Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, Britain was shaken by war and peace. This title paints a portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire.

Charismatic, erudite and often controversial Winton Churchill was one of the most inspiring leaders of the twentieth century, and one of its greatest wits. Including Churchill's famous quips and witticisms, as well as little known asides and observations, this book celebrates the humour and humanity of this most imposing man.

The fourth edition of this bestselling title, charts the course of British foreign policy from the end of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles, to the social and economic effects of the Second World War.

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.

Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by award-winning author.

A collection of some of the great British architectural triumphs, inspiring monuments and geographical features; from Stonehenge to the Angel of the North.

One of the world's great capitals, London is an icon for both the British people and visitors alike. This book shows London at its best and worst through the 20th century, a century in which it has experienced events of immense significance from the Blitz to the Millennium.

'One of the most relentlessly brilliant studies of twentieth-century Britain ...these young historians have found a marvellous theme and stuck to it. Theirs is the glory!' Professor Arthur Marwick, History The 1930s - remembered as the decade of dole queues and hunger marches, mass unemployment, the means test, and the rise of fascism - also saw the development of new industries, the growth of .

Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War.

Tells the stories of the 'unseen victims' - the loved ones who sat and dreaded a knock at the door from the Army telling them that their loved one had been killed on the streets of Northern Ireland. This second volume provides material that can help the reader to reconsider afresh the role of Britain's soldiers in Northern Ireland.

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.

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. They remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi were bitter enemies throughout their lives. This book reveals how that rivalry shaped the twentieth century and beyond.

Challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. This title examines the political, social and economic changes that transformed Britain. It looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture.

Tells the story not just of London, but of Londoners too. This book examines the changes on the worlds of work, transport, popular culture, politics and government and shows how London affects its inhabitants, shaping their lives and being shaped in turn by them.

Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. This work paints a portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire.

A selection of Winston Churchill's quotations.

* As with Hattersley's THE EDWARDIANS, this is a brilliant, masterly and richly detailed reassessment of the social and political landscape of a pivotal period - the interwar years

A thematic account of Scotland's twentieth century that examines the economic, social, political and cultural aspects that shaped the country during the period.

A new title in the Access to History series, written specifically to cover the key content of the OCR and AQA 2008 specifications.