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Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from
England has had a bad press from the Modernist disciples of a shiny, high-speed future. While the battles for modern art and modern-society were being fought in Paris and Spain,...
War Cry
'That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has engulfed the whole world in war and death. I fear...
Private Peaceful
A stunning story from a master storyteller, published for the first time in an adult edition. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the...
Poldark's Cornwall
Graham's saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century has enthralled readers throughout the world for seventy years and the wild landscapes that inspired the novels have - even today...
A Daughter's Return
A compelling family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller. Florence Stanville is a woman with a past. When she moves to Guisethorpe on the east coast of England, the townsfolk...
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous
' Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become synonymous with wealth and power has been much...
The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929
Is women's destiny rooted in their biology? Since the end of the eighteenth century the science of gynaecology has legitimised the view that women are 'naturally' fitted for activities in...
Soho in the 1950s and 1960s
The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Each volume examines the public images and...
London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide
This second edition is completely up-to-date, and in colour throughout. It covers the best and most interesting buildings completed in London during the period 1984-1998. It is one of the...
RAF Duxford: A History in Photographs from 1917 to the Present Day
Established in 1917 to train Royal Flying Corps aircrew, during WWI Duxford was also the base for two United States Aero Squadrons, 137 and 159, and by the end was...
BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY
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Accompanying a London Weekend Television series, this book traces the history of popular entertainment in London from the end of the 19th century to the present day. From the Victorian...
Change at King's Cross: From 1800 to the Present
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The book titled Change at King's Cross: From 1800 to the Present by the author Michael Hunter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Peter Warlock: The Life of Philip Heseltine
Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic of twentieth-century British composers. He was by turns a sensitive songwriter of remarkable genius, a witty and caustic...
Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain
From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster 'A rich social history ... Paxman's book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'Vividly...
Ideal Home Through the 20th Century: "Daily Mail" Ideal Home
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The first Ideal Home Exhibition opened in 1908, founded by the "Daily Mail" as a publicity tool and a way of increasing advertising revenue. The exhibition dealt with the "art...
English Architecture Since the Regency
Originally presented as Slade Lectures at Oxford University, the chapters of this book address a non-specialist readership and do not hesitate to condemn familiar but second-rate buildings like the British...
Roy De Maistre: The English Years 1930-1968
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Roy de Maistre left Australia and its lack of acceptance of his modernist style, and pursued a career in England. Although he never reached the forefront of the avant-garde, he...
Zen Restaurants, London, Hong Kong and Montreal, Rick Mather
Mather's designs eschew ethnic reference to establish a family of coolly considered dining environments. John Welsh discusses Mather's three London-based restaurants -- ZenW3, Zen Central and Now & Zen --...
A House Unlocked
Beautifully repackaged reissue of Penelope Lively's classic memoir The only child of divorced parents, Penelope Lively was often sent to stay at her grandparents' country house Golsoncott. Years later, as...
Daddy's Girl
The brand new epic family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller. Where can a daughter turn when her father's love is stolen away? When heart-broken Sarah Quinn is left to...
Jason Brooks: Perpetual Orgy
Perhaps best known for hyper realistic portraits of subjects from Kate Moss to the heavily tattooed Mr. X and Zoe which take the process of portraiture beyond the photographic medium,...
Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau
They'll find you love even if they can't find it for themselves. April McVey hasn't a romantic bone in her body. So how has she found herself at the door...
The List of Suspicious Things
The instant Sunday Times bestseller ***SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER*** THE BIGGEST DEBUT LAUNCH OF 2024 'Such a fresh and interesting voice. You'll cry and you won't be able to...
Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
A fascinating new biography of the man behind James Bond, by an award-winning biographer and novelist who has unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive. A fresh portrait of the man...
One Enchanted Evening
Step into the world of Katie Fforde where love, romance and the happiest of happy endings are just around the corner. The new novel by the number one bestselling author...
The Violinist's Secret
The brand-new World War 2 historical novel from the bestselling author of The German Messenger Charlotte Weber is against the Nazi regime and what it stands for, but as she...
The Wonder of It All
James Falconer returns in the third House of Falconer historical novel from multi-million copy bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford. The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London...
A Daughter's Secret
Don't miss the brand new epic family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller... Will a dark shadow destroy her family? As a servant below stairs at the big manor house,...
The Sisterhood: Big Brother is watching. But they won't see her
PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE , THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. 'Frightening and timely, Bradley's The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If...
Six Motives for Murder
'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' DAILY MAIL A charming historical mystery set in 1960s Yorkshire, starring prisoner governor and amateur sleuth Nell Lewis....
The Loner
The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox -- the country's favourite storyteller. Home is where the heart is - but it's also where the pain lurks! After a tragic accident...
Life After Life: The global bestseller, now a major BBC series
Tie-in edition of the bestselling, Costa Award-winning novel; now a major four part BBC1 Drama series starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle. SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC1...
The Sisterhood: Big Brother is watching. But they won't see her
PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE , THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. 'Frightening and timely, Bradley's The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If...
Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis
The finest book on Britain's most popular rock 'n' roll band'Read on ... It's all true' Noel Gallagher Featuring an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher ahead of the Oasis Live...
Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis
The finest book on Britains most popular rock n roll bandRead on ... Its all true Noel Gallagher Featuring an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher ahead of the Oasis Live...
Telling Lies About Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving
Evans describes how he came to be involved in the case, and reflects on the interaction of historical and legal rules of evidence. He recounts his discovery of how Irving...
A Conflict of Interests: An intriguing wartime mystery from the winner
June 1944, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Jo' Fox is at an impasse since the unwelcome return of her wayward husband Richard. So, when he disappears again, she is neither concerned nor...
The Golden Keel
The fabled location for a hoard of looted wartime gold is revealed to a band of opportunist treasure-seekers, whose treasure hunt soon becomes a very dangerous mission... When the Allies...
Going to Blazes: Further Tales of a Country Fireman
Tales of a country fireman from Shropshire, by the author of ALL FIRED UP and GREAT BALES OF FIRE. A perfect combination of heroism and nostalgia. Ideal for fans of...
Team on the Run: The Inside Story of the Linda McCartney Pro Cycling
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It was the biggest cycling team ever seen in Britain, supported by one of the world's most famous names. They took on the old school Europeans in their own backyard,...
The Wonder of It All
James Falconer returns in the third House of Falconer historical novel from multi-million copy bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford. The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London...
A Very Private School
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times , Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year 'Shocking and moving' Guardian 'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose'...
The Rhythm Section (The Stephanie Fitzpatrick series, Book 1)
Soon to be a major motion picture, from the producers of the James Bond film series, starring Jude Law and Blake Lively. She has nothing to lose and only revenge...
Mr Pim
Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news... George is a fine upstanding citizen and a stickler for doing...