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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin
English | February 12th, 2013 | ISBN: 1620400375 | 496 pages | True EPUB | 4.09 MB

John Darwin's After Tamerlane, a sweeping six-hundred-year history of empires around the globe, marked him as a historian of "massive erudition" and narrative mastery. In Unfinished Empire, he marshals his gifts to deliver a monumental one-volume history of Britain's imperium-a work that is sure to stand as the most authoritative, most compelling treatment of the subject for a generation.

Educating the Tudors

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Educating the Tudors

Educating the Tudors by Amy McElroy
English | February 16th, 2023 | ISBN: 139909596X | 226 pages | True PDF | 19.87 MB

Education during the Tudor era was a privilege and took many forms including schools, colleges and apprenticeships. Those responsible for delivering education came from a variety of backgrounds from the humble parish priest to the most famed poet-laureates of the day. Curriculums varied according to wealth, gender and geography. The wealthy could afford the very best of tutors and could study as much or as little as they chose while the poorer members of society could only grasp at opportunities in the hopes of providing themselves with a better future.

A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire

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A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire

A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire by Adrian Chastain Weimer
English | April 12th, 2023 | ISBN: 151282397X | 384 pages | True EPUB | 8.59 MB

In A Constitutional Culture, Adrian Chastain Weimer uncovers the story of how, more than a hundred years before the American Revolution, colonists pledged their lives and livelihoods to the defense of local political institutions against arbitrary rule.

The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare, US Edition

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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare, US Edition

The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World, US Edition by Paul Strathern
English | May 2nd, 2023 | ISBN: 1639363939, 183895516X | 384 pages | True EPUB | 26.85 MB

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.

The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell

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The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell

The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell by Caroline Angus
English | September 21st, 2022 | ISBN: 1399095811 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 33.03 MB

Thomas Cromwell was King Henry VIII’s most faithful servant, the only man the king ever openly regretted executing. But Thomas Cromwell came to royal prominence late in life, and had 45 years of family, friends and experiences behind him before catching Henry’s eye.

The History of England: An Introduction to Centuries of English Culture, Kings & Queens, Key Events, Battles & More

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The History of England: An Introduction to Centuries of English Culture, Kings & Queens, Key Events, Battles & More

The History of England: An Introduction to Centuries of English Culture, Kings & Queens, Key Events, Battles & More by History Brought Alive
English | March 6th, 2023 | ISBN: 191431249X | 168 pages | True EPUB | 0.76 MB

From The Anglo-Saxons to Brexit via Conquests, Empire & World Wars

The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations

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The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations

The Throne: 1,000 Years of British Coronations by Ian Lloyd
English | April 6th, 2023 | ISBN: 1803992867 | 248 pages | True EPUB | 8.33 MB

From the crowning of Charles III, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest. Only two monarchs – Edward V and Edward VIII – were uncrowned, and a further twenty or so Scottish monarchs were crowned elsewhere, usually at either Scone Abbey or Holyrood Abbey.

English Journey

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English Journey

English Journey by J. B. Priestley
English | October 17th, 2023 | ISBN: 0008585679 | 384 pages | True EPUB | 0.89 MB

‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’ Stuart Maconie

Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770

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Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770

Emily Cockayne, "Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0300254768, 0300112149 | 352 pages | EPUB | 0.93 MB

A Woman of Influence: the Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England

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A Woman of Influence: the Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England

A Woman of Influence: the Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England by Vanessa Wilkie
English | April 18th, 2023 | ISBN: 1982154284 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 23.13 MB

This extraordinary true story transports us to Tudor and Stuart England as Alice Spencer, the daughter of an upstart sheep farmer, becomes one of the most powerful women in the country and establishes a powerful dynasty that endures to this day. Perfect for fans of The Duchess Countess and Georgiana.

Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England

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Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England

Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England by Anne L. Murphy
English | May 9th, 2023 | ISBN: 0691194742 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 9.15 MB

An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became "a great engine of state"

Courting India: Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire

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Courting India: Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire

Courting India: Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
English | April 4th, 2023 | ISBN: 163936322X | 400 pages | True EPUB | 32.49 MB

A profound and ground-breaking approach to one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.

Magisteria: the Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

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Magisteria: the Entangled Histories of Science & Religion

Magisteria: the Entangled Histories of Science & Religion by Nicholas Spencer
English | May 16th, 2023 | ISBN: 0861544617 | 480 pages | True EPUB | 7.23 MB

Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.

Secrets of the English War Bow

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Secrets of the English War Bow

Secrets of the English War Bow by Hugh D. H. Soar
English | November 5th, 2021 | ISBN: 1594161267, 1594160252 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 10.52 MB

A Complete Recreation of the Deadliest Medieval Arm

The Queen’s Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee

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The Queen’s Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee

Benjamin Woolley, "The Queen’s Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 0006552021 | 352 pages | EPUB | 0.63 MB