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British Historical Biographies 1701-1900

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The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History

By Linda Colley

The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett

By Richard Ingrams

Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat

By Oliver Soden

Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

By Angus Buchanan

Travels with Queen Victoria

By Sarah Ferguson, Duchess Of York, Benita Stoney, Robin Matthews

The History of British Women's Writing, 1750-1830: Volume Five

By J. Labbe

The Complete Poems

By Thomas Hardy, James Gibson

John Newton: From Disgrace to "Amazing Grace"

By Jonathan Aitken

Dickens's Women: His Great Expectations

By Anne Isba

Gale Force 10: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort

By Nicholas Courtney

Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy: Count Rumford - The Extraordinary Life of a Scientific Genius

By G. I. Brown

Shackleton (A Ladybird Expert Book)

By Ben Saunders

Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book: An Englishwoman's Life During the Civil War

By Lucy Moore

Brunel: The Man Who Built the World

By Dan Cruickshank, Steven Brindle

Nelson's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Commander

By Jonathan Gosling, Stephanie Jones

Churchill: A Life - The Man Behind the Legend

By Martin Gilbert

Charles Waterton, 1782-1865: Conservationist and Traveller

By Julia Blackburn

Raymond Asquith: Life and Letters

By John Jolliffe

Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain

By Geoffrey Treasure

England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

By Kate Williams

Mill and Liberalism

By Maurice Cowling

The Mystery of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Rebellious Daughter

By Lucinda Hawksley

Paupers and Pig Killers: The Diary of William Holland, a Somerset Parson, 1799-1818 (Country Library)

By William Holland

The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave

By Mary Prince, Sara Salih

The Shakespeare Companion

By Rhiannon Guy

Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire

By Verity Holloway

Wellington: The Iron Duke

By Richard Holmes

Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain, 1789-1837

By G.R.R. Treasure

Jennie Churchill

By Anne Sebba

Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore

By Julie Peakman