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“dr e david steele”

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  • Lord Salisbury

    A Political Biography

    by Dr E David Steele ...
    This book presents a study of Lord Salisbury, British prime minister in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, whose political philosophy was reactionary and defeatist, and who is remembered for an irony that was wounding as well as diverting. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The English and Their History

    by Robert Tombs ...
    A New York Times 2016 Notable BookRobert Tombs’s momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in the world. The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever ... Read more

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  • Nineteenth-Century Britain

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Colin Matthew, Christopher Harvie ...
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    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Ireland In The 20th Century

    by Tim Pat Coogan ...
    Ireland's bestselling popular historian tells the story of contemporary Ireland - controversial, authoritative and highly readable. Tim Pat Coogan's biographies of Michael Collins and DeValera and his studies of the IRA, the Troubles and the Irish Diaspora have transformed our understanding of contemporary Ireland, and all have been massive bestsellers. Now he has produced a major history of ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Victorious Century

    The United Kingdom, 1800-1906

    by David Cannadine ...
    A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians."An evocative account . . .[Cannadine] tells his own story persuasively and exceedingly well.” —The Wall Street JournalTo live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Unnecessary Wars

    by Henry Reynolds ...
    A critical examination of Australia's involvement in the Boer War and its lasting impact on national identity. Why did Australia lose 600 men in a three-year conflict fought in Africa? Henry Reynolds dissects Australia's commitment to Britain's wars overseas, revealing how it shaped a national identity and established a dangerous precedent.Unnecessary Wars explores the mythology surrounding ... Read more

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  • The Last Great War

    British Society and the First World War

    by Adrian Gregory ...
    What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914–18? This compelling history of the British home front during the First World War offers an entirely new account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives, memoirs, diaries and letters, Adrian Gregory sheds new light on the public reaction to the war, examining the role of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927

    From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State

    by Richard Killeen ...
    The years of the Irish revolution were the crucible of modern Ireland. Richard Killeen's authoritative survey of the period is an ideal introduction to this tumultuous time. The Irish revolution began with the Ulster crisis of 1912 followed by the Irish Nationalist Party securing the passage of the Home Rule Act in 1914. By then, however, the Great War had broken out: the Act was suspended for the ... Read more

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  • The Conservatives - A History

    by Robin Harris ...
    The history of the Conservative party has, extraordinarily, rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader. There are academic multi-volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope. But now, Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider, has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tells the whole story and fills a ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Irish Experience Since 1800: A Concise History

    by Thomas E. Hachey, Lawrence J. McCaffrey ...
    Completely revised and updated, this rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from the origins of the Irish Question to the present day. A new introductory chapter covers the period prior to Union, a new concluding chapter takes Ireland into the twenty-first century, and there are ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain

    Politics and Power Before the First World War

    by Vernon Bogdanor ...
    "Masterly … A fascinating tour d'horizon of the Edwardian political scene. This must be a definitive account." – Professor Jane Ridley, author of George V: Never a Dull Moment"A tour de force, sympathetic in its treatment of the subject, eminently wise in its judgement and invariably fair in its verdicts. It purrs along like a Rolls-Royce engine." – Professor T. G. Otte, author of Statesman of ... Read more

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  • Anglo-American Establishment

    Original Edition

    by Carroll Quigley ...
    In this original edition, unedified script from Professor Quigley, he presents crucial "keys" without which 20th century political, economic, and military events can never be fully understood. The reader will see that this applies to events past-present-and future. "The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhode's seventh will, are known to everyone. What is not so widely known ... Read more

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