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1) Gladstone
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"William Ewart Gladstone, FRS, FSS, was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times, more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 when he resigned for the last time. He had also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times."--Wikipedia.
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"Historical Dictionary of the Contemporary United Kingdom presents the events, people, and trends of this 28-year period and explains the current state of the country - knowledge vital to understanding the society, politics, personalities, and actions that are shaping the country today. This book includes a chronology, dating from 1979 to the present, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant...
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The third volume in Janet Arnold's groundbreaking series, concentrates on the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Significantly, too, this is the first of Arnold's books to include patterns for men's clothing. As well as Janet Arnold's meticulous scale patterns for these remarkable garments, the book includes 300 black and white photographs ranging from portraits of the period to details of articles of clothing. 56 patterns.
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Written by a leading authority in her field, Historical Costumes of England: 1066-1968 records the main changes in fashion over 900 years and provides details of colors and textiles used in each period. This book is outstanding for its clear and logical arrangement, its grasp of the fundamentals of each phase of fashion, and its lively and attractive drawings. There are 32 black-and-white photographs which show various sources for study, ranging from...
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The story of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail is well known; less so is that of the coming of Christianity to Britain at around the time of the Roman invasion. It is generally assumed that both these legends revolve around the town of Glastonbury, yet the paucity of evidence for this assumption has always been troubling to those who like their history to be founded on fact. In this book, Adrian Gilbert reveals the location to be not just...
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"The Peasants' Revolt, Wat Tyler's Rebellion, or the Great Rising of 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England. Tyler's Rebellion was not only the most extreme and widespread insurrection in English history but also the best-documented popular rebellion to have occurred during medieval times. The names of some of its leaders, John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, are still familiar...
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This work analyzes the changing definitions of citizenship, particularly in relation to work, in 19th and 20th-century Britain. It traces the debates about the responsibilities of government and the entitlements and obligations of individuals developed in response to the social and economic problems of industrialization. The book shows how conceptions of the rights of citizenship have moved beyond basic necessities to the idea of "inclusion" - the...
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