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English social history English social history George Macaulay Trevelyan This is volume 3 of 4 volumes. I actually loathe Trevelyan but even so he does come in useful (not to say indispensible) at times OL10439947W
I Never Knew That About the English I Never Knew That About the English Christopher Winn This wonderful book takes an affectionate, entertaining and perceptive look at the English people. Here are their traditions, foibles, quirks, customs, humour and achievements, triumphs and failures,… OL15177579W
Voices of Akenfield Voices of Akenfield Ronald Blythe Born and brought up in rural Suffolk, Ronald Blythe was fascinated by the rhythms of country life and the stories of the people he had known since childhood. In this perceptive and moving evocation o… OL15187227W
Lyme Regis camera Lyme Regis camera John Fowles A collection of photographs of the seaside town where the author set his novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and where he has lived since 1965. Deeply involved in the history of the locale, he char… OL15724026W
Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 Hermits and recluses in English society, 950-1200 Tom Licence In the central Middle Ages, English society lavished unprecedented attention on a category of would-be outcasts who repudiated its ambitions and spurned its aspirations. Hermits and recluses (collect… OL16178461W
Lemon sherbet and dolly blue Lemon sherbet and dolly blue Lynn Knight "150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill, a short stride across the Chesterfield Canal in the heart of Derbyshire, was home to the Nash family and their corner shop, which served a small mining community wit… OL16584442W
The transformations of magic The transformations of magic Frank F. Klaassen "Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late Medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpreted and justified in scholastic terms, and ritual magic, which could not"--Pr… OL16726759W
A Grim Almanac Of Lancashire A Grim Almanac Of Lancashire J. Nadin 192 p. : 25 cm OL17494003W
Just the Job Lad Just the Job Lad Mike Pannett When a drug dealer targets the towns and villages of Ryedale, Mike launches an investigation that will uncover nationwide connections. News of a proposed ban on hunting with dogs raises hackles among… OL17532500W
Our Tempestuous Day Our Tempestuous Day Carolly Erickson **From Publishers Weekly** In this chronicle of Regency England (18101820), popular historian Erickson shows that her considerable skills aren't limited to the depiction of Tudor monarchs (Bloody Ma… OL1866603W
Shakespeare's festive comedy Shakespeare's festive comedy C. L. Barber In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C.L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare's comedies. Brilli… OL19662780W
Purists and Peripherals Purists and Peripherals Todd Dedman 233 pages ; 23 cm OL20218090W
The life of a Scilly sergeant The life of a Scilly sergeant Colin Taylor Meet Sergeant Colin Taylor. For the past five years Clive has kept the streets of Scilly free from anchor thieves, goldfish abductors, and other culprits, some drunken, intent on breaking the law. Th… OL20822701W
Barefoot at the lake Barefoot at the lake Bruce Fogle Every year, from the end of June to the end of August, Bruce and his family go to their cedar-clad cottage on the blue, wide lake on the edge of the wilderness. At first, the summer of 1954 seems lik… OL20854043W
Thrumpton Hall Thrumpton Hall Miranda Seymour Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight, wrote twenty-one-year-old George Seymour in 1944. But the object of his affection was not a young woman but a house—ownership of which was then a distant dream… OL24264W
I never knew that about the English I never knew that about the English Christopher Winn Takes a perceptive look at the English people. This book presents their traditions, foibles, quirks, customs, humour and achievements, triumphs and failures, peccadilloes and passions. It shows how e… OL24271686W
The only way was Essex The only way was Essex Spike Mays "In a remote corner of rural Essex, when ploughs were drawn by heavy horses and children walked shoeless to school, young Spike Mays lived with his family in a two-up, two-down cottage, where there w… OL24289987W
The Conscientious Objector’s Wife The Conscientious Objector’s Wife Kate Macdonald The Conscientious Objector’s Wife, edited by Kate Macdonald, is the letters of Frank and Lucy Sunderland, written during the First World War. They were English pacifists and fervent supporters of Lab… OL24676251W
By the waters of Liverpool By the waters of Liverpool Helen Forrester But it is a story with a happy ending. In the third volume of her autobiography, 'By the Waters of Liverpool', Helen Forrester, still poor, ill-fed and shy, but now at least washed and neatly dressed… OL4062503W
The Great British Cheese Book The Great British Cheese Book Patrick Rance 222p OL5636404W
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