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This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the... more
Product code: 22239802
£12.99
The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of... more
Product code: 22637102
£20.00
Gilda O'Neill has gathered together her memories and personal recollections of growing up in the East End of London. It was a time of unbelievable hardship and devastating change;... more
Product code: 23243104
£1.99
Six distinguished British historians offer the most definitive and compelling history of the British Isles to date. Tracing the political, religious and material cultures from the... more
Product code: 22378901
£30.00
Although he is an indubitably international superstar, Sir Sean Connery still knows the city of Edinburgh practically street by street from delivering the morning milk as a... more
Product code: 21807301
£20.00
Behind the fashionable bars and clubs of Soho lies a fascinating history of criminal activity, featuring some of London's most notorious gangsters. From the razor gangs of the... more
Product code: 21776901
£18.99
London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, but by 1945 it was a drab and exhausted city. London, had always been Hitler's prime target. The last months... more
Product code: 700126
£55.44
The book is about the underprivileged of London in the middle of the nineteenth century, when it was originally published. The selection ranges from costermongers to ex-convicts... more
Product code: 556928
£12.99
The map starts with an overview of south and east Devon in relation to Britain followed by an overview of Devon and the counties that surround it. The map then goes into more... more
Product code: 548007
£12.00
One of the strangeset mysteries of history is the story of the Princes in the Tower. Was Richard III a murderer, or was his reputation unfairly blackened by history?
Product code: 507108
£1.51
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