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British Literature Book Summaries

Empire Summary
Empire
The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
by Niall Ferguson 2008 398 pages
3.93
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
by Penelope Lively 2014 240 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
British Literature
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 240 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The International Bestseller Revised and Updated
by Kate Fox 2014 528 pages
3.91
10k+ ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
King John Summary
King John
And the Road to Magna Carta
by Stephen Church 2015 330 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Medieval
Introduction To Mentalism Summary
Introduction To Mentalism
7 Mentalism Tricks to Manipulate the Mind
by Thomas Redder
3.88
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
British Literature
Heroic Failure Summary
Heroic Failure
Brexit and the Politics of Pain
by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
British Literature
The English Summary
The English
by Jeremy Paxman 2007 320 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
History
British Literature
Politics
Scotland Summary
Scotland
by Rab Houston 2008 172 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Scotland
British Literature
J.R.R. Tolkien Summary
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Biography
by Humphrey Carpenter 2014 385 pages
4.03
15k+ ratings
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Who Owns England? Summary
Who Owns England?
How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back
by Guy Shrubsole 2019 440 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Environment
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life Summary
Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life
Collected Talks: 1960-1969
by Alan W. Watts 2006 272 pages
4.42
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Buddhism
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song
A Farmer's Journey
by James Rebanks 2021 303 pages
4.43
6k+ ratings
Nature
Memoir
Environment
Seriously Funny Summary
Seriously Funny
The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett
by Terry Pratchett 2016 128 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Humor
British Literature
Comedy
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 216 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
English Journey Summary
English Journey
‘The finest book ever written about England and the English’
by J. B. Priestley 2023 384 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Travel
History
British Literature
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett
4.31
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
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