Fortress Kent by Roy Ingleton
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Since the dawn of civilization, Britain has been menaced by foreign powers and invasive hordes, anxious either to pillage and plunder or to invade and rule over this green and pleasant land.
The End Game - The Final Chapter in Britain's Great Game in Afghanistan by Susan Loughhead
$16.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Beginning by drawing parallels between the author's experiences at the British Embassy in Kabul from 2010 to 2013 and her grandfather's experiences of the same just after Indian Independence from 1948 to 1950, this book takes a thematic approach to analyse the role of Britain in Afghanistan since the co ...Show more
Elizabeth's Spymaster - Francis Walsingham and the Secret War That Saved England by Robert Hutchinson
$10.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: good-very good
Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe, including double-agents at the highest level in Rome and Spain - the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth and her Protesta ...Show more
Henrietta Howard - King's Mistress, Queen's Servant by Borman, Tracy
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
A History of the Bailiwick of Guernsey - The Islanders' Story by L James Marr
$25.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
London - The Biography by Peter Ackroyd
$18.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
Heaven's Command - An Imperial Progress by James Morris
$20.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: good-very good
Depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire, this text tells the story from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her diamond jubilee in 1897.
The Victorian World Picture by David Newsome
$14.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
How did the Victorians come to grips with the vastly changing world in which they found themselves? This magnificent book, from the Whitbread Prize-winning author David Newsome, lays bare the Victorian mindset. âe~David Newsomeâe(tm)s Victorian World Pictureâe¦ attempts to plait together all the sights, ...Show more
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill
$150.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good