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Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives
$18.99 Add to cartThe Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
‘The star of her generation’ – Dan Snow, host of History Hit
‘Bursting with ideas and images’ – Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl
‘Utterly, utterly br- Author: Loxton, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1035031299
- Language: English
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London: The Hidden Corners for Curious Wanderers
$21.99 Read moreFrom the alleyways of Soho to the medieval remains of Moorgate, the new book by Sunday Times bestselling author Jack Chesher takes you on a journey through London and its history, showing you its hidd
- Author: Chesher, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0711294984
- Language: English
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Forgotten Churches: Exploring England’s Hidden Treasures
$21.99 Add to cartSpending his weekends exploring historic churches across the idyllic English countryside – and sharing their beauty and unsung history across social media – Luke Sherlock is bringing English history a
- Author: Sherlock, Luke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0711294100
- Language: English
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On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain
$28.95 Add to cartA lyrical and insightful narrative that presents a new approach to the idea of pilgrimage, traversing paths both ancient and modern.
Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual jo- Author: Smith, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368418
- Language: English
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England Before and After Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and Social Reform
$29.95 Add to cart“John Wesley and Karl Marx, unmistakably, are the two most influential characters of all modern history.” So argues J. Wesley Bready in this classic statement on the social significance of the origina
- Author: Bready, J. Wesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1573835943
- Language: English
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The Castle: A History
$26.00 Read moreA vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day
The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military- Author: Goodall, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0300251904
- Language: English
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
$27.95 Read moreDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. P
- Author: Green, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0393635341
- Language: English
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Scotland: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartScotland’s past is too often seen through a film of myths and misconceptions. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores the key themes from more than 1,000 years of Scotland’s very real an… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Houston, Rab
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019923079X
- Language: English
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If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
$19.99 Read moreFrom the Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and BBC Television series including Lucy Worsley: Mozart’s London Odyssey and Six Wives with Lucy Worsley, available on Netflix.
“Worsley is a tho- Author: Worsley, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1620402351
- Language: English
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Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe last century has been a tumultuous one for the culture and politics of Britain. Kenneth Morgan’s Twentieth-Century Britain is a crisp analysis of the forces of consensus and conflict that have exi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Morgan, Kenneth O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 11 2005
- ISBN10: 019285397X
- Language: English
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The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition
$18.95 Read more“Fascinating and vivid.” New Statesman
“Thoroughly researched.” The Spectator
“Intriguing.” BBC History Magazine
“Vividly told.” BBC History Revealed
“A timely warning against persecution.” Morning Star
“A- Author: Callow, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1350387126
- Language: English
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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village
$22.95 Read moreWoven from the words of the inhabitants of a small Suffolk village in the 1960s, Akenfield is a masterpiece of twentieth-century English literature, a scrupulously observed and deeply affecting portr… [more below]
- Author: Blythe, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1590178300
- Language: English
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A Traveller’s History of England
$14.95 Read moreThis book gives a comprehensive and enjoyable survey of England’s past from prehistoric times right through to the present. All the major periods of English history are dealt with, including the Roman… [more below]
- Series: Interlink Traveller’s Histories
- Author: Daniell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1566566045
- Language: English
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Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
$14.99 Read moreDiscover the vivid stories of Britain’s iconic rulers, from 600 CE to the present day.
From the Saxons to the Windsors, Britain’s royal lineage is brought to life in the pages of this visual guide. Co- Author: Fry, Plantagenet Somerset
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0744086981
- Language: English
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Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
$18.00 Read moreNow in paperback, an exploration of the myths of England’s deceptively bucolic rolling hills and country lanes believed to be created and shaped by the Dark Lord himself.
According to legend, the Eng- Author: Harte, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1789148332
- Language: English
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Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict – Catholic against Protesta… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Mulholland, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198825005
- Language: English
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The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung political entity in the world, holding sway at one time over one fifth of the world’s population. The… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jackson, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0199605416
- Language: English
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A Traveller’s History of Scotland
$14.95 Read moreThe broad sweep of Scotland’s story, both past and present, is chronicled by one of the country’s best historians. Andrew Fisher begins with Scotland’s first people and their culture and ends with Dev… [more below]
- Series: Interlink Traveller’s Histories
- Author: Fisher, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1566567564
- Language: English
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The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
$27.50 Read moreNow in paperback, from a leading historian and writer, a delightful exploration of the great English tradition of treading the boards.
The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecr- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146992
- Language: English
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Time’s Monster: How History Makes History
$19.95 Read moreA New Statesman Best Book of the Year
“Powerful and radically important.”
–Robert Gildea, Times Literary Supplement “Bracingly describes the ways imperialist historiography has shaped visions of the f- Author: Satia, Priya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0674292170
- Language: English
