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The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded,        and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically        transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what        actually happened? How was the invasion viewed by those who witnessed it? And...

Gloria and Anthony Patch party until money runs out; then their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades and Anthony's drinking takes its horrible toll. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes, `an abiding distrust, an animosity, toward the leisure class -- not the conviction of a revolutionist but the...

Maurice Bowra was, according to one's point of view, either the most distinguished        or the most notorious Oxford don of the early twentieth century. Classicist, poet,        wit, raconteur extraordinary, and Warden of Wadham College for over thirty years, he        met nearly everyone of consequence in the worlds of literature and politics...

Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with        France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the        overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging        account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales...

Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930sHere is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading        authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick        shows how living conditions and day-to-day practices changed dramatically with        "e;Stalin's...