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  • A Little History Of The English Country Church

    de Roy Strong ...
    Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish churchFrom the arrival of the missionaries from Ireland and Rome, to the beautiful architecture and rich spirituality of medieval Catholicism; from the cataclysm of the Reformation, to the gentrified cleric we meet in Jane Austen novels, Roy ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD

  • 大不列顛兩千年：從羅馬行省、日不落帝國到英國脫歐，王冠下的權力更迭及對世界秩序的掌控【全新修訂版】

    The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present

    de 羅伊‧史壯（Roy Strong） ...
    Traducido por 陳建元 ...
    Series series 歷史大講堂
    最全面、最完整，寫給當代與未來的新英國史一座與外隔絕的邊陲群島，如何成為海上霸主與世界大國？一提到英國，你會想到什麼？倫敦鐵塔、皇家衛兵，果醬司康、炸魚薯條，披頭四、哈利波特，高貴優雅的英國王室，還是支配世界四分之一土地的日不落帝國？除了老掉牙的歷史事件和王室八卦祕辛，你應該認識它更多！「不列顛是座島嶼，它的歷史與認同都源於這項地理事實。」──羅伊．史壯《大不列顛兩千年》是為新一代讀者所寫的全新英國史，豐富有趣、通俗易懂、權威且全面。本書從成為羅馬行省前，只有原住民居住的不列顛島開始講起，直到2016年的脫歐，透過七十幾個明快簡約的章節，精彩且均衡地描述英國史上各個時代，用引人入勝的敘述貫穿各時期，介紹英國兩千多年歷史中輝煌與悲鳴、起伏與轉機，並述及英國對世界其他國家（尤其是美國）的巨大影響。書中論及許多人熟悉的百年戰爭、都鐸王朝、莎士比亞與維多利亞女王，但全書的主題不只... ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Visions of England

    Or Why We Still Dream of a Place in the Country

    de Roy Strong ...
    Why do we still get misty-eyed about England's green and pleasant land?What explains our obsession with country houses - from the National Trust to Downton Abbey?Why do we still dream of a place in the country?In this delightul book Roy Strong explores the definition of Englishness. Celebrating our literature, music, art, gardening and drama, Strong identifies those icons and traditions that still ... Leer más

    $11.39 USD

  • The Story of Britain

    de Roy Strong ...
    The Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins—and explain how the past shaped the nation's current identity. He begins the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times, and with this new edition has now brought it up to date via the Blair years and into the present day of Brexit Britain. A magnificently eloquent volume, the ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Coronation

    A History of the British Monarchy

    de Roy Strong ...
    The definitive history of coronations and the Royal Family, from acclaimed writer Roy Strong.’What is the finest sight in the world? A Coronation.What do people talk most about? A Coronation.What is delightful to have passed? A Coronation.’Horace Walpole, 1761As a boy of sixteen, Roy Strong watched the grand procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II to her coronation. The spectacle was considered the ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Somewhere in England

    de Carola Oman, Roy Strong ...
    “At any rate,” ended Philippa-Dawn, staring up at the garland of silver monsters gently swaying above them in the evening sky, “at any rate, it’ll be a change of Balloons.”Carola Oman’s irresistible sequel to Nothing to Report begins with young, perky Philippa-Dawn Johnson, preparing to launch her nursing career at Woodside, the country home now overseen as a hospital by none other than the ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Nothing to Report

    de Carola Oman ...
    “I have told Rose that there will be a chauffeur for dinner,” she ended, frowning slightly at the cannibalistic sound of her sentence.Unmarried and nicknamed “Button” by her friends, Mary Morrison is a (very mildly) distressed gentlewoman. She no longer lives in her family home, but remains at the very centre of village life, surrounded by friends including carefree, irresponsible Catha, Lady ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Secret Life of the Georgian Garden

    Beautiful Objects and Agreeable Retreats

    de Kate Felus ...
    Georgian landscape gardens are among the most visited and enjoyed of the UK's historical treasures The Georgian garden has also been hailed as the greatest British contribution to European Art, seen as a beautiful composition created from grass, trees and water – a landscape for contemplation. But scratch below the surface and history reveals these gardens were a lot less serene and, in places, a ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

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    de Molly Clavering ...
    Miss Flora Milligan, tripping westwards through the royal burgh of Haystoun with a bowl of her famous potted head, decently shrouded from vulgar gaze by a snowy napkin, in a neat basket, was the first person of any social standing to notice that the 'To Sell or Let' board had been taken down from the Soonhope entrance.The town of Haystoun is in a tizzy because Andrew and Lucy Lockhart and their ... Leer más

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  • Touch Not the Nettle

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    "Old age really must be creeping upon me at last," said Susan Armstrong. "I find more and more that what I most enjoy is a quiet evening at home by the fire, with a book..."Susan Armstrong is savouring a quiet evening at home with husband Jed, but her peace is fleeting. A call from Jed's irritating cousin results in a visit from young Amanda, whose ace pilot husband is missing (and none too sorely ... Leer más

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  • Summer Pudding

    de Susan Scarlett ...
    There was silence. In it Janet heard the twittering of innumerable birds chatting as they settled down for the night. Some rooks cawed overhead. The baa of a sheep came from a distant field. London had been so noisy, with its crashes at night, and blastings and hammerings at smashed buildings by day, that the quiet and peace fell on her spirit like a cold hand on a sprained ankle.Janet Brain has ... Leer más

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  • Near Neighbours

    de Molly Clavering ...
    Miss Dorothea Balfour was nearer seventy than sixty, but there was something childlike about her . . . She felt rather like a child, a lost, bewildered child, and she was doing what Belle had always objected to so strongly: staring out of the window at 'those rather odd persons next-door' . . .Shy, uncertain Miss Balfour is still finding her way after the sudden death of her domineering sister ... Leer más

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