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Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign
During Queen Victoria’s 64 years on the British throne, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows...
State and Society
A Social and Political History of Britain since 1870
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
As a vigorous interpretation of political and social developments in Britain since the late-Victorian era, State and Society is one of the most respected and widely-read introductions to modern British history. Martin Pugh explores as his central theme the relationship between the British state and...
by Lucy Lethbridge
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The author of Servants tells us what made British households, of all sizes, shine.
British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made...
An Empire on the Edge
How Britain Came to Fight America
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent.
In this powerful but fair-minded...
by Seán Street
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Founded in 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation is probably the most well-known national radio corporation in the world, but the BBC is just part of the British radio picture. There are 'pirate' radio stations, community radio, commercial radio, and more recently, experimentation and development...
by Nadine Röpke
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
Essay from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Birmingham (Department of English Studies), course: Independent Study, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When Jane Austen wrote her major novels England was...
A Daughter's Tale
The Memoir of Winston Churchill's Youngest Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
In this charming and intimate memoir, Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter shares stories from her remarkable life—and tells of the unbreakable bond she forged with her father through some of the most tumultuous years in British history.
Now approaching her ninetieth birthday, Mary Soames...
by Robin Higham
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This remarkable book pictures the growth of British civil air transport from its inception in 1910 through to the formation of Imperial Airways in 1934 and then the beginnings of British Overseas Airways Corporation. The author shows the impetus given to aircraft production by the First World War,...
Legacies of British Slave-Ownership
Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth of modern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of British slave-owners and mortgagees who received compensation from the state for the end of slavery, and tracing their trajectories...
by Andrew Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
This is an account of the British Expeditionary Force’s battles in the summer and autumn of 1917. It begins with the Allied plan to free up the Flanders coast, to limit German naval and submarine attacks on British shipping.
The opening offensive began with the detonation of nineteen mines...
The Spies Who Never Were
The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The thrilling true story of the daring double agents who thwarted Hitler’s spy machine in Britain and turned the tide of World War II.
After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the...
by Thomas Clarkson
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
8 works of Thomas Clarkson English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire (1760-1846)
This ebook presents a collection of 8 works of Thomas Clarkson. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table...
The Glorious First of June
Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in mid-Atlantic after a week of skirmishing.
The French, in ships...
by Robert Waller, Byron Criddle
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
The latest edition of The Almanac of British Politics has been thoroughly revised and updated to include full details of the new constituencies following the comprehensive boundary changes which will come into force throughout the United Kingdom at the next election. It has firmly established itself...