The insider's handbook to England, Wales and Scotland, with a full-colour section introducing Britain's highlights. Lively accounts of every sight from the Eden Project to Edinburgh's Royal Mile plus coverage of Britain's best hikes, from walks up Snowdon to rambles along the Ridgeway. Informative background includes topics as diverse as Dylan Thomas, the Commonwealth Games and whisky tasting.
An enthralling account of paganism in Britain, from the Paleolithic Age to the arrival of Christianity
Modern Britain: Developments in Contemporary British Society
The book provides an introduction to all aspects of British politics, society, geography and culture.
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John Kendle examines the break-up of the first British empire and the development of modern federalism, including such topical issues as the Anglo-Irish relationship, the United Kingdom's relationship to Europe and devolution.
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period in their own right: neither the stultifying 'high' Fifties nor the liberating 'high' Sixties, but instead an action-packed, sometimes dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain started ...
Art in Britain 1660-1815 presents the first social history of British art from the period known as the long 18th century, and offers a fresh and challenging look at the major developments in painting, drawing, and printmaking that took ...
From Hitler's Blitzkriegs to the North African desert, Singapore, New Guinea, Burma, India, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Arnhem, Ardennes, and the Ruhr, Churchill's Commonwealth, composed of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, ...
Roger Scruton looks at where Britain has found itself, and ponders where it should go next.
This is the second edition of this popular guide to all 74 of the sea anemones and corals found in British and Irish inshore waters.