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Image of London: A History in Maps (London Topographical Society Publication)
Author(s):
Peter Barber
Genre(s):
British, British, British, British, British

London: A History in Maps

August 29, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Darren Richard Carlaw

“. . . a coffee table book that deserves to be read and studied. . . . beautiful and engaging . . .”

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Image of City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and its Famous Ravens
Author(s):
Boria Sax
Genre(s):
History, European, British, History, European, British, History, European, British, History, European, British

City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower and Its Famous Ravens

June 13, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Darren Richard Carlaw

“. . . a valuable study [but] Professor Sax misinterprets the value the majority of British people place on the Tower Raven myth . . .”

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Image of Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
Author(s):
Stevenson, William
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Historical, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, Military, History, European, British, Military History & Affairs, World War II, True Crime, True Crime, History, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Military, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, Historical, World War II, Military History & Affairs, European, British

Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II

December 9, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Russ Stover

“Vera Atkins—whose list of aliases goes on for a full paragraph—was the most successful agent of World War II.

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Image of The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages
Author(s):
Catharine Arnold
Genre(s):
British, European, European, British, European, British

The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City—Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages

December 1, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Darren Richard Carlaw

“Ms.

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Image of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Author(s):
Edward Dolnick
Genre(s):
Historical, Scientists & Inventors, British

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dr. Lydia Pyne

Europe in the year 1660 was an environment of interesting mixed historical contradictions.

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Garth Von Buchholz

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out to offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by tradition

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Susan Harper PhD

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by traditional

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