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Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
Category: Architecture
Europe's cathedrals are magnificent. They outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the world - which everyone should 'see before they die'. They are also hugely popular, most of them absolutely packed. They are humankind's greatest creations.In Europe's ...Show more
Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
Category: Architecture
From Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville, discover the continent's finest architecture with the Sunday Times bestselling author of Britain's 100 Best Railway StationsEurope's cathedrals are magnificent. They outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere i ...Show more
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
Category: Military
<b><i>The Battle for the Falklands </i>is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins.</b> Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home. The ...Show more
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings; Simon Jenkins
Category: Military
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin
The Cathedrals of England by Harry Batsford; Charles Fry; Simon Jenkins (Foreword by)
Category: Architecture
A new edition of Batsford's classic 1930s guide to England's cathedrals. This classic guide from 1934 gives a brief account and pictorial review of every cathedral in England that existed at the time. Simply and concisely written to be read by anyone with an interest in the subject, the book features c ...Show more
The Celts - A Sceptical History by Simon Jenkins
Category: History
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, GuardianWho were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of h ...Show more
The Celts - A Sceptical History by Simon Jenkins
Category: History
'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian' Jeremy Paxman, GuardianWho were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as gho ...Show more