British History
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Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
Linda Porter
Read more ▸ Order ▸According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout...
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The Red Prince
Helen Carr
Read more ▸ Order ▸John of Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to...
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Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood
Helen McCarthy
Read more ▸ Order ▸In Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable...
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The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925
Charles Townshend
Read more ▸ Order ▸A compelling history of the turbulent journey to Irish independence, published for the centenary of...
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Don’t Look Back In Anger
Daniel Rachel
Read more ▸ Order ▸The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there
The nineties was...
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The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain
Andrew Ziminski
Read more ▸ Order ▸A stonemason’s story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight...
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Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
Helen Lewis
Read more ▸ Order ▸Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do.
Strikers in saris. Bomb-throwing suffragettes. The pioneer of...
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Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations
Simon Jenkins
Read more ▸ Order ▸It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless...
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Unnatural Murder: Poison In The Court Of James I
Lady Anne Somerset
Read more ▸ Order ▸In the autumn of 1615 the Earl and Countess of Somerset were detained on suspicion...
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Circles and Squares
Caroline Maclean
Read more ▸ Order ▸A spellbinding portrait of the Hampstead Modernists, threading together the lives, loves, rivalries and ambitions...
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The Fall of the House of Byron
Emily Brand
Read more ▸ Order ▸In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in...
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Snakes and Ladders
Professor Selina Todd
Read more ▸ Order ▸Politicians claim social mobility is real – a just reward for ambition and hard work. This book...