European history: medieval period, middle ages Books
Orion Publishing Co Nazi Germany And The Jews The Years Of
Book SynopsisA magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Written by arguably the world's leading scholar on the subject.
£14.24
Orion Publishing Co The Tribes of Britain
Book SynopsisWho are we? The story of the peoples of Britain and Ireland, drawing on new genetic discoveries, language, buildings and landscape.The diverse peoples of Britain and Ireland are revealed not only by physical characteristics but also through structures and settlements, place names and dialects. Using the latest genetic and archaeological research, the author shows how different peoples traded, settled and conquered, establishing the ''tribal'' and regional roots still apparent today. Its vast scope considers the impact of prehistoric peoples and Celtic tribes, Romans and Vikings, Saxons and Normans, Jews and Huguenots, as well as the increasing population movements of the last century.Trade Review[Miles] draws admirably on history, demography, sociology, biology, and even climatology in this wide-ranging cornucopia. * THE TIMES (2/9/06) *Coming at a time of surely historical levels of immigration, his hugely detailed survey... provides a vital background to any discussion of why Britain is the way it is. It will certainly warm the hearts of increasingly beleaguered multiculturists. * SUNDAY TIMES (3/9/06) *A big, eccentric tract written with a Victorian zeal to educate and improve the reader... [a] magisterial work. * TELEGRAPH (26/8/06) *
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Orion Publishing Co The Reformation
Book SynopsisA short but powerful study of one of the great watersheds of European historyAlthough for generations the Reformation was regarded as a major turning point in European history, in recent years its significance has been downgraded. But in this book Professor Collinson sets out to restore a sense of the Reformation as a momentous historical event. He brilliantly explores the complexities and corruption of the late-medieval Catholic Church - and the Europe-wide reform movement which produced Lutherans, Calvinists, Huguenots, Presbyterians and the Church of England, and which profoundly shaped the identity of the emerging nation-states of Europe.
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Orion Publishing Co The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Book SynopsisAn abridged edition of Edward Gibbon''s THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into a single epic narrative.Famously sceptical about Christianity, unexpectedly sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political leaders often achieve the exact opposite of what they intend, Gibbon was both alert to the broad pattern of events and the significant revealing detail. Attacked for its enlightened views on politics, sexuality and religion, the first volume was none the less soon to be found ''on every table'' and was widely acclaimed for the elegance of its prose. Gripping, powerfully intelligent and wonderfully entertaining, THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ranks as one of the literary masterpieces of its age.
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Orion Publishing Co A Social History of the Third Reich
Book SynopsisOne of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler''s Germany during the Third ReichThe Nazis developed a social system unprecedented in history. It was rigidly hierarchical, with the seemingly beneficent and ascetic figure of Hitler at the top - focus for the homage and aspirations of every man,woman and child. How did the ''ordinary citizen'' live under such a system? The author discusses such subjects as beauty in the Third Reich (no cosmetics, no slimming) as well as charting how you progressed to the elite Nazi cadres - administrators, propagandists or coercers. It shows childhood with the Hitler Youth and describes the intense medieval ritual injected into every phase of life from school and university to farm labour. It shows life in the office, in industry, in the professions - doctors, lawyers, artists - and in the Nazi Party itself. Finally, it documents what happened at the two extremes of German society - to the aristo
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Orion Publishing Co Sisters In Arms British Army Nurses Tell Their
