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  • The Private Diaries of Alison Uttley

    Author of Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig

    Edited by Denis Judd ...
    Popular childrens author, Alison Uttley (Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig) spent over 40 years writing diaries. Professor Denis Judd, who knew Alison and has previously written her biography, reveals a different side to the writer whose husband committed suicide and whose close relationship with her son is recorded in detail. But the magic of the author rings through on every page as she writes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George VI

    by Denis Judd ...
    George VI was the man not born to be king. He nonetheless rescued the British monarchy in the aftermath of the abdication crisis and cemented its prestige with his well-judged performance during World War II and the Blitz. In this acclaimed biography, Denis Judd tells the story of Prince Bertie's transformation into King George VI including his struggle with a crippling shyness and sense of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Palmerston

    by Denis Judd ...
    British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston has enjoyed a rakish reputation as a womanizer, a careless aristocrat and the apostle of big-stick diplomacy. His lengthy life linked the American Revolution and the Assasination of Lincoln, the French Revolution and the birth of the future of King George V, the age of Pitt with the days of Gladstone and Disraeli. His political career brought him three times ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Boer War

    A History

    by Denis Judd, Keith Surridge ...
    The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Lord Reading

    Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860–1935

    by Denis Judd ...
    Rufus Isaacs was in his day the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family, he left school aged 14, yet made his name as a brilliant QC before being elected to the Commons as a Liberal in 1904. Smeared during the Marconi scandal of 1913 he survived to be appointed Lord Chief Justice, and elevated to the peerage in 1914. He would go ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Incas

    by Terence N. D'Altroy ...
    Narrated by Denis Judd ...
    Series series Peoples of America

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    The Incas were a small ethic group from the southern Peruvian highlands who created the greatest empire ever seen in the independent Americas--an empire of 10 to 12 million people. Inca history, largely presented to us by the conquering Spanish, reveals a rich culture of stunning achievement. In many ways, Inca life was defined by its unique geographical setting in the Andes, whose climate ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    World's First Superpower

    From Empire to Commonwealth, 1901–Present

    by Denis Judd ...
    Narrated by Denis Judd ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 1 min

    Professor Denis Judd-London Metropolitan University In the second part of a two-part course on the nearly six-century- long history of the British Empire, Professor Denis Judd picks up the narrative at the beginning of the 20th century. The fascinating saga unfolds from the death of Queen Victoria, through the First World War, the resulting tensions and divisions created within the Empire after ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The World's First Superpower

    The Rise of the British Empire From 1497 To 1901

    by Denis Judd ...
    Narrated by Denis Judd ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 15 min

    This course will examine the growth and development of the largest empire in world history -the British Empire-beginning with the late 15th-century Tudor dynasty in England and ending with the death of the Queen-Empress Victoria in 1901. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were very few countries or people who had not been affected, one way or another, by the impact of the British. The ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Inferno

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  • The Quest for Queen Mary

    James Pope-Hennessy's official biography of Queen Mary, edited by 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' - Financial Times

    by James Pope-Hennessy, Hugo Vickers ...
    A charming account of the life of enigmatic Queen Mary, wife of King George V, and a magnetic portrait of a vanished age'Gloriously indiscreet . . . the best royal book ever' - Harry Mount, Financial TimesWhen James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's official biography, it opened the door to meetings with royalty, court members and retainers around Europe. The series of candid ... Read more

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  • Matriarch

    Queen Mary and the House of Windsor

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