Recollections of Old Liverpool

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Recollections of Old Liverpool

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Funny Little Games

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Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter

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The Second Barons' War: Simon de Montfort & the Battles of Lewes & Evesham

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With "The Thirty-Second" In The Peninsular And Other Campaigns

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East Anglian Disasters

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An Untidy Life: What I Saw at the Media Revolution

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The Soap Man: Lewis, Harris and Lord Leverhulme

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The Bootle Boy: an untidy life in news

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London in the Time of the Tudors - 1904- Illustrated Edition

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Leatherhead in the Great War

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Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present

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Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton

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Ferries Across the Humber: The Story of the Humber Ferries and the Last Coal Burning Paddle Steamers in Regular Service in Britain

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Bloody London: 20 Walks in London, Taking in its Gruesome and Horrific History

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Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

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To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative

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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - Volume 4

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The White Lady of Hazelwood: A Tale of the Fourteenth Century

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Harold's Town and Its Vicinity: Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, and High Beech, Epping Forest

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The Journals of Lewis and Clark

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The Krays' London: A History and Guide

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The Great Salt Lake Trail

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An Echo from the Green Fields

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Walking Tour of Rye, the Most Beautiful Town in England

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Sketches by Boz (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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To Hell or Monto: The Story of Dublin's Two Most Notorious Red-Lights Districts

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Retreat of I Corps 1914

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Holborn and Bloomsbury

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Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman, 1901–1914

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Harrowing Historical Nonfiction Bestseller About a Courageous Fight for Justice)

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Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear (Women's History Month, True Story about an Inspirational Woman)

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The Secret History of the World

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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

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The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written

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100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities

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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

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A Grief Observed

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World History 101: From ancient Mesopotamia and the Viking conquests to NATO and WikiLeaks, an essential primer on world history

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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

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The Library Book

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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof

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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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The Lessons of History

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Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It

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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

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The Great Reset: And the War for the World

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The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

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The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance

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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

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British Royals, Baalei Tosfos & Blood Libels: The Story of London Part I: Medieval Jewish London commences with the Norman conquest in 1066 by William the Conqueror. Jews were brought over from France to engage in moneylending. Officially the property of the kings, this gave them privileges and protection, while at the same ti...

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Martha Lytton-Cobbold of Knebworth House: Episode Description:Joining The Duchess on this latest episode is the wonderful Martha Lytton-Cobbold of Knebworth House. Martha and the Duchess enjoy an incredible conversation, discussing Knebworth’s historic ties to writers like Edward Buwler Lytton and Charles Dickens, we hear the incredible story of one of the nation’s greatest suffragettes, Martha elaborates on the challenges and importance of empowering women in heritage, and we hear amazing tales about the many the rock and roll luminaries that have performed on the iconic grounds. Have you ever watched Bridgerton, The Crown or Downton Abbey and wondered what it's really like to be a Duchess? If so, this is the podcast for you.Top Quotes:“Taking this on as a woman, many people will believe that what you’re doing isn’t correct. It’s important to think about your decisions, but make them, and stick to them.” - Martha Lytton-Cobbold“There are still struggles. There are still issues that ne

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S1E1 - Purify: By Che Walker

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Royal Food: Simon Parkes explores the connection between royal wedding banquets and British food.

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94 Read All About It! Fleet Street, London: Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the British Isles

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Ep. 352 - Cleveland's Millionaire's Row: Cleveland's Millionaires' Row was the place where the elite built their grand mansions in the early 1900s. Industry was booming and men like Marcus Hanna, Amasa Stone, Samuel Andrews, Charles F. Brush and John D. Rockefeller picked this sixth largest...

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Dollar Princesses: Ca$h for Coronets

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309 Phillip Reid, Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century: By the eighteenth century, the Atlantic Ocean had become a busy highway of ships crisscrossing its waters. What do we know about the ships that made these transatlantic voyages and connected the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world through trade,...

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Cheers to the start of Coronation celebrations

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3. Story of England: Tudor Feuds, Explorers and Fanatics: Dan couldn't do a history of England without a hearty helping of our favourite family.

