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A key text for the understanding of Victorian politics and England's rural history Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate...

The 3rd Earl of Portsmouth voted in the House of Lords, took county positions, invited Jane Austen to his balls, counted William Cobbett as one of his Hampshire neighbours and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA definitive study of one of Australia's most significant and controversial painters, "William Dobell" presents Gleeson's authoritative critical...

A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror-a pivotal figure in British and European history "[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion...

Replacing the Annals of English Literature (first published by OUP in 1935), the Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a chronological record of around 15,000 works published in the...

Author: William H Gass Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 928 Throughout his career, William Gass relentlessly pushed at the boundaries of language, celebrating the music of the sentence and the...

William IV reigned during one of the most important periods in English history. Peel, Grey and Melbourne were political giants of the day and the Reform of Parliament was the...

Author: George TibbitsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Department of Architecture and Building, University of Melbourne, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022 A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022 'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON 'A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere...

Author: George TibbitsBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Melbourne., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageGeorge Tibbits' William Tibbits 1837-1906: Cottage, House And Garden Artist...

Author: R. W. LiscombeBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small chip on bottom corner of jacket, otherwise fineThis scholarly work chronicles the...

Author: Ai KobayashiBinding: HardbackPublished: School of Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne, 2009Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Biographical thesis....

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** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...

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'Joyful, sad, smart and surprising' NICK HORNBY, bestselling author of High Fidelity and About a BoyWas he about to recruit her into the secret service? She held her breath. Frogwoman,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL 2022 A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022 'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON 'A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere...

Author: J. Mordaunt CrookBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Murray, London, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Extensive pencil underlining of internal pagesThis authoritative volume chronicles the extraordinary career...

A sophisticated thriller about a missing nuclear scientist - perfect for fans of Robert Harris, William Boyd and Charles Cumming 'A remarkable contemporary thriller... A triumph' WILLIAM BOYD A journalist...

Author: Aubrey NoakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Jupiter, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography, William Frith: Extraordinary Victorian Painter, chronicles the life and artistic achievements of one of the Victorian era's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt just twenty-four years of age, William Pitt the Younger became Britain's youngest Prime Minister, and Robin Reilly's authoritative biography chronicles the extraordinary life of...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun damage to spine, fore-edge has some purple foxing and small...

Author: Edited By H. Allingham And D. Radford. Introduction By John Julius Norwich.Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1990Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Inscription on slipcase. This...

Author: William JoyceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The Trial Of William Joyce by...

Author: Anne JacksonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Malvern Historical Society Inc., 2011Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAnne Jackson's William Philpott: Pioneer Victorian First Class...

Author: Paul ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume chronicles the life and architectural legacy of a pivotal...

Author: The Marquess Of AngleseyBinding: HardbackPublished: LEO COOPER, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsOne Leg: The Life And Letters Of Henry William Paget, First Marquess Of Anglesey, R.G....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in the English language carry the weight of William Shakespeare, and this magnificent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadowy corridors of late eighteenth-century England, a young man's insatiable curiosity destroys his world — this is the gripping premise of William...

1956, the Scottish Highlands: Aaron and Robbie, a schoolmaster's son and a farmer's boy, are fast friends with a shared passion for diving, but very divergent ideas of what they...

1956, the Scottish Highlands: Aaron and Robbie, a schoolmaster's son and a farmer's boy, are fast friends with a shared passion for diving, but very divergent ideas of what they...

Author: Leonora NattrassFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 620g, 320 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023'A wonderful and compelling murder mystery' - LOUISE FEIN'A brilliantly entertaining historical crime' - PHILIPPA...