United Kingdom (Bookshelf)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the 'United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a country and sovereign state that lies to the northwest of mainland Europe, with its only land border with the Republic of Ireland. It extends over all of the island of Great Britain and the north-east part of the island of Ireland.

The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, St George's Channel, and the Irish Sea. The United Kingdom is linked to France and Continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.

—Excerpted from United Kingdom on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

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Contents 1 Royalty 1.1 Before the Norman Conquest (pre-1066) 1.2 Medieval (1066-1485) 1.3 House of Tudor (1485-1603) 1.3.1 Henry VIII 1.3.2 Mary Tudor 1.3.3 Elizabeth I 1.4 House of Stuart (1603-1714) 1.5 House of Hanover (1714-1901) 1.5.1 Victoria 2 History 2.1 England 2.2 Scotland 2.3 Wales 3 Cities 3.1 Birmingham 3.2 Cambridge 3.3 Canterbury 3.4 Coventry 3.5 Edinburgh 3.6 Exeter 3.7 Liverpool 3.8 London 3.9 Oxford 4 Regions 4.1 Cornwall 4.2 Devon 4.3 Hebrides 4.4 Surrey 4.5 Wales 4.6 Yorkshire 5 International relations 6 Art & Architecture 6.1 Bell's Cathedrals 7 Science 8 Misc. 9 See also

Royalty

Before the Norman Conquest (pre-1066)

• King Alfred of England  Jacob Abbott

Medieval (1066-1485)

• Henry the Second  Green, Mrs. J. R., 1847-1929
• Henry of Monmouth, Memoirs of Henry the Fifth Vol 1 , Vol 2  Tyler, J. Kendell

House of Tudor (1485-1603)

Henry VIII

• The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)  Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
• A Ioyfull medytacyon to all Englonde of the coronacyon of our moost naturall souerayne lorde kynge Henry the eyght (A Joyful Meditation of the Coronation of King Henry the Eighth)  Hawes, Stephen
• Henry VIII and His Court  Mühlbach, L. (Luise), 1814-1873
• Henry VIII.  Pollard, A. F. (Albert Pollard), 1869-1948

Mary Tudor

• The Reign of Mary Tudor  Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894

Elizabeth I

• Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth  Godolphin, Mary [pseud.], 1781-1864
• Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and Fragmenta regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favourites  Hentzner, Paul, 1558-1623, Naunton, Robert, Sir, 1563-1635

House of Stuart (1603-1714)

• History of King Charles the Second of England  Jacob Abbott
• An Apologie for the Royal Party (1659); and A Panegyric to Charles the Second (1661)  Evelyn, John, 1620-1706, Keynes, Geoffrey [Editor]
• History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second  Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806

House of Hanover (1714-1901)

• Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third; From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2)  Buckingham, The Duke of, Chandos
• Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents  by The Duke of Buckingham
• A History of the Four Georges and of William IV by McCarthy, Justin Huntly 4. vols

v. 1 , v. 2 , v. 3 , v. 4 

Victoria

• Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901  Anonymous
• The Letters of Queen Victoria, 3 vols Vol. 1, (1837-1843) , Vol. 2, (1844-1853)  A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Victoria, Queen, Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925[Editor], Esher, Viscount [Editor]
• Queen Victoria  Browne, E. Gordon
• Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood  Greenwood, Grace, [pseud.], 1823-1904
• Queen Victoria  Strachey, Giles Lytton, 1880-1932
• Great Britain and Her Queen  Keeling, Annie E.
• Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Vol 1 , Vol 2 

History

England

• Charles Dickens A Child's History of England  audio 
• Young Folks' History of England  Yonge, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901
• G. K. Chesterton A Short History of England 
• The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)  Adams, George Burton, 1851-1925
• The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Vol 8  Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953, Lingard, John, 1771-1851
• The History of England in Three Volumes Vol. III. From George III. to Victoria  Farr, Edward, Nolan, E. H. (Edward Henry)
• History of the English People by Green, John Richard, 1837-1883

Volume I: Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 

Volume V: Puritan England, 1603-1660 

Volume VI: Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 

• The History of England in Three Volumes, by Hume, David, 1711-1776
  

Vol. I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John 

Vol. I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. 

Vol. I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary 

Vol. I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. 

Vol. I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell 

Vol. I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. 

Vol 1. Alternate version 

• The History of England: From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)  Tout, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), 1855-1929, Hunt, William [Editor], Poole, Reginald L. [Editor]
• Chronicles by Raphael Holinshed
  

Volume 1 The Historie of England, (8 parts) Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 , Part 8 

Volume 2 Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, (12 parts) Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 

• Froude's History of England  Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
• The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859
  

Vol. 1 , Chapter 1 , Chapter 2 , Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 , Chapter 5 

Vol 2 , Chapter 6 

Vol 3 , Vol. 4 , Vol 5 

• The History of England in Three Volumes by Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771
  

Vol. II. From William and Mary to George II.  

