Tag: historical
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An Accidental History Of Tudor England, from Daily Life to Sudden Death
by Steven Gunn and Tomasz Gromelski How did ordinary people live in Tudor England? This unique history unearths the ways they died to find out. Uncovering thousands of coroners’ reports, An Accidental History of Tudor England explores the history of everyday life, and everyday death, in a world far from the intrigues of Hampton Court Palace, Shakespeare’s…
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A History of the World in 47 Borders
by Jonn Elledge People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different…
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The Silence Factory
by Bridget Collins The Whole world disappears when you enter ‘The Silence Factory’ In the Factory, the looms clatter all day. Cobwebs found in ancient Mediterranean glades are spun into a precious fabric that silences the world. But what happens to those who fall under its spell? And who is harnessing its power? After all,…
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Rebellion- Eagles of the Empire
by Simon Scarrow AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil.The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum. Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards endangered Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect Cato. Soon it’s terrifyingly clear that Britannia is slipping into chaos…
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Checkpoint Charlie
by Iain Macgregor A powerful, fascinating, and groundbreaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary and most important military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States and her allies confronted the USSR during the Cold War. As the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches in 2019, Iain MacGregor captures the mistrust, oppression, paranoia,…