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  • Benjamin Franklin in London

    The British Life of America's Founding Father

    by George Goodwin ...
    Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    An "enthralling" chronicle of the nearly two decades the statesman, scientist, inventor, and Founding Father spent in the British imperial capital (BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week).For more than a fifth of his life, Benjamin Franklin lived in London. He dined with prime ministers, members of parliament, even kings, as well as with Britain's most esteemed intellectuals—including David Hume, Joseph ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fatal Colours: Towton 1461-England's Most Brutal Battle

    by George Goodwin ...
    The tumultuous reign of Henry VI and its climax in the carnage of Towton—the bloodiest battle fought on English soil.The battle of Towton in 1461 was unique in its ferocity and brutality, as the armies of two kings of England engaged with murderous weaponry and in appalling conditions to conclude the first War of the Roses.Variously described as the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle on ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

  • Fatal Rivalry: Flodden, 1513: Henry VIII and James IV and the Decisive Battle for Renaissance Britain

    by George Goodwin ...
    Flodden 1513: the biggest and bloodiest Anglo-Scottish battle. Its causes spanned many centuries; its consequences were as extraordinary as the battle itself.On September 9, 1513, the vicious rivalry between the young Henry VIII of England and his charismatic brother-in-law, James IV of Scotland, ended in violence at Flodden Field in the north of England. It was the inevitable climax to years of ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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    Propaganda Wars of the American Revolution

    From the Boston Patriots to George Washington

    by George Goodwin ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 33 min

    A revelatory account of how words and actions combined to destroy Britain's colonial rule and secure Washington's American victoryThe American Revolution was not only fought on bloody battlefields, it was waged with the ink of pen and print. George Goodwin shows how the leaders of the American Revolution brilliantly weaponized information and propaganda through correspondence and newspapers, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    How Irrationality Created Modern Science

    by Michael Strevens ...
    A paradigm-shifting, widely acclaimed work for our generation, The Knowledge Machine revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science.Michael Strevens’s “provocative and fascinating” (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times) investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long for the human race to start using science to ... Read more

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  • The Secret War for the Union

    The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

    by Edwin C. Fishel ...
    "A treasure trove for historians . . . A real addition to Civil War history" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).At the end of the American Civil War, most of the intelligence records disappeared—remaining hidden for over a century. As a result, little has been understood about the role of espionage and other intelligence sources, from balloonists to signalmen with their telescopes.When, at the ... Read more

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  • The Tudors

    An Alternative History of Britain

    by Timothy Venning ...
    A renowned historian examines some of the most crucial junctions of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Britain—and how they could have gone differently.Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. As always, Venning discusses the ... Read more

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  • The Colonial Wars, 1689–1762

    by Howard H. Peckham ...
    Series series The Chicago History of American Civilization
    A fascinating look at over seventy years of fighting in the American colonies—as France, England, and Spain tried to stake their claims in the New World.Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their Indian allies and enemies, they can be separated into four major conflicts, corresponding to four European wars of ... Read more

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  • The World Crisis: 1916–1918

    by Winston S. Churchill ...
    Series Book 3 - Winston S. Churchill World Crisis Collection
    A volume in Churchill's history of the First World War that is "essential reading, as fresh and compelling as ever" (Jon Meacham, bestselling author of Franklin and Winston) .This epic volume—third in a five-volume history of World War I from the eyewitness perspective of a highly-placed political insider—details Winston S. Churchill's development of the Ten Year Rule, which gave the treasury ... Read more

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  • Andrew Johnson

    The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

    by Annette Gordon-Reed ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Read more

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  • The Imperial Presidency

    by Arthur M. Schlesinger ...
    A "brilliant" examination of the growth of presidential power from George Washington to George W. Bush, by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian ( Newsweek).Over the course of two centuries, the power of the president of the United States has grown exponentially. From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, presidential power has both served and ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000

    by John Gibney ...
    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century.Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. Beginning with Ireland's modern period at the dawn of the sixteenth century, John Gibney continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island ... Read more

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