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Behind the Throne - Five Centuries of Life in the Royal Household by Adrian Tinniswood
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
Behind the Throneis a history of family life. The families concerned were royal families. But they still had to get up in the morning. They ate and entertained their friends and worried about money. Henry VIII kept tripping over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James I had to cut back ...Show more
His Invention So Fertile: a Life of Christopher Wren by Adrian Tinniswood
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the great British architect, aims to show us the man behind the legend - a man who was the Surveyor of the King's Works, a pioneering anatomist and mathematician, who devised new navigational instruments and lectured on planetary motion.
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House by Adrian Tinniswood
$90.00 NZD
Category: History
As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in twentieth-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. ...Show more
The Art Deco House by Adrian Tinniswood
$59.99 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors
The key domestic buildings of the Art Deco period by some of the greatest architects and designers of the 20th century. Today the Art Deco style enjoys a popularity unrivalled since its inception at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, from which the s ...Show more
The House Party by Adrian Tinniswood
$24.99 NZD
Category: Humour
A delightful journey through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian.Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktails. Welcome to a glorious journey through the golden age of the country house party - and you are invited. Our host, celebrated historian Adrian Tinniswood, tr ...Show more
The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House 1918-1939 by Adrian Tinniswood
$85.00 NZD
Category: History
There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand statel ...Show more
The Royal Society & the Invention of Modern Science by Adrian Tinniswood
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: The Landmark Library | Reading Level: near fine
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge has been at the forefront of scientific endeavour for more than 350 years, since receiving its royal charter from Charles II in 1662. Philosophical Transactions, published in 1665, established the concepts of scientific priority and peer review ...Show more
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