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Winston Churchill dominates our view of the history of Britain in the twentieth century - the brash, brave and ambitious young aristocrat who sought out danger ...
Niall Ferguson's Empire is one of the most successful and controversial history books of recent years. Brilliantly re-telling the story of Britain's imperial ...
In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule ...
From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind ...
The much-admired, critically-praised and bestselling biography of Queen Victoria, from one of Australia's most admired and respected journalists and commentators, Julia Baird.
When Alexandrina ...
Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous ...
A refreshingly original biography for fans of The Darkest Hour
'The must-read biography of the year.' Evening Standard
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It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an otherwise convulsed and unstable Europe; its political history a smooth ...
The sun never set upon the British Empire, its critics liked to say, because God didn't trust the British in the dark. The joke ...
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