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Andrew, Donna T.; McGowen, Randall Perreaus And Mrs. Rudd: Forgery And Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London University of California Press 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or985886. (filed under: England ) *
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Andrew, Donna T.; McGowen, Randall Perreaus And Mrs. Rudd: Forgery And Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London University of California Press 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or985886. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case--filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery--preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such familiar figures as John Wilkes, King George III, Lord Mansfield, and James Boswell, this story reveals the deep anxieties of this period of English capitalism. The case acts as a prism that reveals the hopes, fears, and prejudices of that society. Above all, this episode presents a parable of the 1770s, when London was the center of European finance and national politics, of fashionable life and tell-all journalism, of empire achieved and empire lost. The crime, a hanging offense, came to light with the arrest of identical twin brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, after the former was detained trying to negotiate a forged bond. At their arraignment they both accused Daniel's mistress, Margaret Caroline Rudd, of being responsible for the crime. The brothers' trials coincided with the first reports of bloodshed in the American colonies at Lexington and Concord and successfully competed for space in the newspapers. From March until the following January, people could talk of little other than the fate of the Perreaus and the impending trial of Mrs. Rudd. The participants told wildly different tales and offered strikingly different portraits of themselves. The press was filled with letters from concerned or angry correspondents. The public, deeply divided over who was guilty, was troubled by evidence that suggested not only that fair might be foul, but that it might not be possible to decide which was which. While the decade of the 1770s has most frequently been studied in relation to imperial concerns and their impact upon the political institutions of the day, this book draws a different portrait of the period, making a cause c l bre its point of entry. Exhaustively researched and brilliantly presented, it offers both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period.
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Anthony, Evelyn Anne Boleyn hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1125825. (filed under: England ) *
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Arnim, Elizabeth Von Elizabeth And Her German Garden hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121773. ISBN #0860684237 / 9780860684237. (filed under: England ) *
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Asher, Michael Thesiger: A Biography Penguin UK 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087794. ISBN #0670837695 / 9780670837694. (filed under: England ) *
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Asher, Michael Thesiger: A Biography Penguin UK 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087794. ISBN #0670837695 / 9780670837694. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1979, the author of this work read "Arabian Sands" by W. Thesiger, which had an impact on his life and made him become a desert explorer. In tribute to Thesiger, he has written this biography of Thesiger s motivations and achievements. A man of great paradoxes and contradictions, Thesiger revered traditional peoples, but retained at the same time a profound pride in his own race and background. He felt most intensely alive when living on the same level as his tribal companions, yet rejoiced in his ability to return to the "civilized" world. Basing much of his work on extended interviews with Thesinger, the author also follows in Thesinger's footsteps, interviewing many of his former travelling companions and throwing new light on the celebrated Arabian expeditions.
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Baines, Edward Baines's Account of the Woolen Manufacture of England David & Charles 1970 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or261818. (category: art) (keywords: K.G. Ponting Wool Industry) (filed under: England ) *
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Barber, Richard Henry Plantagenet 113.3-1189 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110766. ISBN #156619363X / 9781566193634. (filed under: England ) *
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Barber, Richard Henry Plantagenet 113.3-1189 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110766. ISBN #156619363X / 9781566193634. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs and domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers and men of letters of his time, besides ambassadors from all over Europe. This readable and accessible biography offers both a study of his character, and an estimate of his work as a ruler, work which is in a sense the history of his life, since it occupied his entire energies from his accession at the age of twenty-one to his death thirty-five years later. Nor is this the mere routine of government; from the desolate and lawless anarchy of Stephen's reign, and against the opposition of the great magnates and the Church, he built in England a stable and prosperous realm, and welded his diverse inheritance overseas into a single, and by the standards of the time, peaceful, unit. Only the folly of John dispersed his empire, and his work in England left an enduring mark on the institutions by which we are governed today.
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Bean, J.M.W. (Editor) Political Culture in Modern Britain: Essays in Memory Of Stephen Koss Hamish Hamilton 1987 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or986781. ISBN #0241120268 / 9780241120262. (filed under: England ) *
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Beaver, Christine (edited by) Tower Of London: Its History And Its Prisoners paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099830. (filed under: England ) *
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Beckson, Karl London in The 1890s: A Cultural History 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1070299. ISBN #039303397X / 9780393033977. (filed under: England ) *
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Beckson, Karl London in The 1890s: A Cultural History 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1070299. ISBN #039303397X / 9780393033977. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The London of the 1890s was a place of great change, when the seeds of modernism were sown and figures such as Wilde, Shaw, Yeats, Beardsley, Kipling, Gladstone, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, among others, initiated the movements and debates, the great shifts in behaviour and thought, that created the world we know now. Karl Beckson shows in this broad cultural history how outcries against obscene art and behaviour; anxiety about national decline in the face of emerging superpowers; bitter debate about women's roles and behaviour; fear of a dangerous underclass festering in the urban slums; misgivings about the price of progress; multicultural enthusiasms; and vogues for a new age of mysticism and the occult all contributed to the decline of Victorian values and repression, and the emergence of a more modern and equal society.
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Bell, Alan Port Of London, 1909-1934 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103339. (filed under: England ) *
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Bell, Caroline; Bell, Eddie Thank You Twice Or How We Like America Harcourt, Brace and Company 1941 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Price clipped. Book #or890068. (filed under: England ) *
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Bennett, H.S. Pastons And Their England Cambridge At The University Press 1968 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Minimal Notes or Marking. Some underlining. Book #or902773. ISBN #0521095131 / 9780521095136. (filed under: England ) *
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Bennett, H.S. Pastons And Their England Cambridge At The University Press 1968 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Minimal Notes or Marking. Some underlining. Book #or902773. ISBN #0521095131 / 9780521095136. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Birkett, Lady Hunting Lays And Hunting Ways: An Anthology Of The Chase With Fourteen Illustrations From Old Pictures And Prints Macrae Smith Company 1925 hardcover. Previous owner inscription on front pastedown. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1124578. (filed under: England ) *
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Blair, Tony A Journey: My Political Life Knopf 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089444. ISBN #0307269833 / 9780307269836. (filed under: England ) *
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Blair, Tony A Journey: My Political Life Knopf 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089444. ISBN #0307269833 / 9780307269836. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour s history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain s dominant political figure of the last two decades. A Journey is Tony Blair s firsthand account of his years in office and beyond. Here he describes for the first time his role in shaping our recent history, from the aftermath of Princess Diana s death to the war on terror. He reveals the leadership decisions that were necessary to reinvent his party, the relationships with colleagues including Gordon Brown, the grueling negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland, the implementation of the biggest reforms to public services in Britain since 1945, and his relationships with leaders on the world stage Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush. He analyzes the belief in ethical intervention that led to his decisions to go to war in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and, most controversially of all, in Iraq. A Journey is a book about the nature and uses of political power. In frank, unflinching, often wry detail, Tony Blair charts the ups and downs of his career to provide insight into the man as well as the politician and statesman. He explores the challenges of leadership, and the ramifications of standing up, clearly and forcefully, for what one believes in. He also looks ahead, to emerging power relationships and economies, addressing the vital issues and complexities of our global world. Few British prime ministers have shaped the nation s course as profoundly as Tony Blair, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come. Here, uniquely, we have his own journey, in hi
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