The book is now updated to include the recent American invasion, the fall & capture of Saddam Hussein & the subsequent descent into civil strife. What is clear is that much that has happened since 2003 was foreshadowed in the account found in this book. Tripp`s thesis is that the history of Iraq throughout the twentieth-century has made it what it is today, but also provides alternative futures. Unless this is properly understood, many of the themes explored in this book
- patron-client relations, organized violence, sectarian, ethnic & tribal difference
- will continue to exert a hold over the future of Iraq as they did over its past.

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This volume tells the whole story of Islam
- its origins, doctrines & world-wide political dimension. From Muhammad's proclamation
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