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Borrowed Time: The story of Britain between the wars by Roy Hattersley
$35.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the King's abdication. Crisis followed crisis until Britai ...Show more
David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider by Roy Hattersley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A Welshman among the English, a nonconformist among Anglicans and a self-made man in the patrician corridors of power, David Lloyd George, the last Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, was the founding father of the Welfare State and was as great a peacetime leader as Churchill was in war. In this f ...Show more
In Search of England by Roy Hattersley
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel
Passionate, affectionate and indefatigably curious, In Search of England makes a journey around the English countryside and character. England is the most various of countries; within its borders, life changes mile on mile. Roy Hattersley celebrates crumbling churches and serene Victorian architecture, ...Show more
The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation by Roy Hattersley
$32.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: very good
William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England. Arbella Stuart, their granddaughter, was a heartbeat away from the throne of England and their grandson, Lord ...Show more
The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation by Lord Roy Hattersley
$60.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
The story of the Devonshires is the story of Britain. William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England. Arbella Stuart, their granddaughter, was a heartbeat aw ...Show more
The Edwardians by Roy Hattersley
$29.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Edwardian Britain is the quintessential age of nostalgia, often seen as the last long summer before the cataclysmic changes of the twentieth century began to take form. The class system remained rigidly in place and thousands were employed in domestic service. The habits and sports of the aristocracy we ...Show more
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