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BRITONS BRITONS Christopher Allen Snyder This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It also discusses the revivals of interest in British culture and myth over the cent… OL13606297W
Adventures on the High Teas Adventures on the High Teas Stuart Maconie The Sunday Times bestselling author of Pies and Prejudice goes in search of middle EnglandEveryone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of Daily Mail read… OL14910139W
When London was capital of America When London was capital of America Julie Flavell Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day… OL15392402W
St. John and the Victorians St. John and the Victorians Wheeler, Michael "The Gospel according to St John, often regarded as the most important of the gospels in the account it gives of Jesus' life and divinity, received close attention from nineteenth-century biblical sc… OL16015117W
The Elizabethans The Elizabethans A. N. Wilson With all the panoramic sweep of his bestselling study of The Victorians, A.N. Wilson relates the exhilarating story of the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of exceptional creativity, wealth creation an… OL16345768W
British encounters with India, 1750-1830 British encounters with India, 1750-1830 Tim Keirn,Norbert Schürer "A collection of 18th- and early 19th-century primary texts and images that represent various facets of the cross-cultural interaction between India and Britain. The anthology suggests that for a bri… OL16495487W
Britannia Britannia Geraldine McCaughrean,Richard Brassey King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names live again in these 101 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. Spanning ne… OL166617W
The Isles The Isles Norman Davies,Norman Davies Written by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that takes a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, l… OL17035543W
Visions of England Visions of England Roy Strong What does it mean to be English? For centuries, Englishness was synonymous with Britishness, informed first by the political dominance of the English monarchs over the British Isles -- reaching it… OL17606255W
London's triumph London's triumph Stephen Alford "The dramatic story of the dazzling growth of London in the sixteenth century. For most, England in the sixteenth century was the era of the Tudors, from Henry VII and VIII to Elizabeth I. But as the… OL19729599W
How to speak Brit How to speak Brit C. J. Moore " The quintessential A to Z guide to British English-perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier Oscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common with… OL19996283W
London's Triumph London's Triumph Stephen Alford xx, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL20227545W
Spectacular Disappearances Spectacular Disappearances Julia H. Fawcett "How can people in the spotlight control their self-representations when the whole world seems to be watching? The question is familiar, but not new. Julia Fawcett examines the stages, pages, and str… OL20243410W
The Tudors The Tudors Jillian Powell Tudors is all about a dynasty that surpassed all others. And there was no one more extraordinary that hunk of the month Henry VIII or that queen of queens, his daughter Elizabeth I. In these pages, y… OL20461181W
The Elizabethans The Elizabethans A. N. Wilson With all the panoramic sweep of his bestselling study of The Victorians, A.N. Wilson relates the exhilarating story of the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of exceptional creativity, wealth, creation, … OL20877034W
Brilliant Britain Brilliant Britain Jane Peyton "Brilliant Britain" is an entertaining compendium of the marvelous quirks, oddities, and idiosyncrasies that define our nation and preserve us from the mundane and predictable. This book lifts the li… OL24708826W
Edwardian life and leisure Edwardian life and leisure Ronald Pearsall 304 p. 22 cm OL2999746W
The birth of the Elizabethan Age The birth of the Elizabethan Age Jones, Norman L. Norman Jones' ambitious and imaginative account charts both the daily experiences and the large historical events that shaped life in the 1560s. When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne, her subjects … OL3900687W
British culture and the First World War British culture and the First World War George Robb "The First World War has left its imprint on British society and the popular imagination to an extent almost unparalleled in modern history. Its legacy of mass death, mechanized slaughter, propaganda… OL4124427W
Venice transfigured Venice transfigured John Eglin "While there are many political, economic, and historical factors that contribute to the development and expression of nationalism, the tenacity and viciousness of nationalist conflicts, and the dedi… OL5880137W
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