Great Britain category: 1218 books

An English historian, novelist, biographer. 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith, drove him to abandon his religious career. Froude turned to writing history, becoming one of the best known historians of his time for his History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Inspired...

Bradt's new guide to Orkney is written by experienced writer and journalist Mark Rowe, author of Bradt's hugely popular guide to the Outer Hebrides and something of a specialist in more remote parts of Scotland. Orkney comprises 70 islands, 19 inhabited, and the focus of this guide is the 13 major...

The Little Book of Cardiff is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people, and events in the city, from its earliest origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions Cardiff has made to the history of the nation, and meet some of the great men...

During the week, London is the bustlingly centre of big business, with millions of people working all around the capital, but it’s at the weekend that the city really comes alive. With London, The Weekends Start Here, explore the unrivalled range of cultural, artistic, historical and outdoor...

  Enjoy your trip to United Kingdom with the Cambridge Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to United Kingdom Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting...

  Enjoy your trip to United Kingdom with the Bath Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to United Kingdom Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting...

After relaunching Robinetta in April we took her north out of the Crinan canal, hoping to reach the Outer Hebrides. With gales every weekend, and locals agreeing that it was the worst summer they could remember, we still managed to get in some great sailing!

The Southern Upland Way is Scotland's coast-to-coast walk and the longest of the nation's Great Trails. 215 miles long, it links the pretty harbour village of Portpatrick on the west coast with Cockburnspath, a little south of Dunbar, in the east. The walk is at times a strenuous one, crossing the...

It is the land of patriots, martyrs, sages, and bards, and if the ocean out of which it emerged should wash it away, it will be remembered as an island famous for immortal laws, for the announcements of original right which make the stone tables of liberty.' Emerson visited England twice -...

This is an essential companion for any urban explorer—visitor or native—who wants to discover the true heart of a great capital city. 30 original walks reveal miles of London's endlessly surprising landscape. Includes famous sights but also steers off the tourist track and into the city's hidden...

Thomas De Quincey's lively and controversial memoirs of his friends, the 'lake poets' William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, were controversial in their day for their candid and sometimes unflattering portraits of these great artists. The book remains one of the most fascinating...

Tallinn, Estonia, is a delightful surprise for any traveler. It is a beautiful city in a small country with a great history influenced by the many cultures that have been crossing through its borders over the centuries. The city itself is diversified with modern businesses, restaurants, shops, and...

Contents KING BILLY OF BALLARAT A Tramp's Notebook Lady Penelope A Tramp's Notebook - How much bitter experience a man keeps to himself, let the experienced say, for they only know. For my own part I am conscious that it rarely occurs to me to mention some things which happened either in England...

The 40 routes in this guidebook offer some of the best trail running, fell running and sky running routes in the Lake District National Park, one of the world's great mountain running regions. Each route has been carefully graded to indicate terrain and difficulty so that the runner can select a route...