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Victorian Marriage

Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was a famous historian and the first editor of the English Historical Review. His intelligence and energy made an impression upon everyone he met. Admired by Queen Victor...

Six Wives

No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, Dav...

The Victim's Fortune

Two reporters from the Financial Times piece together the compelling story of the campaign on the part of a group of attorneys, politicians, and Jewish advocates to root out money looted by the Nazis...

Black and British

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examinatio...

Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869-1936

Protestant Missionaries in Spain, 1869–1936: "Shall the Papists Prevail?" examines the history of the Protestant denominations, especially the Plymouth Brethren, throughout Europe that attempted to br...

Victoria (Penguin Monarchs)

This title is part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longes...

The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre

The Roman amphitheatre was a site both of bloody combat and marvellous spectacle, symbolic of the might of Empire; to understand the importance of the amphitheatre is to understand a key element in th...

Clapham Past

A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich

Benjie, a thirteenyearold heroin junkie, feels that he would be able to quit using at any time, but since he believes that there is nothing better in life than his drug of choice, it is clear to every...

A Fish Caught in Time

An examination of the fascinating political, scientific, and financial battles that followed the incredible 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, an evolutionary link between fish and reptiles long believ...

The Border Hostage

Loyal Scot Heath Kennedy, angered by the English, kidnaps the lovely English lady Raven Carleton and spirits her away to his Scottish castle to hold her for ransom. However, his plans go awry when Hea...

Nura

While the day belongs to humans, the night belongs to yokai, supernatural creatures that thrive on human fear. Caught between these worlds is Rikuo Nura. He's three-quarters human, but his grandfather...