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History - Other — page 2

51 public-domain history - other books, summarised. Page 2 of 2.

Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf

Ralph Nevill

A sweeping chronicle traces human fascination with chance from aristocratic West End clubrooms to continental casinos and English racecourses, where fortunes vanish on the turn of a card or the throw of a die.

History - Other6 min read

The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day

John Camden Hotten

Streets, taverns, and shopfronts reveal the hidden history of everyday life when viewed through the forgotten art hanging directly above their doorways.

History - Other11 min read

The Story of Madras

Glyn Barlow

On a windswept stretch of the Coromandel Coast, a modest seventeenth-century English outpost slowly transforms into a sprawling, multi-layered Indian metropolis through decades of siege, trade, and administrative ambition.

History - Other7 min read