Historical books from England
Recommended historical books (48)
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If you are into historical here are some historical books from England for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis EN
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In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another—and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own. Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow or alone. Throughout it all, they will be tested repeatedly—by their families, lovers, society, and one another—as they fight to live authentic lives. A groundbreaking, genre-defining work, Cantoras is a... continue
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Churchill's History of the English-speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill EN
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Arranged for one volume by Henry Steele Commager.
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City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay EN
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Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.
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El palazzo inacabado : arte, amor y vida en Venecia by Judith Mackrell ES
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Sensacionales y extraordinarias historias de la Venecia moderna que nos revelan la forma en que eligieron vivir tres de las mujeres menos convencionales y más fascinantes del siglo XX. El Palazzo Venier dei Leoni fue proyectado como muestra del poder y la riqueza de esa gran familia veneciana. Se empezó a construir en 1750, pero se abandonó cuando solo se había levantado una altura. Vacío y deteriorado, il palazzo non finito permaneció arrumbado en medio de la aristocrática arquitectura de la ciudad durante más de un siglo, hasta que se rehabilitó y fue habitado sucesivamente por las tres muje... continue
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Erebus : The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin EN
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Made in Wales -- Magnetic north -- Magnetic south -- Far-off shores -- "Our southern home"--"Farther south than any (known) human being has been" -- Dancing with the captains -- "Pilgrims of the ocean" -- "Such a wretched place as this you never saw" -- "Three years from Gillingham" -- Homeward bound -- "So little now remains to be done" -- North by north-west -- No signal -- The truth -- Life and death -- The inuit story -- Resurrection.
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Fall of Civilizations : Stories of Greatness and Decline by Paul Cooper EN
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Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.
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Forgiveness and Reparation, the Healing Journey by Mpho Tutu van Furth EN
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Forgiveness and Reparation, the Healing Journey is about reparations. We think of reparations as a remunerative act and as a punitive one. The colonial powers must pay back a significant percentage of what they stole from the colonized. To arrive at what would be a meaningful amount, we must tally up the cost of the human lives lost, the opportunities denied, the mineral wealth ravaged, and the ecosystems destroyed. How can we even begin to calculate the worth of even one of those categories? How can we rightly price even one human life? Furthermore, this approach assumes there is only one sid... continue
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Genius & Anxiety : How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht EN
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This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Wit... continue
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Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby EN
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'Utterly absorbing and illuminating. Written with a sure and stylish hand. Gill Hornby's best book yet.' Esther Freud __________________________ FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MISS AUSTEN On 21 January 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At 31 years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. Her mother has died, and she has nowhere else to go. Anne is left with no choice. For her new charge - twelve-year-old Fanny Austen - Anne's arrival is all novelty and excitement. The governess role is a uniquely ... continue
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Good-Bye to All That : An Autobiography by Robert Graves EN
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English author Robert Graves says goodbye to England, family, friends, and a way of life.