Story of Britain, Hardcover

Now available in the US--the dark horse literary novel that has taken Britain by storm! In the best tradition of Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro, and ...

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During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace...

Founded in 1935 by a young publisher disillusioned with the class prejudices of the interwar publishing trade, Penguin Books set out to make good b...

With Britain by late 1916 facing the prospect of an economic crisis and increasingly dependent on the US, rival factions in Asquith's government ba...

The Rowntree family, especially Henry and the younger Joseph Rowntree are, along with the Fry's, Cadbury's, Mars and Terry's, synonymous with the b...

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Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer ...

The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era - and why so many struggled despite increasi...

The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to...

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The rise and fall of Britain's most important industry No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells th...

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It all started in London. More than fifty years ago, a generation of teens created something that would change the face of music forever. London, R...

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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

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Legacy of a Rich Man, Joseph of Arimathea's Mission in Britain was ignited by the biblical account of the man who gave Jesus his burial tomb after ...

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DescriptionKent v Lancashire 1906 is the story of a remarkable painting, commissioned at the height of cricket's golden age. Jonathan Rice tells th...

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DescriptionThe Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins--and explain how the past shaped the nati...

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Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power pla...

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DescriptionOn September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. ...

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DescriptionFor the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces duri...

DescriptionAfter the death of Joanie Holzer Schirm's parents in 2000, she found hundreds of letters, held together by rusted paperclips and stamped...

DescriptionOne moment the sky would be full of aircraft wheeling and positioning for the best shot at the enemy; a sky full of danger and menace. T...

DescriptionAt an auction in Edinburgh in 2010, the sale of an old walking stick belonging to a British officer, Captain Gill, shed new light on one...

DescriptionNo island is more deeply steeped in ancient history than Britain. The megalithic monuments are mute testimony to the mysterious foundati...

DescriptionThe first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the Ameri...

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Contributor(s): Author: Jeffrey ArcherLeningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is de...

An entertaining memoir from the reporter and educator John Craven, who has been telling the story of Britain since 1970. Covers }Newsround, Country...

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