Britisk og irsk historie

At the end of the English Civil War, Gerrard Winstanley and his comrades, known as Diggers, went to St. George's Hill, to farm the common land and to distribute the food for free …

The perfect stocking filler for lovers of English History. A concise guide to key events, people and places in English history and how England has come to be what it is …

The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much – or too little – sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was …

Dr Erasmus Darwin seemed an innocuous Midlands physician, a respectable stalwart of eighteenth-century society. But there was another side to him. Botanist, physician, Lunar …

Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, …

At a time when politics in Britain is experiencing unprecedented turmoil, this Very Short Introduction examines the past, present, and possible future of British politics. Tony …

Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the nineteenth century came not from intentional …

The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England  “This is a book about people, though, not …

FROM BRITAIN’S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER'Extraordinary' PHILIPPA GREGORY, DAILY TELEGRAPH'Grippingly suspenseful' SUNDAY TIMESWhen the married Isabella Robinson was introduced …

'FASCINATING' Daily Mail'FULL OF AMAZING FACTS' The QI ElvesEach of the United Kingdom's 124 postcode areas has a story to tell, an unexpected nugget to dust off and treasure. Mark …