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War.The amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in the Second World War form one of the greatest adventure stories of modern times, and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-class girls, barely out of school, were plucked from sheltered backgrounds, subjected to training regimes unimaginably tough by today''s standards, and sent forth to share the harsh conditions of the fighting services. They had to deal with the most appalling suffering, yet most found reserves of inner strength that carried them through episodes of unrelieved horror.Over 200 nurses died, torpedoed in hospital ships, bombed in field hospitals or murdered in Japanese prison camps. Dozens won medals for gallantry. From the beaches of Dunkirk, to Singapore and D-Day, they saw it all. Whether tending burned pilots from the Battle of Britain or improvising medical treatment in JapTrade ReviewTyrer's prose, tripped of purple passage or poetic flourish, reflects a brisk journalistic commitments to gathering the last testimonies in a tale well worth telling * THE TIMES *The great strength of this powerful depiction of wartime nursing is the use made of contemporary accounts by the nurses themselves * DAILY MAIL *Anyone seeking a definition of the genuinely heroic should read Nicola Tyrer's moving account of Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service * EVENING STANDARD *Written with sensitivity, with personal anecdotes and illustrations, this is entertaining and inspirational * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *Written with sensitivity, with personal anecdotes and illustrations, this is entertaining and inspirational. * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *
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Orion Publishing Co Queens Consort
Book SynopsisEngland from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.England''s medieval queens were elemental in shaping the history of the nation. In an age where all politics were family politics, dynastic marriages placed English queens at the very centre of power - the king''s bed. From Matilda of Flanders, the Conqueror''s queen, to Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor consort, England''s queens fashioned the nature of monarchy and influenced the direction of the state. Occupying a unique position in the mercurial, often violent world of medieval state-craft, English queens had to negotiate a role that combined tremendous influence with terrifying vulnerability.Lisa Hilton''s meticulously researched new book explores the lives of the twenty women who were crowned queen between 1066 and 1503, reconsidering the fictions surrounding well-known figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine and illuminating the lives of forgotten figures such as Adeliza of Louvain. War, adultery, witchcraft, child abuse, murder - and occassionally even love - formed English queenship, but so too did patronage, learning and fashion. Lisa Hilton considers the evolution of the queenly office alongside intimate portraits of the individual women, dispelling the myth that medieval brides were no more than diplomatic pawns.Trade ReviewA fascinating study * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *As Hilton displays so effectively through the depth of her research, no two queens were the same... a fascinating read * New Statesman *Reading this stimulating pageant of a book... one frequently shudders at the fate of the women in bygone ages -- Antonia Fraser * Mail on Sunday *
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Orion Publishing Co Englands Last War Against France
Book SynopsisGenuinely new story of the Second World War - the full account of England's last war against France in 1940-42.Trade ReviewSmith describes unfamiliar battles with notable fluency and skill -- Max Hastings * SUNDAY TIMES *Riveting -- Robert Fisk * INDEPENDENT *his descriptions of these obscure battlefield encounters are thrilling and his narrative is spruce and peppery. -- Christopher Silvester * DAILY TELEGRAPH *a narrative of war that has much of Patrick O'Brian about it. -- Carmen Callil * GUARDIAN *excellent account of a woefully understudied 'war within a war'...Astonishingly, this is the first book -- Andrew Roberts * LITERARY REVIEW *Smith's considerable achievement is to unmask the reality and make us understand this painful period far better than ever before. * CATHOLIC HERALD *"a classic on the conflict with Hitlers Vichy allies... a superb book on an astonishing array of long-buried incidents." * OXFORD TIMES *"Colin Smith's light yet detailed touch superbly outlines a wasteful and depressing story... A quality read with many political and military twists and turns." * SOLDIER MAGAZINE *In this exemplary work, Smith displays a real knack for conveying time, place and pungent action. * WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW *
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Orion Publishing Co The Deadly Sisterhood A story of Women Power and
