London: A History in Paintings & Illustrations
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London has been an irresistible subject for generations of artists and draughtsmen, who have...
Queen of the Courtesans: Fanny Murray
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Fanny Murray (1729-1778) was a famous Georgian beauty and courtesan, desired throughout England and...
Mr Foote's Other Leg
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In Georgian London no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide England's South Coast
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Taking you from Kent to Cornwall, this is the only travel guide dedicated to England's South Coast....
The Butcher's Hook
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'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times 'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh 'DARK,...
English Homes and Gardens: Part 3
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This is the third and final part of a 10-volume reprint series of 'English Homes and Gardens',...
Sentimental Murder: Love and Madness in the Eighteenth Century
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On an April evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of Covent Garden. Her murderer is a young...
Jane Austen's England
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Jane Austen wrote about the English gentry class in the late Georgian and Regency periods...
The Story of Hampton Court Palace
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Hampton Court Palace, to the south-west of London, is one of the most famous and magnificent...
British Urban Trees: A Social and Cultural History 1800-1914
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Greening the Victorian Urban WorldWhether we consider the great London Planes which are now the...