An irresistible tour de force, Stella Tillyard’s award-winning biography of the four great-grand-daughters of Charles II – Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox – has produced a history of the Georgian period as exciting as any novel.
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In this book, the historian Graham Stewart examines the history of Britain as presented through 100 seminal documents, from the 8th-century Lindisfarne Gospels to the new British Citizenship test. These are the documents which defined their own eras, and which continue to resonate today.
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William Allingham was acquainted with almost every major cultural figure of the 19th century: Ruskin, Browning, Thackeray, George Eliot, Carlyle, Darwin, Holman Hunt, Hans Christian Andersen and William Morris amongst others. His 'Diaries' are a monument to friendship, filled with entertaining and touching details and clearly capturing the voices of the people he knew.
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Often called the golden age of English culture, the Elizabethan age saw an unprecedented explosion of creativity in the arts and commerce. In this rich portrait of the time, Rowse examines English society under Elizabeth and the lasting influence of the era, still resonating today.
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Winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award, The Wolfson History Prize and The Whitfield Prize.
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The unconventional and fascinating Mitfords epitomised the great political divide of their day. In this sparkling and moving memoir, Jessica, the 'red sheep' of the family, recounts her rebellious and remarkable early life.
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Whether singing the praises of the humble autumn-flowering cherry or giving instructions on how best to cultivate the Algerian Iris, Sackville-West conveys the inherent joy of creating and maintaining a garden, no matter how grand or modest.
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Flora Thompson's beautifully detailed chronicle of country life at the close of the 19th century is at once an exceptional piece of social history and a magical elegy to a vanished world.
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Queen Victoria was 39 when her daughter Vicky left home as the bride of Prince Frederick of Prussia. Edited by Andrew Roberts for The Folio Society, this edition of their extraordinary correspondence provides an unparalleled insight into the lives and times of two queens.
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They were giants whose works still dominate the British landscape; self-made men who became the architects of the industrial revolution. This single volume edition brings together the exceptional individuals of an age when Britain was 'the workshop of the world'.
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The most fascinating work of oral and documentary history ever written about Victorian London, and an influence on many writers, most notably Dickens.
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Rural Rides is a classic portrait of rural life from one of the remarkable characters of the 19th century: William Cobbett, a noted journalist, farmer and fiery voice calling for reform. Praised by writers from Matthew Arnold to A. J. P. Taylor, his account of his journeys around southern England has never been out of print since it was first published in 1830.
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Here is the history of the countryside, told through 500 of its most noteworthy settlements and their role in shaping the nation over the centuries. A consummate storyteller, Clive Aslet deftly weaves the worlds of agriculture, politics, the arts, industry, folklore, science, ecology, fashion and religion into one irresistible volume.
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