Hardcover, dj, in-8, 1032 pp., illustrations, bibliographical notes, bibliography, index.
To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian, the first time any of the world's leading intelligence or security services has taken such a step. The Defence of the Realm, the book which results, is an unprecedented publication. It reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser' up to its present role in countering Islamic terrorism. It describes the distinctive ethos of MI5, how the organization has been managed, its relationship with government, where it has triumphed and where it has failed. In all of this, no restriction has been placed on the judgements made by the author. The book also casts new light on many events and periods in British history, showing for example that through well-placed sources MI5 was probably the pre-war department with the best understanding of Hitler's objectives, and had a remarkable willingness to speak truth to power; how it was so astonishingly successful in turning German agents during the Second World War; and that it had much greater roles than has hitherto been realized during the end of Empire and in responding to the recurrent fears of successive governments (both Conservative and Labour) of Cold War Communist subversion. It has new information about the Profumo affair and its aftermath, about the 'Magnificent Five' and about a range of formerly unconfirmed Soviet contacts. It reveals that though MI5 had a file on Harold Wilson it did not plot against him, and it describes what really happened during the failed IRA attack in Gibraltar in March 1988. When Rab Butler was appointed Home Secretary with responsibility for the Security Service in 1957 he didn't even know where its headquarters were. The Defence of the Realm now describes this previously extremely secretive organization more fully than any previous book - and identifies all its main buildings on the endpapers.

Wrappers, 48 pp. Catalogue of a Quincentenary Exhibition at the British Library 28/10/1989-21/1/1990. Illustrations in BW. 89 items in the catalogue. Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of royal supremacy in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm.

1st Hardcover with ill. dj., sewn, 269 pp., glossary, index, bibliography to each chapter. Studies 14 key documents, from the coronation Charter of Henry I (1100) to the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries (1539, full text given on pp. 241-251) and includes such crucial documents as the Magna Carta, the Cosmography of John Holywood and the Poor Law of 1388.

Hardcover, stofwikkel, in-8, 630 pp., enkele foto's, bibliografie, noten, index. Populariserende geschiedschrijving. Barendse is historicus en was verbonden aan de univ Leiden.

Hardcover, illustrated dj, 448 pp. Index. Illustrations & maps in BW & colour. Note LT: the dissolution of the monasteries (1536 and 1538-1540) enriched the Crown (Henry VIII) but much of the land was sold to the already landed gentry (162-164).

4to. Blue buckram, gilt titles, 498 pp. Blue slipcase. Illustrations: 16 colour and 30 BW photos.

L'évolution de l'humanité, fondée par Henri Berr. Softcover, in-8, xxxvii + 684 pp., 3 tableaux généalogiques (Lancaster & York, Tudors, Stuarts), 3 cartes dont une dépliante en fin d'ouvrage, bibliographie, index.

Pb, 813 pp. Illustrations in BW. Index, bibliography, lists. The New York Times wrote: "A brilliant, multifaceted chronicle of economic and social change ... a remarkable achievement." Note LT: Cecil Rhodes (411-412, speculation on gold mines (413), important epilogue gives an overview (697-709), land in Ireland/Eire (105), land in Wales (106), land ownership, estate, country houses (119)

Hardcover, dj, large 8vo, XI + 308 pp. Index. Essays on 19th and 20th c. Great Britain, full of human detail, sceptical and fair-minded treatment of his subjects. 800 gram. Cannadine, °Birmingham, 1950, Director of the Institute of Historical Research in London. In chapter 16 DC discribes how the Empire was won and for what reasons. In ch. 22 he deals with the personality of the 'Colossus' Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) and his African dream 'from the Cape to Cairo'. C. argues that we will never understand Rhodes if we refuse to see the broader historical perspective of this titan, who was in fact no exception in his time. There were many more 'robber-baron plutocrats' like Rhodes.

Hardcover, dustwrapper, xi + 227 pp., illustrations and maps, notes and bibliography, index, genealogical tables (Bute family, Dartmouth family, Dudley family, Scarisbrick family, Hesketh family, . In the collection "Themes in urban history". This collection of essays explores the interrelationship between the survival of the patrician, landed elite, and the growth and development of a preponderantly urban society.

Poche, 608 pp., cartes, statistiques, index, bibliographie. Edition mise à jour 2008. Chassaigne est prof à Tours.

Pb, in-8, xiv + 471 pp., maps, bibliography, index. Contains a map of the arable acreage in 1870.

Pb, in-8, 223 pp. Notes, bibliography, index.

Pb 306 pp. Bibliography, index, time table, glossary, maps (BW). Well written introduction to the century of the Tudors.

2nd edit. Pb, grand in-8, 271 pp., illustrations and maps in BW, notes, bibliography, index. Hooke (1635-1703).

Pb, grand in-8, 463 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliographie, index. Bernard Cottret (°1951) est un historien français et un angliciste.

Broché, in-8, 478 pp., photos et cartes

Paperback, in-8, 403 pp., illustrations, index.
This book was first published in 1910. It is a treasury of English cultural heritage.

Paperback, in-8, 401 pp., illustrations, bibliographical notes, bibliography, index.

When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.

Hardcover, dj, in-8, 721 pp.

In King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett's stage is the wild, half-pagan country of eleventh-century Scotland. Her hero is an ungainly young earl with a lowering brow and a taste for intrigue. He calls himself Thorfinn but his Christian name is Macbeth.
Dunnett depicts Macbeth's transformation from an angry boy who refuses to accept his meager share of the Orkney Islands to a suavely accomplished warrior who seizes an empire with the help of a wife as shrewd and valiant as himself.