Industrialization & industrial history

Black Gold: The History of How Coal Made Britain

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

Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018

Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.

Genius of Britain (Text Only)

The extraordinary history of British science, with commentary from Britain’s greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and James Dyson

The Gentry: Stories of the English: Unabridged edition

Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write – the real story of England. It is the gentry that has made England what it was and, to a degree, still is. In this vivid, lively book, history has never been more readable.

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