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London: The Autobiography | |||
| 2,000 Years of the Capital's History by Those Who Saw it Happen | History | |||
| Jon E Lewis (Edited by) | ||||
| Constable 2008 424 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1845298756 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £11.99 | |||
| From Boudicca's raids to the terrorist attacks of 7/7, from the Great Fire to the Blitz, and from the arrival of the Saxons to the arrival of the Empire Windrush, this is the story of London told by those who were there. Alongside accounts by well-known commentators such as Pepys, Dickens and Orwell, the voices of ordinary Londoners emerge from letters, diaries and newspaper reports. This thrilling book captures the spirit of the capital in all its energy, diversity and sheer bloody-mindedness. | ||||
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The Discovery of Islands | |||
| Essays in British History | History | |||
| JGA Pocock | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2005 344 pages | ||||
| Paperback 052161645X | ||||
| Published Price £19.99 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| In this selection of essays, linked in subject, yet published over the last 35 years, the influential historian of ideas John Pocock approaches British history as the story of an archipelago, situated in oceans and spreading across them, and of several nations interacting with and sometimes seceding from an imperial state. The essays include Pocock's groundbreaking British History: a plea for a new subject (1974) and are accompanied by new introductory chapters. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Assassin! | |||
| 200 Years of British Political Murder | History | |||
| Ian Hernon | ||||
| Pluto 2007 266 pages | ||||
| Paperback 074532715X | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| On 11 May 1812, a man pulled a pistol in the lobby of the House of Commons and shot the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, dead. It was the only occasion in history on which an assassin has succeeded in taking the life of a British premier, but it was by no means the only attempt. Hernon, a seasoned Westminster correspondent, examines the role that the threat of assassination has played in British political life down to the present day. | ||||
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