Britain and France fought Russia in the Crimean War of 1854- 1856, a campaign that saw the Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale, and Tolstoy manning the guns of Sevastopol. ...

This is a collection of in-depth and reflective pieces by activists and other key figures in "DiY culture", who tell their own stories and histories. The book argues that popular protest of the 1990s is characterized by a culture of immediacy and direct action. From the environmentalist to the video activist, the raver to the road protester, the neo-pagan to the anarcho-capitalist, the authors demonstrate how the counterculture of the 1990s ...

In between tours of duty at Buckingham Palace, the Scots Guards are regularly deployed to the world's trouble spots. This very up-to-date history covers the regiment's service in the Falklands and Persian Gulf. ...

Christine Hamilton knows a Battleaxe when she sees one. But those expecting the sour stereotype... irrascible, granite-featured, humorless harridans -- are in for a sparkling surprise. This bevy of British Battleaxes brims with bonhommie and wit: from Queen Boadicea to Queen Victoria (who was amused from time to time); from Nancy Astor ('Of course I married beneath me... all women do') to Dame Irene Ward (who told Hitler 'What absolute bosh you ...

In the 1930s, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain were the two giants of the English political stage. This book charts the bitter course plotted by the two men in their ambition to win the greatest prize in British politics -- the prime ministership that had eluded both their fathers -- a struggle carried out against the darkening storm of Nazi Germany. ...

DENNIS FRIEDMAN, psychiatrist and author of Inheritance: A Psychological History of the Royal Family, turns his acute gaze on our present Queen's grandfather, King George V (1865-1936), to take a closer look at the man behind the monarch. Taking as his starting point the widely held belief that the personality and behaviour of parents and grandparents have a powerful influence on the children and grandchildren -- and even great-grandchildren -- ...

Divided into the Regional Tourist Boards for England, plus Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands, this directory provides comprehensive information on: National Trust and English Heritage sites, nature reserves, wildlife parks, World Heritage sites and zoos. So -- whether you're on holiday or just out for the day -- go wild in the country, or in the town, or even in the city, with The Really Wild Guide to Britain. ...

When the death of his father left Charles Llewellyn with the task of selling the ramshackle millhouse and water mill that had been his family's home, Charles found that the mill was full, not just of his family's clutter, but of history spanning nearly a thousand years.<P>In this book Charles recounts his battle to renovate the mill. With his gentle wit and keen eye for detail he brings Fulford Mill to life, revealing both its charm, and ...

This is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary time in Northern Ireland's history by the Irish correspondent of the Independent. These pieces cover the events of the past three years, including the violence and political turbulence of 1996 to 1998, the two IRA ceasefires, the loyalist cessation of violence, the Good Friday Agreement, the Drumcree confrontations, and the devastating bombing at Omagh. David McKittrick is the author of a ...

A book of outstanding photographs, documents and artwork, depicting the response of the British people to World War I. ...