A History of Modern Britain

A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification.

In 1919, a generation of young women discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round, and the statistics confirmed it. This book is about those women, and about how they were forced, by a tragedy of historic proportions, to stop depending on men for their income, their identity and their future happiness.

Depicts how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by their determination to indulge in leisure and entertainment of all kinds. This book corrects the view of critics who saw British society as undisciplined, irresponsible, and criminal. It also explains the modern British obsession with housing and home-ownership.

An audio pack which offers historical recordings over the years of the memorable speeches that have shaped Irish history. It is accompanied by an illustrated book, containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history.

As the first world war broke out in Europe, Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole became trapped by ice. Their ship, the Endurance, was crushed and the men were forced to survive in and escape from one of the world's most hostile environment.

Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular Forgotten Voices series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.

Tells the story of an illegitimate child from Baltimore who rose to become the mistress of the king of England and brought about his abdication. This work is an account of the woman who very nearly became the Queen of England.

Drawing upon various sources, this book traces the course of the forgotten influenza pandemic of 1918.

A history of the elite brigade of the Royal Navy