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The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, M...
Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Ger...
The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City
'History writing at its compulsive best' A. N. Wilson This is a history of the ideas that shaped not only London, but Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, ...
From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire presents a new approa...
Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. Englan...
The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World
"Originally published in the U.K. in 2014 under the title Ten cities that made an empire, by Allen Lane, London."...
The Life and Times of Josiah Wedgwood
From one of Britainโs leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebra...
Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain
*Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, 2022* A spectacular biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist a...
Rise and Fall of the Victorian City
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Published to accompany the V&A blockbuster exhibition, this stunning book documents Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel's extraordinary design career from her fir...
The Bretons, and Breton Literature
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
150 Years on
Manchester in the mid-nineteenth century was a city of industry and commerce - wealthy, to be sure, but also polluted and over crowded, and certainly ...
Ornament for a Modern Age
Owen Jones (1809- 1874), a prolific architect, designer, illustrator and printer, was recognised during his lifetime as one of the most influential co...
Picturing People
Thoughts on the English Radical Tradition
This fascinating collection of essays and articles essays - on subjects ranging from the meaning of Oliver Cromwell to the election of Jeremy Corbyn; ...