British Heritage
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Mary Boleyn was Henry VIII's mistress before he married her younger sister, Anne, but she survived Anne's downfall.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:00 pm
The idea to fly solo to Australia came sometime at the end of 1929. Bert Hinkler's record 15 1/2-day flight from England to Australia stood, and no woman had yet attempted to better it. It was only a matter of time before someone did, and Amy decided it should be her.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Alfred, England's darling for more than a thousand years, had 'The Great' bestowed upon him in medieval times by an English nation proud of their ancestor.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
The armies of William the Conqueror fought using tools of both offence and defence that differed radically from those used to storm the Normandy beaches in 1944.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
The heroes of this 1877 mining disaster in Wales worked doggedly to free their coworkers trapped deep below the surface in rising flood waters.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Edmund Halley, best known for his 17th century prediction of the 76-year frequency of the cosmos' most famous comet, made scientific contributions far beyond astronomy.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
After visiting Wales' fairytale Castell Coch, top off your trip with a stop in this quirky fantasy village.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uncovers the truth in the case of a man falsely arrested and imprisoned.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Take a ride on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's short-lived Atmospheric Railway and learn why it failed.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Isambard Brunel's railway was among his greatest engineering successes and established him as one of Victorian Britain's brightest lights--one that continue to shine and inspire today.
Published: September 23, 2001 at 1:01 am
THE EMERALD ISLE
For most of us travelling on the recent BRITISH HERITAGE/Lord Addison tour of Ireland, our visit began with our arrival in London the morning of 4th August, 2000, the Queen Mother's 100th birthday. As I waited for …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The North of England Ghost Trail, by Liz Linahan, Distributed in the United States by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vermont 05053, $29.95 hardcover, 1999.
'Between 1994 and 1996,' writes Liz Linahan in the introduction to her book The North of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Little-Known Museums In and Around London, by Rachel Kaplan, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. $19.95, paperback, 1997.Little-Known Museums In and Around London, like Rachel Kaplan's earlier volume about the often-overlooked museums of Paris, takes readers on a personal …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
A Reader's Guide to Writer's Britain: An Enchanting Tour of Literary Landscapes and Shrines, by Sally Varlow. Distributed by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, VT 05053. $24.95, paperback.A Reader's Guide to Writer's Britain, by Sally Varlow, is a wonderfully informative, …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Norton Shakespeare, Based on the Oxford Edition, Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor; Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, and Katharine Eisaman Maus, editors. Published by W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York. Tel: 800-233-4830. $65, slipcased hardback, 1997.The immortality of …
Published: August 12, 2001 at 1:01 am
Stonehenge Revealed, by David Souden, Facts on File, Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001, Tel: 800-322-8755, $29.95 hardback.The crossword puzzle in a recent issue of British Heritage included a clue that read: "Many people are disappointed at …
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