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2. Story of England: Medieval Invaders: Great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, bloodshed at the battle of Hastings, Bubonic Plague and Roland the celebrity flatulist.

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Episode 103 - The Story So Far Part 4: In 1655 the English invaded Jamaica, but the isla…

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The Siege of Loyalty House

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The Mysterious Murder of Mary Jane Bennett: In Victorian England, the press were never shy of calling a crime the “sensation of the century” or a murder, “the most astonishing the world had ever seen.” When the body of a young woman showed up on the beach of a popular seaside resort town, no-o...

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89. Thomas Arne in Covent Garden

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Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt: The fight for social dominance and acceptance was a battle fought by many Gilded Age wives along with their financial warrior husbands. One of the most famous was Alva Vanderbilt who rose to finally make it through the golden portals into Mrs. Astor's social circle. Her iron determination resulted in her daughter Consuelo's seemingly fairytale marriage to a British aristocrat in 1895 - but none of it was a fairytale.

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Bonus Episode 13: Just north of an old toll bridge on the border of Dalkeith, Scotland sits a property called The Neuk in Bridge End. The beautiful home with servant quarters and outbuildings in Midlothian was the place for an exceptional party on February 3, 1911. As t...

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Rewind: The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue: At the heart of New York’s Gilded Age — the late 19th-century era of unprecedented American wealth and excess — were families with the names Astor, Waldorf, Schermerhorn, and Vanderbilt, and all would make their homes — and in the case of the Vanderbilts, their great many homes — on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

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#136 High Line Walking Tour

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Ghosts of the Gilded Age: The Gilded Gentleman presents Greg and Tom as they travel back in time to investigate a few personalities from the Gilded Age that, well, seem to have never left.

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#121 Fraunces Tavern

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65. Fire Island

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Marian Keyes: Author Marian Keyes joins the Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.

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120: A history of boating on Windermere: ...in which we are joined by Kendal-based author and Windermere Lake Cruises skipper Robert Beale to dive into the deep history of boating on England largest lake. Rambling along the fine new path from Lakeside to Finsthwaite, we look back to Roman t...

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Tower of London: Most Infamous Prisoners: Matt Lewis joins Dan Snow to uncover the secrets embedded within the Tower of London's formidable walls

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THE GOLD WRECK OF WALES: The incredible true story of the wreck of the Royal Charter on the coast of Anglesey, Wales, in 1859, as she neared the end of her voyage from the Australian goldfields carrying over 400 passengers and crew. The song "Isaac Lewis" about one of the yo...

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Countrystride #101: The Yellow Earl and Lowther Castle: ...in which we visit one of Lakeland's great historic houses, Lowther Castle, to explore the history of the 'Yellow Earl': Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, one of the most extravagant members of the English aristocracy. In the company of Charlot...

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Ep. 152 - The Tower of London: We start the show off with a recap of the second half of our Carolina Roadtrip and then comes the Tower of London! In London, located on the north bank of the River Thames, stands a tower that the mere mention of the name inspires feelings of dread...

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Lady Ailsa of Stonor Park: Episode Description: In this week’s episode, the Duchess speaks to Lady Ailsa of the historic Stonor Park. In the episode, Lady Ailsa tells the Duchess about the mysterious story of Hollywood’s lost aviator, we get the backstory on Stonor Park’s mystical foundations, and the ladies discuss the estate’s fascinating history of Catholic martyrdom. Top Quotes:"When living in these homes you do really reflect on how extraordinary it is to have this great tapestry of hundreds of years surrounding you." - Duchess"These homes aren't built for five people to rattle around in. They're built for everyone to see." - Lady Ailsa"In lockdown, we have noticed an enormous reconnection with Belvoir from the local community. We hope it will stay because the only way we will keep the roofs on these places is from the support of local people in the surrounding area. Living in heritage is such a partnership" - DuchessAbout the Guest and Stately Home:Lady Ailsa was born Ailsa Ma

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Why victims of the Windrush scandal are still waiting for justice: It’s the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex