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From cloistered chronicles and medieval feuds to imperial wars, scandalous trials, and the thunder of the Victorian age, this bookshelf sweeps through the making of Britain in all its grandeur and contradiction. Here are kings and reformers, generals and engineers, highways and battlefields, superstition and statecraft—voices from centuries of upheaval building a nation before your ears. Step in for a journey where history feels less like a record and more like a rising drama.
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English Law and the Renaissance The Rede Lecture for 1901
by Frederic William Maitland
King John
by William Shakespeare
Homes of the London Poor
by Octavia Hill
The Scottish Journal of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions, &c., Vol. I, No. 22, January 29, 1848
by Various Authors
Het hedendaagsche Londen De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907
by George R. (George Robert) Sims
The Old Miracle Plays of England
by Netta Syrett
Kuningas Henrik Neljäs I
by William Shakespeare
The Sabbath : a sermon preached in Holy Trinity Church, Hurdsfield, on Sunday Evening, January 30, 1853, in reference to the proposed opening of the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day
by John Martindale Farrar
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave
by Mary Prince
The Children's Book of London
by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics
by Alexander F. (Alexander Ferrier) Mitchell
The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1
by George Warburton
The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct
by Arthur Conan Doyle
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 1
by Henry Mayhew
English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times.
by Graham Everitt
The Noble and Gentle Men of England or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.
by Evelyn Philip Shirley
Battle Honours of the British Army From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
by Charles Boswell Norman
The Comic History of England
by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine
by William Carew Hazlitt
The Brontë Family, with special reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë. Vol. 2 of 2
by Francis A. Leyland
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series Comprising the Families Sphingidæ to Noctuidæ
by Richard South
Witchcraft and superstitious record in the south-western district of Scotland
by J. Maxwell (John Maxwell) Wood
Bacon
by R. W. (Richard William) Church
The Discovery of Witches
by Matthew Hopkins
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
by Mary Francis Cusack
History of Halifax City
by Thomas B. Akins
British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals
by J. Ellis Barker
Washington's Road (Nemacolin's path) the First Chapter of the Old French War
by Archer Butler Hulbert
Lord Randolph Churchill
by Winston Churchill
Pioneers in Australasia
by Harry Johnston
The Storm or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land
by Daniel Defoe
A History of English Prose Fiction
by Bayard Tuckerman
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898
by Henry R. (Henry Robert) Plomer
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
by Horace Walpole
Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social
by Walter Besant
King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
An History of Birmingham (1783)
by William Hutton
Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British Navy
by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. 2. (of 3) Abridged and Fully Illustrated
by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland
The book of Edinburgh anecdote
by Francis Watt
Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes
by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett
Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 1 : From the twelfth to the eighteenth century
by Arthur Griffiths
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
by Philip Walsingham Sergeant
The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919
by C. E. (Charles Edward) Wurtzburg
Two Tracts on Civil Liberty, the War with America, and the Debts and Finances of the Kingdom With a General Introduction and Supplement
by Richard Price
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827
by John Franklin, Sir John Richardson
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
by Charles Morris
Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War
by John Buchan, Sir Henry John Newbolt
Warwick, the Kingmaker
by Charles Oman
Diary of John Manningham Of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, Barrister‑at‑Law, 1602-1603
by John Manningham
The Social Work of the Salvation Army
by Edwin Gifford Lamb
Twenty Years' Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate
by Frank Thorpe Porter
A Supplication for the Beggars
by Simon Fish
Studies in Contemporary Biography
by Viscount James Bryce Bryce
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II.
by Samuel Johnson
Lady Byron Vindicated: A History of the Byron Controversy
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 2 de 5)
by Hippolyte Taine
King Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
The Manchester and Glasgow Road, Volume 2 (of 2) This Way to Gretna Green
by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 3 de 5)
by Hippolyte Taine
Love Romances of the Aristocracy
by Thornton Hall
How the Poor Live; and, Horrible London 1889
by George R. (George Robert) Sims
Drake, Nelson and Napoleon
by Baron Walter Runciman Runciman
Cornwall
by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
by Arthur Hayden
Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards, Temp. Charles II. Forming a Complete Political Satire of the Commonwealth
by Edmund Goldsmid
Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle
by Maud Stepney Rawson
English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 2: From Elizabeth to Anne
by Donald Grant Mitchell
Observations on the Disturbances in the Madras Army in 1809
by John Malcolm
The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; vol. 1 of 4
by Robert Wilson, Edmund Ollier
Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
by Various Authors
Canada under British Rule 1760-1900
by John George Bourinot
Canterbury
by Gordon Home
The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History
by Francis Turner Palgrave
Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Oliver Cromwell
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The Life and Reign of Edward I.
by Robert Benton Seeley
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
Memoir of Queen Adelaide, Consort of King William IV.
by Dr. (John) Doran
John Nicholson, the Lion of the Punjaub
by R. E. Cholmeley
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain
by Richard Hakluyt
Young Folks' History of England
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His Memoirs
by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth
