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- 6 visitors recommend:
A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C. to 1603 A.D
Source: Amazon
Author: Simon Schama
- "What do you get when you combine the resources and ethos of the BBC with the literary panache of one of the world's best narrative historians? The answer is Simon Schama's 'A History of Britain.'" (Oct. 2000)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
London: The Biography
Source: Amazon
Author: Peter Ackroyd
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "To a Londoner in Tokyo this book's celebration of the persistence of London seemed all the more affecting (Tokyo being essentially a temporary and soulesss city). Readable, full of knowledge, facts and quirks, it's a book that can make you realise why you can love London -- even when it is being most unlikeable. Here is dirt, earth, fire, humanity (and plague, pestilence, smoke, stone)." (2001)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Silent Night: The Story of World War I Christmas Truce
Source: Amazon
Author: Miranda Carter
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "In 1914, as the Great War turned from a glorious adventure into a grinder of human meat, something unexpected and beautiful happened. When Christmas Eve arrived, quite against orders, peace mysteriously broke out. In many places along No-Man's Land, soldiers from the opposing armies mingled, traded trinkets, sang songs, and even played impromptu soccer matches. This is the story of that all too brief interlude in that human tragedy that was the First World War." (2001)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Elizabeth I: Collected Works
Source: Amazon
Author: Janel M. Mueller, Mary Beth Rose, and Leah S. Marcus (editors)
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "Queen Elizabeth I of England has had hundreds of books written *about* her, but very few of them allow us to hear what she has to say in her own words. I found this an accessible, well-edited collection, not of *all* her words, but of a very good sample. It includes all of the speeches, prayers and poems she wrote that are available from reliable contemporary sources." (2000)
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- 14 visitors recommend:
Death at the Priory: Sex, Love, and Murder in Victorian England
Source: Amazon
Author: James Ruddick
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "I read this book in England in October and considered it to be the book of the year. Ruddick's strength is his ability to take lots of disparate themes and thread them all together in a thrilling page-turner. On one level the book is a straightforward murder mystery ... But then Ruddick begins sowing into the story other dimensions: he looks at the repressive nature of Victorian society .... He brings to life the atmosphere of London in 1876)." (2001)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I
Source: Amazon
Author: Ben MacIntyre
Country: United Kingdom
- "A magnificent story and a stirring reminder that in times of war, bravery and self-sacrifice are not limited to the battlefield." -- Library Journal (2002)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
Source: Amazon
Author: Philip Sudgen
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "Jack the Ripper has been a fascination of mine for five or so years, and I've read lots of books about him and the murders, but 'The Complete History' is surely the best ... not only is the book very accurate, it is entertaining." (2002)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Shackleton's Boat Journey
Source: Amazon
Author: Frank Arthur Worsley
- From an Amazon reader: "There are longer and 'prettier' books out there of this amazing tale, most of which I own, but for me, it all started with Frank Worsley's little book. None read as fine as his. ... I am rarely 'goosebumped' by any author but Worsley finds a way. I've only read it once but it is 'dog-eared' beyond belief thanks to all the friends I have passed it on to!" (1998)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Five Days in London: May 1940
Source: Amazon
Author: John Lukacs
City: London, Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "This is a short book but one I predict you may want to re-read. We all know the story of how Winston Churchill rallied the British people in their darkest hour when they stood alone against Nazi tyranny. What we didn't know was how close it all came to falling apart, until now." (2001)
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Britain's Shield: Radar and the Defeat of the Luftwaffe
Source: Sutton Publishing
Author: David Zimmerman
- "This is the first comprehensive study of how a small group of scientists, engineers, airmen and politicians sought to integrate radar into the British Air Defenses." (September 2001)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
Source: Amazon
Author: James Reston, Jr.
- From an Amazon reader: "Reston weaves a spectacular tapestry of the Third Crusade by following the heroics (and frailties) of Richard Lionheart and the great Muslim Sultan Saladin. While describing the campaign and his protagonists in detail so realistic that the reader almost feels like he is a participant, the suthor also provides the background of the politics and intrigue of 12th century Europe with its heroes and villains." (2001)
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Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
Source: Walker Books
Author: Diana Preston
City: New York, State: NY
- In May 1915 the ocean liner Lusitania, crossing from New York to Liverpool, was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank with 1,200 lives lost. It sparked the American entry into World War I. In this book, Diana Preston offers what may be the definitive account of the event and its aftermath. (2002)
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Anthony Blunt: His Lives
Source: Amazon
Author: Miranda Carter
Country: United Kingdom
- From an Amazon reader: "This superb biography reveals in depth the many 'lives' led by art historian spy Anthony Blunt who worked concurrently for British and Soviet espionage agencies during WW II, but actually betrayed his homeland)." (2002)
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