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A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune
In Regency England the ...
A lively and comprehensive history of Belfast-covering the highs and lows of a resilient city
Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition ...
The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium ...
In 1601, as the reign of Elizabeth I drew to a close, the civil lawyer Thomas Wilson identified the prevailing uncertainty over the English succession ...
'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS
'Duncan has written a masterpiece ...
Captain Bligh's Journal is the most important of all of the primary documents relating to the infamous mutiny on the Bounty. Needless to say ...
This book teases out the similarities and differences between 'the sweat' and its better-known, if equally feared, contemporary infectious disease, bubonic plague. Among the array ...
Explores how events in James II & VII's younger life shaped James the King. James II & VII was not born to be a ...
A fascinating new history of the early days of the British Empire, told through the stories of the forgotten international powerhouses who aided, abetted and ...
'Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster' John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was the son of one king and the father of another. He claimed a ...
The Cecils: The Dynasty and Legacy of Lord Burghley looks at the lives of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I's Chief Minister and Secretary ...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE
'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as ...
A hugely entertaining exploration of Ireland's historical sites with a dark side. Fizzing with curiosity and humour and revealing fascinating and unearthed stories from ...
The definitive modern biography of the great Edwardian Foreign Secretary, one of the principal actors in the approach to the First World War
'The lamps ...
In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's ...