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  • Getting Our Way

    500 Years of Adventure and Intrigue: the Inside Story of British Diplomacy

    by Sir Christopher Meyer ...
    A highly informed insider's account of some of the 'honest men' as they sought, by fair means or foul, to get Britain its way in the world.GETTING OUR WAY recounts nine stories from Britain's diplomatic annals over the last five hundred years, in which the diplomats themselves are at the centre of the narrative. It is an inside account of their extraordinary experiences, sometimes in the face of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks

    by Emma Marriott ...
    Series Book 1 - Bite-Sized Chunks
    History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book...until now. "The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks" pulls it all together, from the world's earliest civilizations in 3500 BC to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean War, to name a few. Here's your chance to ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Ghosts of Empire

    Britain's Legacies in the Modern World

    by Kwasi Kwarteng ...
    Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • What Might Have Been?

    Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History

    Edited by Andrew Roberts ...
    A dozen star historians on what might have happened at history's turning points if the dice had fallen differently.'Stimulating, provocative and playful' Literary ReviewThroughout history, great and terrible events have often hinged upon luck. Andrew Roberts has asked a team of twelve leading historians and biographers what might have happened if major world events had gone differently? Each ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Hidden History

    a compelling and captivating study of the causes of WW1 that turns everything you think you know on its head

    by Gerry Docherty, James MacGregor ...
    Think you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely accept to be the causes of The Great War, were really just a construct put together by a very small, but powerful, political elite...'Thought-provoking ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Corporation That Changed the World

    How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational

    by Nick Robins ...
    This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence.The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. ... Read more

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  • I Used to Know That: History

    by Emma Marriott ...
    Series Book 18 - I Used to Know That
    If your response to a mention of the Wars of the Roses, the Sumerians or the Reformation is, ‘Hmm, I’ve heard of that – what was that again?’, then this is the book for you.This entertaining yet informative book travels back through time to fill in those embarrassing gaps in your knowledge, from the invasions of Britain, the Renaissance and the Cold War, to the American, French and Russian ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Shortest History of England

    Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit - A Retelling for Our Times

    by James Hawes ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

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  • This Sceptred Isle

    by Christopher Lee ...
    What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? What is it that makes cynical Europeans and once-dominated Asians look to the British for opinion, literature, social norms and justice? ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Opium War

    Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

    by Julia Lovell ...
    This "crisp and readable account" of the nineteenth century British campaign sheds light on modern Chinese identity through "a heartbreaking story of war" ( The Wall Street Journal).In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting voted to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed. Rich in ... Read more

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  • The Opium Wars

    The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another

    by Frank Sanello, W Travis Hanes III, Ph.D. ...
    A fascinating look at the other side of the Opium WarsIn this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839–1842 and 1856–1860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time through the eyes of the Chinese as well as the Imperial West. Opium entered China during the Middle Ages when Arab traders brought it into China for medicinal purposes. As it took hold as a recreational ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Leaders Who Changed the World

    The extraordinary inspiration of those who create history

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    It takes charisma and inspiration to lead any group of people. Leaders who Changed the World explores the lives and careers of such extraordinary individuals as Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Some have slogged and suffered in order to change the world for the better, while others, like Adolf Hitler or Osama Bin Laden have only succeeded in damaging humanity. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD