British History
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The King and the Catholics
Lady Antonia Fraser
Read more ▸ Order ▸The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled...
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Modernists and Mavericks
Martin Gayford
Read more ▸ Order ▸The development of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s is...
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The British Museum
James Hamilton
Read more ▸ Order ▸A concise history of one of the world’s greatest and most comprehensive museum collections, from...
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Christopher de Hamel
Read more ▸ Order ▸This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter.
Coming face to face with an important...
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All The Devils Are Here
David Seabrook
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
I picked this up because I love the Kentish coast. However, this is not...
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30-Second Shakespeare
Ros Barber & Mark Rylance
Read more ▸ Order ▸The bestselling 30-Second… series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel...
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Young and Damned and Fair
Gareth Russell
Read more ▸ Order ▸Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking...
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The King’s Assassin
Benjamin Woolley
Read more ▸ Order ▸The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity....
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Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity
Helen Castor
Read more ▸ Order ▸In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical...
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Richard I
Thomas Asbridge
Read more ▸ Order ▸Richard I’s reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England’s most famous medieval...
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Cnut: The North Sea King
Ryan Lavelle
Read more ▸ Order ▸Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great ‘what ifs’ of English history. The Dane...
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Capital Gains: How the National Lottery Transformed England’s Arts
Prue Skene
Read more ▸ Order ▸The National Lottery has been with us since 1994 and has had an immense effect...
