British Historical Social & Urban History Biographies

Failed State: Why Britain Doesn't Work and How We Fix It

By Sam Freedman

Thank You Mr Crombie: Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British

By Mihir Bose

The Corner Shop: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

By Babita Sharma

Helen Macfarlane: A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist, and Philosopher in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England

By David Black

Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life

By Mark Francis (University of Canterbury - Christchurch, New Zealand)

The Real Diana Dors

By Anna Cale

The Secret Diary of Sarah Thomas: A Victorian Lady, 1860-65

By Sarah Thomas, June R. Lewis

Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History

By Nicolson, Adam