Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The passing of Protestant England	S. J. D. Green	"In The Passing of Protestant England, S. J. D. Green offers an important new account of the causes, courses and consequences of the secularisation of English society. He argues that the critical cul…	OL15521305W
Britain's war machine	David Edgerton	"The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with…	OL15981033W
Money and power in Anglo-Saxon England	Rory Naismith	"This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and t…	OL15981157W
The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield	Michael Bentley	This book is the first biography of the celebrated historian Sir Herbert Butterfield, written with exclusive access to private sources. Once recalled only for The Whig Interpretation of History (1931…	OL16095997W
The first panoramas	Denise Oleksijczuk	"The First Panoramas is a cultural history of the first three decades of the panorama, a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual medium patented by the artist Robert Barker in Britain in 1787. A towering t…	OL16214815W
At home and under fire	Susan R. Grayzel	"War has always had consequences for civilians, but during the First World War, air raids redefined British civilians' experiences and expectations of warfare. This book also demonstrates how the leg…	OL16298291W
The last Plantagenet consorts	Kavita Mudan Finn	"Most modern accounts of fifteenth-century queens understandably focus on separating what really happened from what was fabricated. What has not been considered in any detail, however, is the fabrica…	OL16343324W
The foreign office mind	Thomas G. Otte	With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs the underlying principles, elite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped British foreign policy…	OL16495343W
Remembering Diana	Victor J. Seidler	"Analysing the events surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Vic Seidler considers the public outpourings of grief and displays of emotion which prompted new kinds of identificat…	OL16532187W
A history of the British Isles	Jeremy Black	"From earliest times to the present day, Jeremy Black explores the rich history of the whole of the British Isles and how they have achieved their current identity. The third edition of this establis…	OL16688824W
Too narrow to swing a cat	Steve Haywood	One man and his cat travel the canals of England Steve Haywood has a new member of crew aboard his narrowboat, Justicebut maybe not the kind he'd have wanted if he'd known the trouble she'd cau…	OL16998619W
Went the Day Well?	Crane, David.	This book tells the panoramic story of Waterloo, from its causes to its aftermath, told through uniquely interwoven narratives drawn from the diaries, letters, reminiscences, and great novels of part…	OL17213372W
The Ministry of Nostalgia	Owen Hatherley	"Why should we have to "Keep Calm and Carry On"? In this sharp, witty polemic, award-winning critic Owen Hatherley questions the many ways we have adopted the gospel of luxurious poverty: from ubiqu…	OL19650871W
The fortunes of Francis Barber	Michael Bundock	"This compelling book chronicles a young boy's journey from the horrors of Jamaican slavery to the heart of London's literary world, and reveals the unlikely friendship that changed his life. Francis…	OL19663087W
Monty's men	Buckley, John	"Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler…	OL19974421W
Cities of empire	Tristram Hunt	"An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake. At its peak, the British Empire wa…	OL19987545W
Ada's algorithm	James Essinger	Behind every great man, there's a great woman; no other adage more aptly describes the relationship between Charles Babbage, the man credited with thinking up the concept of the programmable computer…	OL19988056W
The mistresses of Cliveden	Natalie Livingstone	"For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, …	OL20030165W
Britain, 1951-2007	Lynch, Michael	Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series' combination of in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted…	OL24432327W
The truth will out	Brenda James,William Rubinstein,Brenda James	Motivated by scholarship and driven by curiosity, Shakespeare historian Brenda James applied a sixteenth-century code-breaking technique to the dedication of Shakespeare's Sonnets. What she uncovered…	OL5845934W