British category: 24621 books
Hero of the Empire
The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War
At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister...
Troublesome Young Men
The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II
On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister...
by William H. Sleeman
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Sir William Henry Sleeman (8 August 1788 – 10 February 1856) was a British soldier and administrator in British India.A great admirer of India's rich natural beauty, he was born in Stratton, Cornwall, the son of Philip Sleeman, a yeoman and supervisor of excise of St Tudy. In 1809 William joined...
Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli
A Strange Romance
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The first biography to give Mary Anne Lewis her due and to examine her singular marriage to Benjamin Disraeli
When Mary Anne Lewis met Benjamin Disraeli, she was married to Wyndham Lewis, a rich, mildly successful politician at the center of nineteenth-century British high society. The three...
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward
Sex, Scandal, and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A tour de force account of seduction, power, and betrayal in the biggest political sex scandal of its age
The Profumo Affair rocked the British establishment like no scandal before or since. The Tory war minister, John Profumo, had taken up with a teenager named Christine Keeler, who was also...
The Wars of the Roses
The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British history—the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones
The inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody Crown
The crown of England changed hands five times over...
Victoria: The Queen
An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak,...
A Magnificent Obsession
Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the queen's obsessive love for her husband – a story that began as fairy tale and ended in tragedy.
After the untimely death...
Behind the Throne
A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II
Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I...
Behind the Palace Doors
Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly from Royal Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Spanning 500 years of British history, a revealing look at the secret lives of some great (and not-so-great) Britons, courtesy of one of the world’s most engaging royal historians
Beleaguered by scandal, betrayed by faithless spouses, bedeviled by ambitious children, the kings and queens...
Prince Albert
The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort’s birth.
For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height...
A Right Royal Scandal
Two Marriages That Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
From the authors of An Infamous Mistress: “The tale of two juicy 19th-century scandals, both concerning the aristocratic Cavendish-Bentinck family” (Cheshire Life).
Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by...
Dead Before Morning
British Detective Series
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
18-NOVEL MYSTERY SERIES
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A murder investigation…
…and Rafferty’s already got troubles in spades.
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His first case in charge looks like being his last.
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Because he suspects that the case of the 'Faceless Lady' is a poisoned chalice. Gifted by his new boss who is only waiting for...
Collected Works of W. Somerset Maugham (Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches)
A Collection of 33 works by the prolific British writer, author of "The Painted Veil", "Up at the Villa", "Cakes and Ale", including "Of Human Bondage", "The Moon and the Sixpence" and "The Magician"
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of W. Somerset Maugham (Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story...