Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History without the Fairy-Tale Endings
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You think you know her story. You've read the Brothers Grimm, you've watched the Disney cartoons,...

Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism
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The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable...
Cottages Ornes: The Charms of the Simple Life
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Tracing the history of cottages ornes (ornamental cottages), this copiously illustrated volume...

In the Age of Giorgione
Simone Facchinetti and Arturo Galansino
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Venice at the start of the sixteenth century was Europe's undisputed capital of culture: home to...

London. Portrait of a City
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London calling. This is a photographic journey through the history of this epic city. Samuel Johnson...

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—without the Fairy-Tale Endings
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You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney...
The Day the King Defaulted: Financial Lessons from the Stop of the Exchequer in 1672
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This book studies King Charles II's decision to stop all payments from his royal exchequer, a sordid...

Unknown Warrior - The Search for Australia's Greatest Ace
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Lest we Forget? In the case of Captain Robert Alexander (Alec) Little, Australia's greatest 'Ace',...

Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster
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Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a...