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  • The Art of a Corporation

    The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860

    The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early seventeenth to the midnineteenth centuries. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deities. The book takes a chronological approach and focuses on provenance to show that objects ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India

    Material Culture and Kingship

    Series series Royal Asiatic Society Books
    This book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and painted representations of courtly life. Set ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • London

    A History

    by A.N. Wilson ...
    Series Book 18 - Modern Library Chronicles
    In its two thousand years of history, London has ruled a rainy island and a globe-spanning empire, it has endured plague and fire and bombing, it has nurtured and destroyed poets and kings, revolutionaries and financiers, geniuses and visionaries of every stripe. To distill the magic and the majesty of this infinitely enthralling city into a single brief volume would seem an impossible task–yet ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh

    A Woman in World History

    by Linda Colley ...
    In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-century woman's extraordinary and turbulent life, historian Linda Colley not only tells the story of Elizabeth Marsh, one of the most distinctive travelers of her time, but also opens a window onto a radically transforming world.Marsh was conceived in Jamaica, lived in London, Gibraltar, and Menorca, visited the Cape of Africa and Rio de Janeiro, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Traveller&Amp;Apos;S History Of London

    by Richard Tames ...
    A Traveller’s History of London aims to bring London’s past alive to the resident, traveller and student, to reveal the city’s hidden treasures and forgotten places and guide the reader to the sights and sites that can still be seen and enjoyed. This Traveller’s History gives the discerning visitor a full and comprehensive historical background to the capital’s past ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Empireland

    How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

    A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British imperialism."Empireland is brilliantly written, deeply researched and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mobile Book: London

    by Roger Notes ...
    The Mobile Book (Smartphone Book) contain 100 pictures and 5 maps. Illustrate London. When you travel to London, copy the book to your Smartphone, it is nice travel guide. ... Read more

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  • Northerners

    A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day

    by Brian Groom ...
    A Waterstones Best History Book of the YearThe bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.‘Entertaining’ The Times‘Definitive’ The Mirror‘Highly readable’ Financial TimesA work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new hist... ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Life in the UK 2013 3-in-1 Study Guide

    by Sandra Royle ...
    This book contains everything you need to pass the Life in the UK test - FIRST TIME!1: All the official study material2: Test questions and glossary at the end of each topic3: Study techniques to help you learn quicker and easier ... Read more

    $2.67 USD

  • A Short History of Dublin

    Dublin From the Vikings to the Modern Era

    Explore Dublin's hidden history, from the age of the Vikings to the present day, with this bestselling short history of the city. It's the perfect tour companion. Dublin started as a Viking trading settlement in the middle of the tenth century. Location was the key, as it commanded the shortest crossing to a major port in Britain. By the time the Normans arrived in Ireland in the twelfth century, ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings

    London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings

    by David Long ...
    Delve into London's architectural curiositites and discover the unexpected gems waiting around every corner.London is full of extraordinary, enigmatic and, above all, unexpected buildings: a pirate castle in Camden, an art gallery made of shipping containers, underground ghost stations, and much more. Here David Long reveals the very best of the capital's extraordinary buildings, some of which are ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life in the UK Test 2017: Official Study Material & Practice Questions & Answers

    by Hugh Lewis ...
    ATTENTION: An updated version of this book is out in May 2019! Check that you have the latest edition.Quite simply the ONLY book you need to pass the Life in the UK Test.It includes everything you need in just the one eBook. You do not need to buy anything else.Key features:The complete Official Material, to cover everything you need to knowLists to help you with these sneaky last minute revi... ... Read more

    $5.49 USD