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A Brief Guide to Jane Austen: The Life and Times of the World's Favourite Author by Charles Jennings
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Category: Cooking | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
Jane Austen is a mystery. The first incontrovertibly great woman novelist, she is, among other things, one of the finest prose stylists in literature; the first truly modern writer, the Godmother of chick lit. She is also the greatest enigma (next to Shakespeare) in English literature. "Soldiers in the ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Jeeves and Wooster by Nigel Cawthorne
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Category: Fiction | Series: Brief Histories
This title is a comprehensive guide to P. G. Wodehouse's two best-loved comic characters, Bertram Wilbeforce Wooster and his valet ('Reggie') Jeeves, Bertie's friends and relatives and their world of sunshine, country houses and champagne. Although the stories may seem quintessentially English, they wer ...Show more
A Brief Guide to the Great Equations by Robert Crease
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Category: Environment & Science | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
Here are the stories of the ten most popular equations of all time as voted for by readers of "Physics World", including - accessibly described here for the first time - the favourite equation of all, Euler's equation. Each is an equation that captures with beautiful simplicity what can only be describe ...Show more
A Brief History of Gangsters by Brian J. Robb
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief Histories
The romanticised American gangster of the Prohibition era has proved an enduringly popular figure. Even today, names like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano still resonate. Robb explores the histories of key figures, from gangs in the Old West, through Prohibition and the Great Depression, to the likes of John ...Show more
A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages by Martyn J. Whittock
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief History S.
Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life. Thus we glimpse 11th century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories ...Show more
A Brief History of Superheroes by Brian J. Robb
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Category: Fiction | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
This is a fascinating written exploration of the superhero phenomenon, from its beginnings in the depths of Great Depression to the blockbuster movies of today. For over 90 years, superheroes have been interrogated, deconstructed, and reinvented. In this wide-ranging study, Robb looks at the diverse cha ...Show more
A Brief History of the Age of Steam by Thomas Crump
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief Histories
In 1710, an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years, the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insigh ...Show more
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Hindley, Geoffrey
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beow ...Show more
A Brief History of the Crimean War by Alexis S. Troubetzkoy
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief History of
In September 1854, the armies of Britain, France and Turkey invaded Russia. In the months that followed over half a million soldiers fell. They died from bullet wounds and shrapnel, cholera and disease, starvation and freezing. The Crimean War was a medieval conflict fought in a modern age. But what is ...Show more
A Brief History of the Druids by peter berresford ellis
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Category: No Category | Series: Brief Histories
A history of the cult of the ancient Druids, exploring who they really were and what role they played in the Celtic world. The author's interpretation of the facts is based on both archaeological and etymological findings. Peter Berresford Ellis sifts through evidence and, with reference to the latest a ...Show more
A Brief History of the English Reformation by Derek Wilson
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Category: Fiction | Series: Brief Histories
Religion, politics and fear: how England was transformed by the Tudors. The English Reformation was a unique turning point in English history. Derek Wilson retells the story of how the Tudor monarchs transformed English religion and why it still matters today. Recent scholarly research has undermined th ...Show more
A Brief History of the House of Windsor: The Making of a Modern Monarchy by Michael Paterson
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Category: Fiction | Series: Brief Histories
The British monarchy may be over a thousand years old, but the House of Windsor dates only from 1917, when, in the middle of the First World War that was to see the demise of the major thrones of continental Europe, it rebranded itself from the distinctly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the homely and fam ...Show more