Frommer's England 2008Historic and cultural background paired with specifics on hotels, restaurants and sightseeing for the budget conscious traveller.
Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the BritishDispatches from the new Britain: a slyly funny and compulsively readable portrait of a nation finally refurbished for the twenty-first century.
Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder A chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period of England's history, and of Bess of Hardwick, who died one of the wealthiest women of her era.