Chris Cook & Ken Powell 
English Historical Facts 1485-1603 [PDF ebook] 

The English breakfast is one of the best-loved national meals in the world, an edible symbol of England and Englishness. But how did breakfast attain this distinction, what can a national meal tell u …

First published in 1968. This volume includes an new introduction on the life of Edmond Morel and his work as a journalist in West Africa and champion of African rights as he stood up against the cru …

There is no overarching master narrative in understanding the history of German colonialism, and over the past decade, the study of Germany’s colonial past has experienced a dramatic transformation i …

`I believe that next to good Religious education, a sound knowledge of Political Economy would tend as much to tranquilize this country, if not more, than any other branch of knowledge that can be ta …

A major synthesis of current research on the three wars fought by France during the Revolution – against Austria and Prussia; Britain, Spain and the United Provinces; and against the Second Coalition …

The book is the first to discuss in detail the extensive external involvement in the Liberian civil war, a war that claimed up to 200, 000 lives, created a massive refuge crisis and brought West Afri …

At first sight, the subjects of piety and family life may appear to have little in common. Yet, as the essays in this volume make clear, there are in fact a number of shared features and points of co …

Beginning in the late twelfth century, scholastic theologians such as William of Auvergne, Thomas Aquinas and Engelbert of Admont attempted to provide a rational foundation to the Christian belief in …

John Wilkes remains one of the most colourful and intriguing characters of eighteenth-century Britain. Born in 1725, the son of a prosperous London distiller, he was given the classical education of …

Grub Street was a real place, a place of poverty and vice. It was also a metaphor for journalists and other writers of ephemeral publications and, by implication, the infant newspaper industry. Durin …