Showing 1-20 of 10,056
Books on History > Europe > Great Britain - General
-
1.
By
Paul Du Noyer
[Hardcover 2010]
1,671
1,295
(22% OFF)
10 new & used from sellers starting at 
1,775
Available.
Ships Free to India in
15-18 days
The definitive history of the city's rich musical heritage draws upon extensive original research, including interviews with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer, Dusty Springfield, and Amy Winehouse The West End musicals, Ronnie Scott's jazz club, Abbey Road, mod culture, the Kinks, the Who, and the Rolling Stones... more
-
2.
By
John Scally
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
In Stock.
Delivers in 60 seconds!
In this celebration of the good, the bad and the beautiful of Gaelic games, John Scally carries out over a hundred revealing interviews with the players and managers who are synonymous with the game to present a unique oral history of the GAA. For 125 years, the GAA has been... more
-
3.
By
Stephen Anderton
[Paperback 2011]
1,495
1,159
(22% OFF)
12 new & used from sellers starting at 1,629
Available.
Ships Free to India in
15-18 days
Christopher Lloyd (Christo) was one of the greatest English gardeners of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest plantsman of them all. His creation is the garden at Great Dixter in East Sussex, and it is a tribute to his vision and achievement that, after his death in 2006, the Heritage... more
-
4.
By
Steve Roud
[Hardbound 2008]
Available.
Discover the colourful traditions and bizarre superstitions of the world's most vibrant city. In which part of North London were wild beasts once thought to roam the sewers? Why did 1920s working-class Londoners wear necklaces of blue beads? Who was the original inspiration for the 'pearly king' costume? And did... more
-
5.
By
Christopher Winn
[Hardcover 2010]
1,029
802
(22% OFF)
20 new & used from sellers starting at 398
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
5-7 days
This glorious miscellany of good stories and fascinating facts about England, is the ultimate journey around the country, and includes history, legends, firsts, supremes, unusuals, inventions, birthplaces and gossip from each county. This irresistible miscelllany unearths the enthralling stories, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions that shape the country's rich and... more
-
6.
By
Claude Choules
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
In Stock.
Delivers in 60 seconds!
Before his death at the age of 110 in May 2011, Claude Choules was the last man alive who had served in both world wars. Claude learned life's lessons during a rural childhood in England and later in the Royal Navy as a boy sailor, before graduating to become an... more
-
7.
By
Charles Dickens
[Paperback 1998, 1st Edition]
Available.
"This ain't the shop for justice." --The Artful Dodger " " Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard... more
-
8.
By
Alex Von Tunzelmann ,
Reginald Piggott ,
Meryl Sussman Levavi
[Hardcover 2007]
Available.
An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties--set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the 20th century--"Indian Summer" reveals how Britain ceased to be a superpower after it lost India as a colony. The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million... more
-
9.
By
Various ,
D H Farmer
[Paperback 1998]
399
319
(20% OFF)
16 new & used from sellers starting at 553
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
3-5 days
This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical... more
-
10.
By
Arthur Herman
[Hardcover 2008]
Available.
A new study of the story of a rivalry that shaped the history of the subcontinent, a bitter contest for the hearts and minds of the British public over a forty year period up until the granting of Independence in 1947. From the author of }To Rule The Waves{ and... more
-
11.
By
Charles Dickens ,
Kathleen Tillotson ,
Stephen Gill
[Paperback 2003]
Available.
"This ain't the shop for justice." --The Artful Dodger " " Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard... more
-
12.
By
Jonathan Schneer
[Paperback 2010]
1,304
1,017
(22% OFF)
4 new & used from sellers starting at 1,606
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
5-7 days
The Thames, England's greatest river--for centuries an aid to trade, a stalwart of national defense, a stage for some of England's greatest historical events, an inspiration to some of England's best poets and artists, a challenge to engineers. Yet while there is a constancy in the history of the river,... more
-
13.
By
Patrick Bishop
[Paperback 2011]
Available.
-
14.
By
P F Clarke
[Paperback 2009]
1,146
894
(22% OFF)
11 new & used from sellers starting at 546
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
5-7 days
About the Book: 'I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' - Winston Churchill's famous statement in November 1942, just as the tide of the Second World War was beginning to turn, pugnaciously proclaimed his loyalty to the world-wide... more
-
15.
By
Lawrence James
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
In Stock.
Delivers in 60 seconds!
Lawrence James explores the two hundred years the British were in India. An association that ended in 1947, when the British departed, leaving a divided country. "This is a wonderful book about the British presence in India... it will remain unsurpassed in our generation as a scholarly survey for the... more
-
16.
By
Stanley A Wolpert
[Paperback 2009]
595
488
(18% OFF)
22 new & used from sellers starting at 786
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
4-5 days
Ranging from the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, this text provides a vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire. Wolpert, a leading authority on Indian history, paints memorable portraits of all the key... more
-
17.
By
Ziauddin Sardar
[Paperback 2009]
971
758
(22% OFF)
15 new & used from sellers starting at 459
In Stock.
Ships Free to India in
5-7 days
-
18.
By
Ian Crofton
[Hardcover 2007]
Available.
About the Book : In the 9th century Alfred the Great declared himself the first "king of England" and established a monarchy that has survived the shock of Norman invasion in the 11th century, the brutal vicissitudes of medieval kingship, civil war, and a transition into today's constitutional monarchy. This... more
-
19.
By
John Mc Shane
[Paperback 2010]
Available.
-
20.
By
Pramod K Nayar
[Paperback 2008]
Available.
