Rough Crossings - Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Rough Crossings - Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of

Power of Art (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of

Face of Britain - The Stories Behind the Nation's Portraits (Schama Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Art - Vintage Minis (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Belonging - The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

HORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVERBelonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 it tells the stories not just of

Citizens - A Chronicle of The French Revolution (Schama Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of

Hang-Ups - Essays on Painting (Mostly) (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Pre-eminent author and art historian Simon Schama has written widely on art for many years to great

Fatal Purity - Robespierre and the French Revolution (Scurr Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble - Writing on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Passionate, provocative, entertaining and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ranges far and wide: from cookery and family to Barack Obama, from preaching and Shakespeare to Victorian sages, from Charlotte Rampling and Hurricane Katrina to 'The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of The

Landscape and Memory (Schama Simon)(Paperback)

A Time Magazine Best Books of the Year. In Landscape and Memory, award-winning author Simon Schama ranges over continents and centuries to reveal the psychic claims that human beings have made on nature. He tells of the Nazi cult of the primeval German forest; the play of Christian and pagan myth

Patriots and Liberators (Schama Simon)(Paperback / softback)

A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and

Wordy (Schama Simon)(Paperback / softback)

A wide-ranging collection of essays written by the award-winning writer and historian over his forty-year career, chosen by the man

The Rough Guide to Brazil (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides)(Paperback)

The Rough Guide to Brazil Discover this vast and varied South American countrywith the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether youplan to hit the beaches of Rio, take a boat up the Amazon or explore thegorgeous colonial towns of Minas Gerais, The Rough Guide to Brazil

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Bailyn Bernard)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as 'the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation,' it was enlarged in

American King - Sierra Simone

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes the final installment a steamy new polyamorous romance trilogy with a dash of politics and a pinch of magic. His name is Maxen Ashley Colchester, and he swore a duty to his country. Then, he swore his heart to them.They

American Prince - Sierra Simone

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes the next installment in a steamy new polyamorous romance trilogy with a dash of politics and a pinch of magic. His name is Embry Moore, and he serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States...for now. Embry

Lafayette and the American Revolution (Freedman Russell)(Paperback)

When the Marquis de Lafayette ran off to join the American Revolution against the explicit orders of the king of France, he was a strong-willed nineteen-year-old who had never set foot on a battlefield. Although the U.S. Congress granted him an honorary commission only out of respect for his title

British Politics and the American Revolution (Perry Keith)(Paperback)

This new book looks at British Politics in the 1760's and 1770's during the American Revolution. Perry looks particularly at colonialism and the colonial administration, and at the general conduct of the war with America. He also surveys the development of radicalism in Britain subsequent to the

American Slavery - 1619-1877 (Kolchin Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Beginning with the Colonial period, progressing through the Revolution and the Antebellum period, this book chronologically documents the historical evolution of slavery in the

Closing Time (Heller Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic

Girl on the Dancing Horse - Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro (Dujardin Charlotte CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Crossings - An epic, unputdownable read from the worldwide bestseller (Steel Danielle)(Paperback / softback)

Crossings is a deeply moving and completely enjoyable novel - Danielle Steel is a master

Fistful of Shells - West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (Green Toby)(Paperback / softback)

American Slavery, American Freedom (Morgan Edmund S.)(Paperback)

In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and