The English Castles Story
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It was not until after the Norman Conquest that British castles, as we think of them today, came...
The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Kwasi Konadu and Clifford C. Campbell
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Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical,...
Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind
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Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be...
After 1851: The Material and Visual Cultures of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham
Kate Nichols and Sarah Victoria Turner
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Echoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the...
Hong Kong Then and Now
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Hong Kong was first captured on camera when the British arrived to lay claim to its 'fragrant...
The Rural War: Captain Swing and the Politics of Protest
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Beginning in Kent in the summer of 1830 before spreading throughout the country, the Swing Riots...
The Making of the West End Stage: Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830-1870
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All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book presents a new history of the...
Treason: The Gripping Gunpowder Plot Thriller
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'Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November...' For fans of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell, this...
Ghosts & Gallows: True Stories of Crime and the Paranormal
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Murder and ghosts go hand-in-hand and vengeful spectres seeking justice or haunting the scene of the...
Strange Tales of Ale
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The history of ale and beer is pitted with strange tales. Take the way the RAF made sure British...