Author : Heather Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 110842936X
Was the First World War really 'For King and Country'? This is the first full history of the monarchy's role.
Author : Correlli Barnett
Publisher : London : Eyre Methuen Limited
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
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Page : 326 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Alan Lascelles
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781474618205
As Assistant Private Secretary to four monarchs, 'Tommy' Lascelles had a ringside seat from which to observe the workings of the royal household and Downing Street during the first half of the 20th century. These fascinating diaries begin with Edward VIII's abdication and end with George VI's death and his daughter Elizabeth's Coronation. In between we see George VI at work and play, a portrait more intimate than any other previously published. This compelling account also includes Princess Margaret's relationship with Peter Townsend, and throws an intriguing new light on the way in which King George VI and Winston Churchill worked together during the Second World War.
Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 19,16 MB
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 147211731X
Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages - an accessible source for students and general readers.
Author : John Holland Rose
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 974 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Commonwealth countries
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Author : James Panton
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0810874970
The Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy provides a chronology starting with the year 495 and continuing to the present day, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, society, economy, and politics. This book is a must for anyone interested in the British monarchy.
Author : Keith Robbins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780198224969
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Author : Madge Dresser
Publisher : Historic England Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781848020641
The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation's colonial past, new questions are being posed about these great houses and their links to Atlantic slavery.This book, authored by a range of academics and heritage professionals, grew out of a 2009 conference on 'Slavery and the British Country house: mapping the current research' organised by English Heritage in partnership with the University of the West of England, the National Trust and the Economic History Society. It asks what links might be established between the wealth derived from slavery and the British country house and what implications such links should have for the way such properties are represented to the public today.Lavishly illustrated and based on the latest scholarship, this wide-ranging and innovative volume provides in-depth examinations of individual houses, regional studies and critical reconsiderations of existing heritage sites, including two studies specially commissioned by English Heritage and one sponsored by the National Trust.
Author : Toussaint L'Ouverture
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1788736575
Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L’Ouverture’s profound contribution to the struggle for equality.
