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A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled...
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Britain, 60AD. Hoping to save her lover, her land, and her people from the Romans, Herla makes a desperate pact with the king of the Otherworld. But years pass unheeded in his realm, and she escapes to find everyone she loved long dead. Cursed to wield his blade, she becomes Lord of the Hunt. And for centuries, she rides, leading her immortal warriors and reaping wanderers' souls. Until the night she meets a woman on a bloody battlefield -- a Saxon...
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Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 546
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of John Milton.
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the Victorian era in Great Britain, lasting from Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne in 1837 until her death in 1901.
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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
This collection covers the broad sweep of the culture of the times, from Elizabeth's court to rural life, and from the New World explorations to the remarkable flowering of literature and drama for which the era is renowned. Perfect for both history and literatures studies, this set was designed with the student in mind.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A surprising history of the era that brought our modern world decisively into view. Though the Victorians are often credited with ushering in our modern era, the seeds were planted in the years before. The Regency (1811- 1820) began when the profligate Prince of Wales replaced his insane father, George III, as Britain's ruler; around the regent surged a society of evangelicalism and hedonism, elegance and brutality, exuberance and despair. The arts...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A "brilliant London historian" (BBC Radio) tells the story of Britain as never before--through its abandoned villages and towns. Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain's eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. Peering through the cracks of history, we find Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off a cliff by sea storms; the abandoned village...
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