To celebrate the beginning of 1800, Queen Charlotte invites 100 children to Windsor Castle, where England's first Christmas tree, laden with gifts, is the centerpiece. Includes biographical information about Queen Charlotte and a timeline.

"Travel back in time to ancient Britain, a region loaded with archaeological finds that have been instrumental in our understanding of the past. This volume explores ancient Britain's most exciting archaeological digs and discoveries. Readers are introduced to this area's history, characteristics, and importance, and then are treated to detailed text and full-color photographs of important artifacts. The text is organized chronologically, helping...

Describes the Tower of London, its history from the days of King William to its use as a prison for people as diverse as Lady Jane Grey and Nazi Rudolf Hess to its status today as a landmark of world history.

"Imprisonment, hunger strikes, suffrajitsu -- the decades-long fight for women's right to vote was at times a ferocious one. Acclaimed artist David Roberts gives these important, socially transformative times their due in a colorfully illustrated history that includes many of the important faces of the movement in portraiture and scenes that both dignify and enliven. He has created a timely and thoroughly engaging resource in his first turn as nonfiction...

"Throughout the ages, the most successful civilizations were the ones who realized that everyone poops and they'd better figure out how to get rid of it! From the very first flushing toilet (invented way earlier than you would think) to the efficient Roman aqueducts (possibly inspired by the goddess of sewers!) to castles in the Middle Ages whose moats used more than just water to repel enemies, Poop happened! traces human civilization through this...

A humorous account of how a British thief would have been punished in the eighteenth century by being sent to Australia in 1785.

Surveys the social, economic, cultural, and technological developments in Great Britain and Ireland from the time of the first inhabitants through the twentieth century.