They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the history of Britain as you've never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society; whose lives embodied hope and change; and who still have the power to inspire us today.

'Portillo's Secret History of Britain' presents a compelling and wonderfully evocative history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned buildings. Using a combination of his own investigations and archive research, plus memories and quotations from the contributors he interviewed for the series, Michael will explain what the buildings were used for and by whom, why they were abandoned, and what they can tell us about our past.

1905: Ruby Caselton may only be twenty-five years old but she already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Heavily pregnant with her second child, penniless and exhausted, she is moving her family into a new home. The Caseltons left their last place when they couldn't pay the rent, but Ruby's husband Eddie has promised this will be a fresh start for them all. And Ruby desperately hopes that this time he will keep his word. With five-year-old...

Deserted settlement sites are all around us and all British people will live within a very few miles of an example. Most of these settlements perished in the medieval period, when dwellings were prone to decay. This book not only explores such abandoned villages, but shows readers how they can investigate them for themselves.

As with the BBC television series, 'A House Through Time' offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from elegant dwelling in a fashionable...

This is a collection of black and white photographs capturing the railways of the London, the Midlands, North Wales and Western Scotland in the landmark year of 1955. It also contains detailed text, including technical specifications.

The history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, amateur inventors and muddling through. In 'England and the Aeroplane' David Edgerton reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power. In a revelatory recounting of the story of...

For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich part of the fabric of our social history, from the fisher-folk of ancient Britain to the bohemian houseboat dwellers of the 1950s and beyond. Yet remarkably a complete history of the houseboat has never been written. In this fascinating chronicle, Julian Dutton - who was born and grew up on a houseboat - traces the evolution of boat-dwelling from an industrial phenomenon in the heyday...

This standard one-volume history tells the story of Britain and her peoples from the Roman occupation to the 1990s. It encompasses political, social, economic and cultural developments throughout the British Isles.

Murder & robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal history. The Great Bullion Robbery of 1855 & the Great Train Robbery of 1963 are often used as examples of the ultimate in criminal audacity. But Jonathan Oates shows that most railway crime is less sensational yet more revealing.