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In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. In addition to events at court and in parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart—the greatest city of its time. 

Il Settecento inglese è un periodo di relativa stabilità politica ma di grande sviluppo economico e finanziario per l'isola. Al consolidamento delle trasformazioni in agricoltura e all'avvio della rivoluzione industriale corrispose un notevole incremento dei traffici commerciali. Il Regno Unito (l'unione con la Scozia è del 1707) s'avviò a diventare la prima grande potenza capitalistica mondiale sancita anche dalla fondazione della Banca d'Inghilterra (1694).

Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state—and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today. From early times the British people have been drawn to the...

What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions, and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference. In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. 

The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—by the author of Powers and Thrones. The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into...

One of the last cavalry units to ride horses into battle, the Sherwood Rangers were transformed into a “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. After winning acclaim in the North African campaign, they spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy and became the first British troops to cross into Germany. Their courage, skill, and tenacity contributed mightily to the surrender of Germany in 1945.

George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.

ローマ帝国の辺境から血塗られた王位継承争いまで、激動のブリタニアがいかにして一つのイングランドへと変貌を遂げたのか、知られざる千年の覇権闘争を目撃してください。多民族の衝突と融合が生み出す壮大なドラ...

ローマ帝国崩壊の混乱から新たな国家がいかにして誕生したのか、アングロ・サクソンの足跡をたどりながらイングランドという複雑なアイデンティティの源泉を解き明かす没入型歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間...

古代ローマの城壁から大帝国の崩壊まで、2000年にわたる災厄と再生の連鎖が刻まれた都市史の深淵へとあなたを誘います。ペストの猛威や街を焼き尽くす大火という絶望の淵から、人々はいかにして立ち上がり、巨大な...

From the moment of its publication in 1748, The Spirit of the Laws proved to be a controversial work provoking widespread interest. Within three years it had been translated into various European languages - and was swiftly added to the List of Prohibited Books by the Roman Catholic Church. It...

The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters tells the story of a wild encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard abandoned in the Falklands for eighteen months.

当一座多风多雨的边缘小岛骤然崛起为称霸全球的日不落帝国，这场跨越两千年的世界史巨变背后隐藏着怎样的权力博弈与制度密码？无论你是正在通勤路上渴望高效汲取知识的职场人，还是对全球地缘格局演变充满好奇的历...

辺境の小さな島国はいかにして世界地図を塗り替え、史上最大の大英帝国へと変貌を遂げたのか、その壮大な歴史のダイナミズムを解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間や夜のリラックスタイムが、知的好奇心を大いに刺激す...

イングランドの風吹き抜ける平原にそびえる巨石群の真の姿とは何か、根拠なき憶測を排し、最新の考古学と歴史学が5000年の時を超えて古代人の壮大な土木工事の息遣いを鮮やかに蘇らせます。知的好奇心が刺激される...

In the tumultuous world of revolutionary France, the enigmatic diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord survived–and shaped–five regimes. Duff Cooper’s elegant biography reveals a man as brilliant as he was controversial; the ‘quick-witted little boy’ who enjoyed the anachronistic world of his great-grandmother’s château became the shrewd, silver-tongued servant of multiple kings and revolutionary leaders. From the salons of pre-revolutionary Paris to the negotiating tables of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, the turncoat Talleyrand exercised his wit, pragmatism and moral ambiguity.

In the days between May 24 and 28, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historic debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial book, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of these five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical...

The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling and fascinating exploration of the Tudors in the new edition of this Very Short Introduction audiobook. 

一人の王の死が引き金となった1066年の激動は、中世イングランドの社会構造とヨーロッパの歴史を根底から覆す壮大なドラマへの扉を開き、短時間で歴史の転換点を深く理解する圧倒的な没入感をもたらします。毎日の...

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. But...