British history books
Highstreett has 4 reading guides and 4 book pages on British history.
Britain's past, from the Tudors and London to the Industrial Revolution and the empire.
British history reading guides and projects
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Best books about the British Empire
Six books about the British Empire, chosen from two Highstreett book searches: a history of the whole system, the case for it, an enslaved man's own account, the 1857 rising in India, an Indian nationalist's history, and the empire at home.
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Best books about the history of London
Six books on the history of London, chosen from two Highstreett book searches: the whole city in one volume, Tudor merchants, the Great Fire of 1666, the cholera of 1854, five Victorian women and the Blitz.
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Best books about the Industrial Revolution
Six books about the Industrial Revolution, chosen from two Highstreett book searches: why it began in Britain, the inventors and the steam engine, the people who worked in the mills, a first-hand account of Manchester, and a novel of a mill town.
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Best books about the Tudors
British history books recommended on Highstreett
Books Highstreett’s book search has recommended, most recommended first. Each page says what the book is and where to buy it.
- The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and ExperienceDavid GilmourBritish history
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedJared DiamondSocial history
- The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the RajAnne de CourcySocial history
- Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear DisasterSvetlana AlexievichSocial history
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