Domesday Book and Beyond

Three Essays in the Early History of England

F W Maitland

History

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce an

england, law, middleages

The Making of the English Working Class

E P Thompson

History

Fifty years since first publication, E.P. Thompsons revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals i

england, jacobin, socialism, workers

King James

Pauline Croft

History

Pauline Crofts clear and concise study provides a narrative of the reign of King James VI and I in his dominion

biography, england, monarchy, scotland

The Eighteenth Century 1714 – 1815

John Beresford Owen

History

The Eighteenth century was on of intense transition and achievement. After the wearying turbulence of the seven

england, enlightenment, europe

My Idea Of Fun

A Cautionary Tale

Will Self

Contemporary Fiction

Will Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation

england, grotesque, prose, urbanism

Henry VIII

Jasper Ridley

Biography

The enthralling portrait by an acclaimed historian of one of Europes most enigmatic and formidable rulers. An e

england, king, renaissance, tudor

Alfred The Great

Assers Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources

Asser

History

This comprehensive collection includes Assers Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfr

england, middleages, monk

Trilby

Goerge Du Maurier

Classic Fiction

First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O Ferrall and her mentor, Svengali, has entered the mytho

england, gothic, svengali

The Egoist

Goerge Meredith

Classic Fiction

In this, the most dazzlingly intellectual of all his novels, Meredith tries to illuminate the pretensions of th

england, english, victorian

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

Classic Fiction

In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the Plague Year,

england, historical, london, pandemic, plague

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

Classic Fiction

When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his fathers death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him f

england, victorian

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Classic Fiction

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable Joh

england, gentry, literaryrealism

The Way of All Flesh

Samuel Butler

Classic Fiction

Written between 1873 and 1884 and published posthumously in 1903, The Way of All Flesh is regarded by some as t

christian, england, iconoclast, victorian

The Age of Empire, 1875-1914

Modern History #3

Eric Hobsbawm

History

In this third volume of his four-volume history of the modern world, as it has been produced by the development

empire, england, europe, marxist, socialism

The World Turned Upside Down

Radical Ideas During the English Revolution

Christopher Hill

History

Within the English revolution of the mid-17th century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic–th

england, marxist, revolution, socialist

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Classic Fiction

Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chance

england, legal, london, victorian

Chronicles

Jean Froissart

History

The Chronicles of Froissart (1337-1410) are one of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century Engl

100yearswar, england, france

Cromwell

John Buchan

Biography

Buchan sets out to redress popular opinion of this English soldier and statesman. His biography achieves that a

england, film, history, newmodelarmy

A Shortened History of England

Goerge Macaulay Trevelyan

History

Tells the story of the nation from the remote days of the Celt and the Iberian, through the raids of the Viking

conservative, england, whig