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Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Describes philosophical, political, and economic shifts around the world that led to what John Adams called the "real revolution" in America--changes in the American mindset--and explains how these changes brought about the explosive events that set off the Revolutionary War.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundred years. A brilliant 18th-century Irish philosopher and statesman, Burke was a fierce champion of human rights and the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, and a lifelong campaigner against arbitrary power. Revered by great Americans including Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, Burke has been almost forgotten in recent years. But...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2000, 1999
Language
English
Description
Plentiful color illustrations accompany this history of the East India Company, chartered by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600 and the tool through which Britain accumulated much of its empire and brought a host of new items to the West, such as tea, spices, silk, porcelain, and cashmere.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events -- the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London -- Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. As well as recording public and historical events, Pepys paints a vivid picture of his personal life, from his socializing and amorous entanglements, to his theatre-going and his work at the Navy Board. Unequaled for its frankness, high spirits
...Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A biography of Catholic martyr and saint, Thomas More, discussing his formidable intellect, political skill, and the steadfast faith that resulted in his beheading when he refused to follow King Henry VIII's lead in severing England's ties to the Catholic Church.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Investigates the American Revolution from the British side, drawing on primary sources to show how Britain, at the height of her power but suffering from internal political strife, made one mistake after another, culminating in the loss of her prized colonies.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Examines the magnitude of Winston Churchill's role as a leader during World War II, covering his strength in the face of an overwhelming force, the decrease of his significance after the United States entered the war, the strategic nature of his relationships with other Allied leaders, and later struggles with domestic popularity.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This book, which begins with what many believe to be a political killing, is an alternative history of Margaret Thatcher's premiership. It looks at the secret campaign that Mrs Thatcher and her government waged before and after the Falklands War against 'subversives': anti-nuclear, new age and ecology campaigners; poll tax protesters; trade unionists at GCHQ and Wapping; Greenham Common women; Scottish nationalists; Ken Livingstone and the GLC; Derek...
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