Great Britain
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Bad Actors
$27.95 Read moreMick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of go… [more below]
- Series: Slough House
- Author: Herron, Mick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1641293373
- 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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London in Bloom
$24.99 Read moreJoin acclaimed photographer Georgianna Lane and explore the flower markets, gardens, and floral boutiques of London in this full-color celebration of the flora of England’s capital.
“If a voyage acros- Author: Lane, Georgianna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1419730789
- Language: English
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Clanlands Almanac: Season Stories from Scotland
$19.99 Read moreA seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland.
If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top down, pedal to the metal up and down odyssey through the many byways of a- Author: Heughan, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1529372151
- Language: English
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
$30.00 Read moreThe “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected fore… [more below]
- Author: Parkin, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1982178523
- Language: English
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A Traveller in Time
$12.99 Read moreThe “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England (The Washington Post)
“A beautiful book . . . a for- Author: Uttley, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 168137448X
- Language: English
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Pagan Britain
$22.00 Add to cartBritain’s pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twe… [more below]
- Author: Hutton, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0300268343
- Language: English
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Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
$14.95 Read moreA bold new analysis of one of history’s most misrepresented women.
History has lied.
Anne Boleyn has been sold to us as a dark figure, a scheming seductress who bewitched Henry VIII into divorcing his q
- Author: Nolan, Hayley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1542041120
- Language: English
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Wintson Churchill is a “nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one” … [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 30 2017
- ISBN10: 0307948781
- Language: English
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Giant Days Library Edition Vol. 2
$29.99 Read moreThe second hardcover collection of the Eisner Award-winning comic series as your favorite characters move into the second half of their freshmen year!
Spring is in the air at Sheffield University. The- Author: Allison, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1684159601
- 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
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Basilisks and Beowulf: Monsters in the Anglo-Saxon World
$18.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening, engrossing look at the central role of monsters in the Anglo-Saxon worldview–now in paperback.
This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monste… [more below]- Author: Flight, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147743
- Language: English
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Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs
$27.00 Add to cart“Nancy Greenspan dives into the mysteries of the Klaus Fuchs espionage case and emerges with a classic Cold War biography of intrigue and torn loyalties. Atomic Spy is a mesmerizing morality tale, tol… [more below]
- Author: Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0593083407
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
$25.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portr… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0812972821
- Language: English
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Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
$30.00 Read moreInterweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seasons in medieval England–now in paperback.
Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey thro- Author: Parker, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146720
- Language: English
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Crown, Cloak, and Dagger: The British Monarchy and Secret Intelligence from Victoria to Elizabeth II
$32.95 Read moreSurprising revelations about the active role of the monarch in British intelligence
The British Royal Family and the intelligence community are two of the most mysterious and mythologized actors of the
- Series: Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History
- Author: Aldrich, Richard J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1647123712
- Language: English
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Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London’s Fierce History
$19.95 Read more‘A love letter to queer London which reminds us that although we’re not always in the mainstream telling of history, we have always been here’–Nathaniel Hall, playwright, and actor in It’s A Sin
‘Dan- Author: Glass, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0745346219
- Language: English
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The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
$19.99 Read moreTHE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
Eleven years when Britain had no king.
In 1649 Britai
- Author: Keay, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0008282056
- Language: English
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Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
$35.00 Read moreThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company–from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch–to laying the groundwork for future British expansion
The East India Company was the largest- Author: Howarth, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 030025072X
- Language: English
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Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel
$16.95 Read moreIt is now more than seventy years since the creation of the state of Israel, yet its origins and the British Empire’s historic responsibility for Palestine remain little known. Confusion persists too
- Author: Thompson, Gardner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0863564828
- Language: English