Book SynopsisThe women who wielded the real power behind the throne in Renaissance Italy, from a bestselling historian.This book is one of drama on a grand scale, a Renaissance epic, as Christendom emerged from the shadows of the calamitous 14th century. The sweeping tale involves inspired and corrupt monarchs, the finest thinkers, the most brilliant artists and the greatest beauties in Christendom. Here are the stories of its most remarkable women, who are all joined by birth, marriage and friendship and who ruled for a time in place of their men-folk: Lucrezia Turnabuoni (Queen Mother of Florence, the power behind the Medici throne), Clarice Orsini (Roman princess, feudal wife), Beatrice d''Este (Golden Girl of the Renaissance), Caterina Sforza (Lioness of the Romagna), Isabella d''Este (the Acquisitive Marchesa), Giulia Farnese (''la bella'', the family asset), Isabella d''Aragona (the Weeping Duchess) and Lucrezia Borgia (the Virtuous Fury). The men play a secondary roTrade ReviewThis group of well-born, fastidiously educated women played a crucial role in the complicated politics of Renaissance Italy, where a collection of city states and competing warlords struggled to maintain their independence from the papacy at home and the French and Spanish abroad ... a torrent of poisoned daggers, ruthless politics and sexual intrigue -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *[Frieda] portrays eight princesses in vibrant colours, while deftly sketching the political background . . . these princesses were capable of immense political courage -- Christopher Silvester * Daily Express *Full of bright, brash women, quite a lot of killing . . . and some really serious statement jewellery -- Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday *Detailed, dramatic and colourful * The Lady *This is a fresh and enlightening look at the dynastic confl icts of the fi fteeth century via the key female fi gures involved * BBC History Magazine *...it's a very welcome contribution to Renaissance studies, as well as a thorough and well-paced read. -- Lesley McDowell * GLASGOW SUNDAY HERALD *
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Orion Publishing Co The Fishing Fleet HusbandHunting in the Raj
Book SynopsisThe adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands. Perfect for fans of SINGLED OUT - a great book club option.Trade ReviewAnne de Courcy's history is a sparkling collage of stories and quotations in which we hear the authentic voices of the women and girls she portrays, most of them natural, unaffected writers with sharp eyes, a gift for description and a sense of humour. This book is brilliantly researched, and full of delights. * THE DAILY TELEGRAPH *Anne De Courcy combines the perseverance of a social historian with the panache of a novelist in her tales from the Raj. * THE TIMES *The Fishing Fleet is an entertaining, richly detailed account of a world that vanished overnight in 1947 with independence. De Courcy revels in the details of durbars, tiger hunts, maharajahs dripping with jewels, but also reveals how life in the jewel of the crown could be as desperate as it was glittering -- Daisy Goodwin * THE SUNDAY TIMES *This is a fine picture of a lost world -- JAD ADAMS * THE GUARDIAN *This sparkling collage explores the lives of the English girls who came to colonial India to hook themselves a spouse, and draws intriguing parallels between India and British social attitudes. * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *What this brilliantly researched book, using letters and diaries, reveals is that for many of the brightest and most attractive girls, the experience was thrilling and liberating - one girl writes how she went dancing 26 nights in a row, another had dates with eight different men in as many nights. For others, the experience was humiliating as, failing to land a man, they sailed home labelled 'Returned Empties'. Once married, the women showed extraordinary grit and strength as, unless they bagged top men in the prime city locations, the life could be lonely, hard and thankless. A wonderful slice of history -- Sally Morris * DAILY MAIL *Recommended as an absorbing read. * HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW *
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Anness Publishing The Complete Illustrated History of World War I A Concise Authoritative Account of the Course of the Great War with Analysis of Decisive Encounters Decisive Encounters and Landmark Engagement
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Anness Publishing World War I Witness Accounts
Book SynopsisFeatures over 100 quotes from wartime documents, newspaper reports, books, letters, tape recordings and soliders' diaries.
