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CHURCHILL AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle EastWARREN DOCKTER
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You Save: 29%Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the northwest borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Isla... Learn More -
AUSTERITY BRITAIN, 1945-1951
DAVID KYNASTON
£5.95Coursing through Austerity Britain is an astonishing variety of voices -- vivid, unselfconscious and unaware of what the future holds. A Chingford housewife endures the tribulations of rationin... Learn More -
VANISHING CAMBRIDGESHIRE
MIKE PETTY
£8.95In 1925, a group of Cambridge antiquarians loaded their car with cameras, tripods and glass-plate negatives and their journey took them into a landscape of ancient remains, crumbling churches and dila... Learn More -
CORNISH WRECKING, 1700-1860
Reality and Popular MythCATHRYN J PEARCE
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You Save: 75%Although the popular myth of Cornish wrecking is well-known, this book is the first systematic inquiry to separate out the layers of myth from the actual practices. Weaving in legal, social and cultur... Learn More -
BRITISH SPIES AND IRISH REBELS
British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916-1945PAUL McMAHON
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You Save: 54%Rebellion, partition and a messy peace settlement ensured that Ireland was a constant thorn in Britain's side after 1916. Britain faced the bombs and bullets of militant republicans, the clandestine i... Learn More -
CHEEK BY JOWL
A History of NeighboursEMILY COCKAYNE
£4.50Cockayne traces the history of the British neighbour through nine centuries – spanning medieval, Tudor and Victorian periods, two world wars and up to today's virtual world. She discusses the... Learn More
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SEX, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The Regulation of Sexuality Since 1800JEFFERY WEEKS
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You Save: 69%An established classic, this book considers the transformations of British sexual life from 1800 to the present, treating sexual behaviour not as something esoteric and set apart but as part of wid... Learn More
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THE LION’S SHARE
A History of British Imperialism, 1850-2011BERNARD PORTER
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You Save: 61%This book is about the phenomenon of British imperialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries: what it was, how it arose, why it fell, how it worked and what its repercussions and legacies w... Learn More -
CHURCHILL AND SEA POWER
CHRISTOPHER M BELL
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You Save: 41%This is the first study of Churchill’s record as a naval strategist and the evolution of his naval thinking. It debunks many well-entrenched myths surrounding controversial episodes in both w... Learn More
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TRAFALGAR IN HISTORY
A Battle and Its AfterlifeEdited by DAVID CANNADINE
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You Save: 65%Following the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume explores key topics on the battle itself and its context and legacy. They include examinations of the question of resources,... Learn More
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