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A Life in Questions by Jeremy Paxman
Category: Biography
The witty, incisive and frank memoirs from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. Filled with views, opinions and stories from 4 decades in front of the camera.Jeremy Paxman is Britain s bravest, most incisive political interviewer. The no-nonsense star of BBC New ...Show more
A Life in Questions by Jeremy Paxman
Category: Biography
The book everyone is talking about News, views and hilarious stories from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. 'Bursting with good things' Daily Telegraph Jeremy Paxman is Britain's bravest, most incisive political interviewer. The no-nonsense star of BBC New ...Show more
Black Gold: the History of How Coal Made Britain by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster 'A rich social history ... Paxman's book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'Vividly told ... Paxman's fine narrative powers are at their best' THE TIMES Coal is the commodity that ...Show more
Empire by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
From the bestselling author of "The English" comes "Empire", Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr. The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ...Show more
Empire: What Ruling the World did to the British by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
THE INFLUENCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IS EVERYWHERE, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything, from Prime Ministers' decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. Whether it's the sports we think we're good at or the archi ...Show more
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
Category: WWI & WWII
We may think we know about it. But what was life really like for the British people during the First World War? The well-known images; -- the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of remembrance day -- all reinforce the idea that it was a ...Show more
Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people. "He writes so well and sympathetically, and chooses his detail so deftly, that if there is one new history of the war that you might actual ...Show more
On Royalty by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
What does it mean to be royal? At a time when the monarch no longer rules by divine right and governing powers fall to our elected leaders, the concept of royalty grows ever more elusive. The intellectual argument for the abolition of the monarchy is strong, and yet public interest in the royals continu ...Show more
On Royalty by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
What does it mean to be royal? At a time when the monarch no longer rules by divine right and governing powers fall to our elected leaders, the concept of royalty grows ever more elusive. The intellectual argument for the abolition of the monarchy is strong, and yet public interest in the royals continu ...Show more
The English by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: # Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? # Wha ...Show more
The Victorians by Jeremy Paxman
Category: History
Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian world takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imaginati ...Show more