In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from ......more

A fascinating and approachable deep dive into the colonial roots of the global wine industry. Imperial Wine is a bold, r......more

When it was officially opened on Easter Monday, 5th April 1847, Birkenhead park became the first municipally funded park......more

This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the de......more

This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the de......more

In February 1793, in the wake of the War of American Independence and one year after British prime minister William Pitt......more

Some Eccentrics & a Woman, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that thi......more

With its long and turbulent past, Scotland is a country filled with history. But sometimes the land can offer up fascina......more

Ranging from the mid-19th century to the present, and from Edinburgh to Plymouth, this powerful collection explores the ......more

Read all about the royal women who were powerful in their own right, as well as through their husbands, sons, and grands......more

The Isle of Man is predominantly a maritime nation. For many generations its menfolk have made their living from the sea......more

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The story of the Jacobite Rebellions really began in 1534, when King Henry VIII changed the official religion of England......more

While now long-forgotten, King Farouk of Egypt loomed large in British culture in the 1940s and 1950s. Farouk was of int......more

How did ideas of masculinity shape the British legal profession and the wider expectations of the white-collar professio......more

Examines the entanglement of secularity and liberality in the foundation of the modern state in Britain. "Modern" Britai......more

British literature of the Victorian period has always been celebrated for the quality, innovativeness, and sheer profusi......more

Now in its third edition, The Age of Reformation has been fully updated and extended, offering a comprehensive study of ......more

Looking at defining moments in Winston Churchill’s life and revealing his key principles, philosophies and decisions, th......more

Social Transformations of the Victorian Age: A Survey of Court and Country, a classical book, has been considered import......more

Small Talk at Wreyland. Third Series, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and ......more

Small Talk at Wreyland. First Series, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and ......more

Small Talk at Wreyland. Second Series, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and......more

In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the Hacker family were powerful and wealthy people - owning substantial am......more

Britain’s War for the Mediterranean provides a definitive study on British warmaking in the Mediterranean during the War......more

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For seventy years, Duple were one of the two best known names in coachbuilding in Britain. Formed in Hornsey, London in ......more

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In November 1664, rumours began winding their way through crowded, filthy, stinking alleyways about the death of two Fre......more

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’Like Crécy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.’ BERNARD CORNWELL, bestsel......more

A walking tour of the border region where England and Scotland meet by the award-winning Scottish writer, meditating on ......more

Packed with legends, sea lore and exciting true-life tales, this is a highly giftable treasure trove of Britain’s top 10......more

Providing a searing insight and honest portrayal of post-industrial communities ravaged by decades of abandonment, How B......more

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Explora......more

Sketches in the House: The Story of a Memorable Session (1893), a classical book, has been considered important througho......more

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An entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture that reveals the fascinating and gruesome ways the Victori......more

The Little Book of Cheshire is a fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strang......more

The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh me......more

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Between 1990 and 1998, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) undertook a series of archaeological excavations within Wolla......more

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200 years after the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage, with Britain leading the way, its evo......more

A fascinating look into a collection of Georgian recipes and medicines Elizabeth Ambler started compiling her household ......more

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Lady Anne Percy (1536-1591), Countess of Northumberland, was a leading figure in the Northern Rebellion of 1569, riding ......more

Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ......more

The name Gravesham goes back to the tenth century and beyond; before the Domesday Book, and centuries before the plague ......more

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In the last few years there have been many studies of the New Model Army s campaigns, its origins, its politics and even......more

Nearly a century on, the operational performance of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front during th......more

The rapid growth of early modern British Catholic studies, and its integration into the wider historiographical project,......more

Suffren versus Hughes describes the fascinating but relatively little-known naval campaign between Britain and France fo......more

The Scottish Unionist Party was the dominant party of inter-war Scotland, and while its electoral fortunes declined with......more

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An uplifting work of black history in the context of the American War for Independence. Although Africans and African Am......more

In a comprehensive collection of firsthand testimonies, this book unveils the untold perspectives of British soldiers, c......more

Greaves’ work offers detailed maps and firsthand insight into the Anglo-Zulu War, providing necessary insight and overvi......more

The interlude between the Second World War and the "Hippie" era is generally known as the Silent Generation, its childre......more

A captivating picture of the medieval period in British history beginning with the arrival of the Normans led by William......more

- Published on 550th anniversary of a much loved Cambridge University college - Concise new illustrated history of this ......more

Great British Houses: The Anglophile’s Guide to Britain’s Stately Homes is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to some......more

An honest and brave account of National Service in the 1950s Brian Robinson spares no detail in his story from farmer’s ......more

Charles Duke Yonge (30 November 1812 - 30 November 1891) was an English historian, classicist and cricketer. He wrote nu......more

Britain’s first Labour government took office on 22 January 1924. Its centenary provides an opportunity to reassess the ......more

Sketch-Book of the North, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human histor......more

A captivating picture of the medieval period in British history beginning with the arrival of the Normans led by William......more

In the wake of the Great Depression, economic recovery and nutritional improvement in Britain simultaneously occurred wi......more

Six days of the Irish Republic;A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics, is a classical an......more

Rachel Bryant Davies and Erin Johnson-Williams lead a cast of renowned scholars to initiate an interdisciplinary convers......more

During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a world-wide investigation into how the Earth’s magnetic phe......more

"Those who were in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916 were privileged to witness a scene which for dramatic setting and for pa......more