• England under the Tudors  Innes, Arthur D. (Arthur Donald), -1938
• The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of England  Parmele, Mary Platt, 1843-1911
• The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860  Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891
• The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution  Pollard, A. F. (Albert Pollard), 1869-1948
• An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England  Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947
• Friedrich Engels The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844  trans. Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky
• Hilaire Belloc The Historic Thames 
• Comic History of England  Nye, Bill, 1850-1896

Scotland

• Andrew Lang A Short History of Scotland 
• The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746); (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)  Thomson, James Pringle

Wales

• Sir Owen Morgan Edwards A Short History of Wales 

Cities

Birmingham

• Thomas Anderton A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" 
• William Hutton An History of Birmingham (1783) 
• Thomas T. Harman & Walter Showell Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically 
• Charles Pye A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington 
• Eliezer Edwards Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men 

Cambridge

• Beautiful Britain—Cambridge  Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
• Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College  Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

Canterbury

• Beautiful Britain—Canterbury  Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
• Canterbury  by Canon Danks

Coventry

• The Churches of Coventry; A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains  Woodhouse, Frederick W.

Edinburgh

• Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 

Exeter

• Exeter  Heath, Sidney, 1872-

Liverpool

• 'A nonagenarian' Recollections of Old Liverpool 

London

• William Ferneley Allen The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges 
• Sir Walter Besant The History of London 
• Sir Walter Besant Chelsea (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant Hampstead and Marylebone (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant Holborn and Bloomsbury (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant The Kensington District (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant The Strand (The Fascination of London) 
• Sir Walter Besant Westminster (The Fascination of London) 
• P. H. Ditchfield Memorials of Old London, Volume I 
• W. J. Loftie Authorised Guide to the Tower of London 
• Reginald Sharpe London and the Kingdom - Volume I 
• Reginald Sharpe London and the Kingdom - Volume II 
• Henry C. Shelley Inns and Taverns of Old London 
• Henry Tomlinson London River 

Oxford

Frederick Douglas How & E.W. Haslehust Oxford 

Regions

Cornwall

• The Survey of Cornwall; And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue  Carew, Richard, 1555-1620

Devon

• Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts 
• Lynton and Lynmouth
  A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland 

Hebrides

• Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)  Boswell, James, 1740-1795
• Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland  Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Surrey

• Highways and Byways in Surrey  Parker, Eric

Wales

• Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)  Boswell, James, 1740-1795

Yorkshire

• Yorkshire  Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
• Yorkshire—Coast & Moorland Scenes  Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
• Yorkshire Ditties, First Series  Hartley, John, 1839-1915
• Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series  Hartley, John, 1839-1915
• Yorkshire Lyrics; Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect  Hartley, John, 1839-1915
• Yorkshire Tales. Third Series; Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect  Hartley, John, 1839-1915
• Songs of the Ridings  Moorman, F. W. (Frederic William), 1872-1919
• Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems  Moorman, F. W. (Frederic William), 1872-1919

International relations

• Ephraim Douglass Adams Great Britain and the American Civil War 
• An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)  Rait, Robert S.
• England over Seas  Roberts, Lloyd
• The Wars Between England and America  Smith, T. C.

Art & Architecture

• Dutton Cook Art in England 
• The Harbours of England  Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Turner, J. M. W. [Illustrator]

• Shakespearean Playhouses; A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration  Adams, Joseph Quincy
• Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys  Butler, Dugald; Story, Herbert

Bell's Cathedrals

A series of guidebooks written by various authors, for British cathedrals and Abbeys. Each contains "A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See"

• Canterbury 
• Chichester 
• Carlisle 
• Durham 
• Ely 
• Exeter 
• Norwich 
• Rochester 
• Romsey Abbey 
• Salisbury 
• Sarum 
• Smithfield 
• St. Albans 
• St. Paul's 
• Southwark 
• Tewkesbury and Deerhurst 
• Wimbourne and Christchurch 
• Winchester 
• York 

Science

• Charles Babbage Reflections on the Decline of Science 

Misc.

• Six Years in the Prisons of England  Anonymous, A Merchant - Henderson, Frank [Editor]
• Letters from England  Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis, 1803-1886
• From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman"  by Defoe, Daniel, 1661-1731, Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor]
• Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 , Audio book, computer generated  Defoe, Daniel, 1661-1731
• Vanishing England  Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
• Landholding in England  Fisher, Joseph, the younger, of Youghal
• What to See in England  Home, Gordon, 1878-1969
• Afoot in England  Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922
• After London; Or, Wild England  Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887
• The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire  Jennings, James
• Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham  Laski, Harold J.
• England, My England  Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
• Travels in England in 1782  Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1757-1793
• British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car; Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland  Murphy, Thomas Dowler, 1866-1928
• Beaux and Belles of England; Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire  Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
• Reise durch England und Schottland  (German) Schopenhauer, Johanna, 1766-1838
• The Customs of Old England  Snell, F. J. (Frederick John), 1862-
• Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland  Tatlow, Joseph, 1851-1929
• Letters on England  Voltaire, 1694-1778
• England  Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900
• The Handbook to English Heraldry  Boutell, Charles, 1812-1877
• The Forest of Dean; An Historical and Descriptive Account  Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George), 1825-1867
• Early English Meals and Manners  ed. Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

See also

• Boer War (Bookshelf)
• World War I (Bookshelf)