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Ackroyd, Peter Albion: The Origins Of The English Imagination Nan A. Talese / Doubleday 2003 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1181225. ISBN #0385497725 / 9780385497725. (filed under: England ) *
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Ackroyd, Peter Albion: The Origins Of The English Imagination Nan A. Talese / Doubleday 2003 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1181225. ISBN #0385497725 / 9780385497725. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Peter Ackroyd follows his acclaimed London: The Biography with a book that once again plumbs the history of England and uncovers the continuities that link past and present. A dazzling, highly original exploration of English culture from its roots in the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day, ALBION demonstrates that a quintessentially English quality imbues every form of cultural expression not just literature, but also painting, music, architecture, philosophy, and science. In an intricate, expertly crafted mixture of narrative and theme, Ackroyd travels through time and across cultural categories as he seeks out the roots and the essence of the English imagination. With an irrepressible curiosity and contagious enthusiasm, he moves from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf, Hogarth to Hockney, Purcell to Vaughan Williams, Inigo Jones to Edward Lutyens. His lively biographical sketches and incisive exegeses of the work of figures both well known and less familiar deepen our understanding and appreciation of our inherited culture. Like London: The Biography , ALBION contains unexpected treasures, including a thought-provoking look at immigration and assimilation and a delightful digression into the English obsession with gardening. Black-and-white photographs and drawings, and two lavish four-color inserts add visual appeal throughout. Ackroyd s talent for distilling information and presenting it with novelistic flair shines on every page of ALBION. It is Peter Ackroyd at his most brilliant and exuberant.
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Ainsworth, William Harrison Tower Of London: A Historical Romance A.L. Burt Company hardcover. Bookplate. Front inner hinge starting.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1187342. (filed under: England ) *
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Anderson, Maureen Durham Executions : From 1700 to 1900 Wharncliffe Books 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1178769. ISBN #1845630254 / 9781845630256. (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 ) *
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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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Ashe, Geoffrey The Landscape Of King Arthur Grange Books 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1151326. ISBN #1856272303 / 9781856272308. (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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Atkinson, T.D. Local Style in English Architecture B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1947 hardcover. Some foxing to the pages. Dust jacket has chipping. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1175224. (filed under: England ) *
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Bailey, Catherine Secret Rooms: A True Story Of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, & a Family Secret Penguin Books 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161744. ISBN #0143124730 / 9780143124733. (filed under: England ) *
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Bailey, Catherine Secret Rooms: A True Story Of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, & a Family Secret Penguin Books 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161744. ISBN #0143124730 / 9780143124733. (filed under: England ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For fans of Downton Abbey , t his New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.
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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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Balfour, Michael Stonehenge and Its Mysteries Scribner 1980 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169515. ISBN #068416406X / 9780684164069. (keywords: Stones Construction Prehistoric Sites) (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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Barber, Richard Henry Plantagenet 1133-1189 Barnes & Noble Books 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1160016. ISBN #156619363X / 9781566193634. (filed under: England ) *
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Barber, Richard Henry Plantagenet 1133-1189 Barnes & Noble Books 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1160016. 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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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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