Rooks & jackdaws are both members of the same bird family. To ornithologists the group is known as the corvids, to the layperson they are 'crows'. This is a prose poem in a tradition of English pastoral writing. It is also a celebration of the Norfolk countryside, of its oceanic flatness, its immense skies & of the human intimacies. ...

One night the author followed the roiling, deafening flock of rooks & jackdaws which regularly passed over his Norfolk home on their way to roost in the Yare valley. Journeying across Britain, through failures, magical successes & epiphanies, the author uncovers the mysteries of these birds' inner lives. ...

An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic & often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as " Crowdie & Cream", Crotal & White & " The Corncrake & the Lysander". ...

The monarchy is one of Britain's most venerable & revered institutions
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From one of our finest historians comes an outstanding exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised & updated. The monarchy is one of Britain's most revered institutions -- but also one of its most tumultuous. In Crown & Country, David Starkey charts its rollercoaster history from earliest times to the present; from the courtly love of the Middle Ages, through the turbulent reign of the Tudors, to the chaos of the Civil War. Starkey brings this tempestuous story up to date in this complete history, guiding us through the Abdication Crisis to the dissolution of the marriage of Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer. He draws upon rank & romance in light of the wedding of Kate Middleton & Prince William & brings to life a cast of colourful characters & some riveting stories. Crown & Country is both a brilliant overview of the monarchy & a vividly iconoclastic portrait of British culture, politics & nationhood. ...

Good people, I am come hither to die, & by a law I am condemned to the same.

These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old

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The action-packed, heart-wrenching & fantastically addictive sequel to Sarah J. Maas's epic fantasy debut Throne of Glass.

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London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, embroiled in a costly war against King Philip of France, Sir John is dismayed to discover that the English court is a hotbed of greed, corruption & petty in-fighting. The murder of one of the palace clerks, stabbed in broad daylight & thrown into the River Thames, leads John to suspect that theres a conspiracy underway to overthrow King Richard. & with the visit of the dowager Queen Eleanor fast approaching, the new Coroner must risk his life to prove his suspicions are right, root out the traitors within & prevent a national catastrophe. ...

Every woman is a Queen. This volume presents more than 35 projects for a proper coronation. Written in the sparkly spirit of celebration, its creations are adorned with everything from silk flowers to glitter & beads & fashioned from bases made from wire, paper, cardboard, or even a shop-bought headb&. ...

Covers the youth & marriage of Nakole Drake, adopted into the Drake clan, & the high born Mylayna Covington, who serves Queen Elizabeth at court. Nakole, a barrister, sees the only way of winning Mylayna as a wife is to be rich & so he goes on the pirating raids of Francis against Phillip II of Spain... ...