great britain

Mikey Walsh, who was born into a Romany Gypsy family, tells how he decided to leave this community and enter the outside world.

An account of the tangled publication history of Shakespeare's sonnets, arguing that Shakespeare neither approved nor knew of their first printing.

Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.

Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.

A biography of England's Queen Elizabeth I, looking as well as the members of her court and how they served her.

An illustrated chronicle of the life of William Marshal, the medieval English knight who fought courageously in battle, guarded Eleanor of Aquitaine for fifteen years, and spent the end of his life as King Regent to Henry III.

Examines the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, describes the culture and philosophy of the twelfth century, discusses the emergence of troubadour culture, and summarizes two literary works of the period.

Traces the events that led to the attempted German invasion of Great Britain in 1940 describing the prolonged bombing of London by the Luftwaffe, the tactical errors made by the Germans, and how the outcome of the battle affected the course of the war.

A biography of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, the enigmatic American divorc?e who was the subject of widespread gossip and fascination for allegedly ensnaring a British King from his throne.