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Tracing the history of female crime and execution from 1726 to 1955, this book presents the cases of over 50 women who met their end on the hangman's gallows.

The seeming tranquility of many rural landscapes can hide a combative history. This biography of one such landscape, Ashdown Forest in the Weald of Sussex, exemplifies the evolving conflicts that have taken place over many centuries. Wealth and poverty, power and exclusion, have all characterised...

Follow the development, decline, and later revival of Britain's iconic railways with bestselling railway author Julian Holland. Discover their remarkable history through expert commentary, stunning photographs, and archive material from a lifetime of railway research.

Jump into Tudor life with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Discover why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse, how the Tudors tortured their enemies and which shocking swear words they used. It's all in Horrible Histories: Cut-Throat Celts: fully illustrated throughout and packed ...

From the Norman Invasion in 1066 to the eve of the First World War, this book takes a thousand-year jocular journey through the history of Britain and its global empire.

From the Norman Invasion in 1066 to the eve of the First World War, this book takes a thousand-year jocular journey through the history of Britain and its global empire.

In a history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future of...

For over a century, Birmingham has been the second largest town in England, and at the heart of British history. In his enjoyable and thoughtful book, Richard Vinen captures the drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the twentieth century: a place once synonymous ...