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Churchill - The Statesman As Artist by David Cannadine
Category: Biography
Across almost 50 years, Winston Churchill produced more than 500 paintings. His subjects included his family homes at Blenheim and Chartwell, evocative coastal scenes on the French Riviera, and many sun-drenched depictions of Marrakesh in Morocco, as well as still life pictures and an extraordinarily re ...Show more
George V by David Cannadine
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Monarchs
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the modern monarchy, with its emphasis on frequent public appearances, family values and duty. George V was an e ...Show more
The Country House: Past, Present, Future - Great Houses of the British Isles by David Cannadine (ed)
Category: Architecture
This exciting new book on British country houses offers an unusual and magnificent look at the lifestyle, architecture, and interior design of the country house of the British Isles. From Brideshead to Downton Abbey, the country house is a subject of fantasy and curiosity, as well as a rich resource to ...Show more
The Crown in Focus - Two Centuries of Royal Photography by Claudia Acott Williams; David Cannadine (Foreword by)
Category: Photography
Crown on Camera traces the remarkable relationship between the British Royal Family and photography over the course of nearly 200 years. From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's enthusiastic adoption of the emerging technology in the mid-19th century to the use of Instagram by the modern monarchy. Today, ...Show more
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years by David Cannadine
Category: Non-Fiction
This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch. In February 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will mark seventy years as monarch with a celebration known as the Platinum Jubilee. This official publication honors the Quee ...Show more
The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine
Category: History
David Cannadine's impassioned, controversial plea for us to recognise the importance of both equality and history. Great works of history have so often had at their heart a wish to sift people in ways that have been profoundly damaging and provided intellectual justification for terrible political decis ...Show more
Tudors to Windsors by David Cannadine (Introduction by)
Category: Art
The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, embraces over 500 years of British history, more than 60,000 sitters and explores ideas of social change, power and influence. Arguably as powerful and influential as any individual are the heads of state and empire, whose portraits are among the ...Show more
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 by Mr David Cannadine
Category: Military
'This is stupendous. The British nineteenth century, in all its complexity, all its horror, all its energy, all its hopes is laid bare. This is the definitive history , and will remain so for generations' A.N. WilsonTo live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes ...Show more
Victorious Century - The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 by David Cannadine
Category: History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2018 'This is stupendous. The British nineteenth century, in all its complexity, all its horror, all its energy, all its hopes is laid bare. This is the definitive history, and will remain so for generations' A.N. Wilson To live in nineteenth-century Britain was t ...Show more
Victorious CenturyThe United Kingdom, 1800-1906 by David Cannadine
Category: History
A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. "An evocative account . . .[Cannadine] tells his own story persuasively and exceedingly well." --The Wall Street Journal To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unpreced ...Show more
Westminster Abbey - A Church in History by David Cannadine (ed.)
Category: Architecture | Series: The\Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Ser.
A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. C ...Show more
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