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  • Charles I's Executioners

    Civil War, Regicide & the Republic

    de James Hobson ...
    This biographical history of the English Civil War profiles the lives and ultimate fates of the nearly 60 men who sentenced their king to death.On January 30th, 1649, King Charles I was executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall. The parliamentarian High Court of Justice declared him guilty of treason, disregarding the Divine Right of Kings. Fifty-nine commissioners signed ... Leer más

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  • Dark Days of Georgian Britain

    Rethinking the Regency

    de James Hobson ...
    A historian reveals the grittier side of Regency England, far from the country houses and costume balls of high society.Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political, and economic upheaval. In this insightful social history, the emphasis is on the lives of those not born into ... Leer más

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  • The English Civil War

    Fact and Fiction

    de James Hobson ...
    Fascinating facts and debunked myths about Catholic vs. Protestant, King vs. Parliament, England vs. Scotland, Cromwell vs. Ireland, and more.What was life like during the English Civil War? Did the war really split families apart? Was Charles I just too stupid to be king? Did Cromwell really hate the monarchy and did Parliament actually ban Christmas?In this witty, straightforward book you'll ... Leer más

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  • Passengers: Life in Britain During the Stagecoach Era

    de James Hobson ...
    ‘Passengers’ is a social history of Britain between 1790 and 1840. This is the period of the Napoleonic War and of rapid technological change and social tension. It was a contradictory age, simultaneously the elegant era of Jane Austen and the inspiration for Charles Dickens’s work on poverty and injustice. The book has an initial focus on transport and hospitality, but it is also a wider portrait ... Leer más

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  • Radical Victorians

    The Women and Men who Dared to Think Differently

    de James Hobson ...
    There is more to the Victorian era than respectability, economic success and the grudging solution of the practical social problems they encountered. The politicians, generals and commercial classes have been well covered in popular history books, but there were also thinkers of radical and unsettling ideas who had a real influence at the time. Many were women, many from the middle and working ... Leer más

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  • Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell

    A Historical Guide to the Civil War

    de James Hobson ...
    A unique biography of the military commander and politician who remains one of Britain's most controversial figures centuries after his death.One of the most important figures in British history, Oliver Cromwell was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his legacy still ... Leer más

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  • The Georgian 'Establishment'

    Seen Through the Life and Trials of Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough

    de James Hobson ...
    This biography of Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, explores his pivotal role in Georgian politics, law, and society.This book is a biography of Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough (1750–1818) and a review of the Georgian ruling class from 1770 to 1820. We visit the established church, the public schools, the inns of court, the only universities in England, the law courts, the Houses of Commons and Lords, ... Leer más

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  • Voices of the Georgian Age

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    Voices of the Georgian Age is the story of seventeen witnesses to the remarkably diverse Georgian century after 1720. While being very different in many ways, the voices have two things in common: they have an outstanding story to tell, and that story is available to all for free on the internet. Despite the obvious constraints of surviving evidence, men and woman, rich and poor and respectable ... Leer más

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  • A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England

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