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One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
epub |eng | | Author:Monica Dickens

Chapter Ten AFTER EASTER THE house party began to break up, and by the end of the holidays everybody except a few insignificant female relations and one or two of ...
( Category: England March 14,2016 )
The Secret History of the Blitz by Joshua Levine
epub |eng | | Author:Joshua Levine [Levine, Joshua]

In a letter to a friend, a woman from west London describes a Canadian soldier she had met – and perhaps gives a hint of their attraction to British women: ...
( Category: World War II March 14,2016 )
Brutus of Troy and the Quest for the Ancestry of the British by Anthony Adolph
epub |eng | 2016-03-11 | Author:Anthony Adolph [Adolph, Anthony]

The giant Albion was a male manifestation of Albine, the giant anti-heroine of Dez Grantz Geanz and perhaps influenced by a local myth of Hercules slaying a giant called, coincidentally, ...
( Category: Great Britain March 13,2016 )
Elizabeth's London by Liza Picard
epub |eng | 2016-03-09 | Author:Liza Picard

Marriage Marriage involved a change of status. The woman moved from the power and responsibilty of her father, to that of her husband. The only women who were not treated ...
( Category: England March 11,2016 )
Peacerunner by Penn Rhodeen
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-03-08 | Author:Penn Rhodeen

Keep in mind, the world was focused on Bosnia and I had tried to get the allies early in ‘93 to agree to have NATO take action there. Warren Christopher ...
( Category: European March 9,2016 )
Tudor : Passion. Manipulation. Murder. the Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family (9781610393645) by De Lisle Leanda
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:De Lisle, Leanda

Part Three SETTING SUN: THE TUDOR QUEENS Let men that receive of women authority, honour, or office, be most assuredly persuaded, that in so maintaining that usurped power, they declare ...
( Category: Great Britain March 5,2016 )
Globe by Catharine Arnold
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Catharine Arnold

7 THE GREAT GLOBE ITSELF Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air ...
( Category: Great Britain February 22,2016 )
Underworld London by Catharine Arnold
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Catharine Arnold [Arnold, Catharine]

Pentonville had been designed as a ‘convict academy’ where specially selected prisoners would undergo a period of moral instruction before transportation; they would also learn a trade that would provide ...
( Category: England February 22,2016 )
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life by Mark Kishlansky
epub |eng | 2014-12-02 | Author:Mark Kishlansky [Kishlansky, Mark]

5 Reform and Rebellion The implications of the Scottish invasion sunk in slowly. Initially Charles believed that he could reinvigorate his forces and revive his cause. All he needed was ...
( Category: Europe February 15,2016 )
A Gull on the Roof by Derek Tangye
epub |eng | | Author:Derek Tangye

8 We had planted the violet runners in June – six thousand Governor Herrick in the top half of the field, the cemetery field where we had cropped potatoes; and ...
( Category: England February 15,2016 )
Sissinghurst, an Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson
epub |eng | | Author:Adam Nicolson

In 1558, the old man died. In his will, he addressed his son directly from beyond the grave: To myne oldest sonne Richard Bakere goddes blessinge and myne and all ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Ma, Now I'm Goin Up in the World by Martha Long
epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Martha Long [Martha Long]

20 * * * I woke up early, thinking something great is happening today. Me heart was lepping with excitement. I held me breath, waiting to remember what it was. ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
How Britain Worked by Guy Martin
epub |eng | | Author:Guy Martin

While working on board, the trawlermen had some very effective traditional protective clothing. Oilskins, capes or coats made from sail canvas soaked in linseed oil helped to keep out rain ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Sissinghurst by Vita Sackville-West
epub |eng | | Author:Vita Sackville-West

Philadelphus coronarius. Starting with philadelphus, its name ‘seems to suit it nicely, meaning brotherly or sisterly love in Greek, suggesting a purity of love distinct from any sexual passion. ‘Yet ...
( Category: England February 15,2016 )
Ma, I've Got Meself Locked Up in the Mad House by Martha Long
epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Martha Long [Martha Long]

34 * * * I was sitting on my bed, yawning and wondering if I should climb in and have a sleep, when the ‘Vision’ appeared in the room and ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )

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