£6.99
Headline Publishing Group Royal Marines Commandos The Inside Story of a
Book SynopsisA gripping history of the elite brigade of the Royal Navy
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd FockeWulf Ta 152
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Johns Hopkins University Press Venice A Maritime Republic
Book SynopsisFrederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline.--'Speculum.'Trade ReviewStudents now have an analysis of Venice's fortunes over the whole course of its independent history that they can trust... A crisp and clearly visualized narrative. Times Literary Supplement The best one-volume history of Venice in any language. American Historical Review An up-to-date and comprehensive history of Venice has long been needed, and Professor Lane, as the doyen of historians of Venice, was the obvious man to supply it. -- J.H. Elliott New York Review of Books 1974 Frederic Lane has achieved what is the often unfulfilled dream of every historian who has devoted his entire work to the exploration of partial aspects of a single broad subject: he has given us a comprehensive, thoughtful, readable, beautifully illustrated general history of Venice from the origins to the beginning of decline. Speculum
£31.50
Louisiana State University Press The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism
Book SynopsisExamines the development of nationalism and its frequent manifestation, secession, by comparing the American experience with that of several other nations, including Germany, Hungary, and Brazil. They compare the US Civil War to the Crimean and Franco-German wars to determine whether the American conflict was the first modern war.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Elf Queens and Holy Friars
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Much has been written on medieval fairies in the past twenty years or so, but in Elf Queens and Holy Friars Green succeeds triumphantly in bringing new insights and thoughtful analysis to their history and their metamorphoses into divergent forms, as the early modern world begins to take shape." * The Times Literary Supplement *"As a guide to the traditions of Britain and France, [Green's] can't be surpassed. This is cultural history from below, not the usual top-down perspective. . . . It is not only original, sensible and deeply researched but accessible. Not only medievalists will actively enjoy reading it." * London Review of Books *"This wonderful book is a rare example of work which is genuinely interdisciplinary, making an equal contribution to our understanding of medieval romance literature, Western Christian theology and medieval Western European cultural history. It does this by bringing together two different bodies of source material-the romances and the writings of medieval churchmen-in both of which the author is equally expert. The result is a whole series of exciting new insights, centred on the theme of fairyland as a contested site in a struggle between official and unofficial cultures in the high and late Middle Ages." * Time and Mind *"A new book by Richard Firth Green is always a significant event, and this one, surveying fairy beliefs in the Middle Ages, is set to become the work of first recourse on the subject. It is scholarly, meticulously researched beyond the limits of all the more familiar examples, and is in many respects a profoundly revisionary account of such beliefs. It deserves to be read not just by folklorists and critics of those medieval romances in which fairies figure, but by cultural, social, and intellectual historians, theologians, and historians of witchcraft." * Speculum *"Elf Queens and Holy Friars is a lucid, rich and engrossing book. Green sustains his case for the contingency and variety of medieval fairy beliefs, while also making a coherent and compelling argument about medieval clerical approaches to such beliefs. The study is likely to become a staple of reading lists across a number of areas of literary and cultural history; however, its appeal should extend well beyond the academy. Elf Queens and Holy Friars is a deeply learned book, but it wears that learning lightly; there is much here for readers new to this field to enjoy, not least the sheer entertainment value of many medieval fairy accounts." * Literature & History *"Although I have brushed up against suggestions of fairy lore and activity many times in the materials with which I work, I have taken them for granted up to now, which also means I did not think very hard about them. Reading this book has illuminated a large expanse of material much more deeply and intimately than I imagined possible." * Claire Fanger, Rice University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Believing in Fairies Chapter 2. Policing Vernacular Belief Chapter 3. Incubi Fairies Chapter 4. Christ the Changeling Chapter 5. Living in Fairyland Postscript Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pittsburgh Press The Making of Dissidents
Book SynopsisBefore Hungary's transition from communism to democracy, local dissidents and like-minded intellectuals, activists, and academics from the West influenced each other and inspired the fight for human rights and civil liberties in Eastern Europe. Hungarian dissidents provided Westerners with a new purpose and legitimized their public interventions in a bipolar world order. The Making of Dissidents demonstrates how Hungary's Western friends shaped public perceptions and institutionalized their advocacy long before the peaceful revolutions of 1989. But liberalism failed to take root in Hungary, and Victoria Harms explores how many former dissidents retreated and Westerners shifted their attention elsewhere during the 1990s, paving the way for nationalism and democratic backsliding.
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Fordham University Press Form and Foreskin Medieval Narratives of
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1. The Gospel According to the Foreskin | 11 2. Saint Augustine and the Boy with the Long Foreskin | 32 3. Nicking Sir Gawain | 50 4. The Foreskin of Marriage | 82 Coda | 103 Acknowledgments | 109 Notes | 111 Index | 151
£61.50
The Merlin Press Ltd London Recruits The Secret War Against Apartheid
Book SynopsisThe history of the antiapartheid movement brings up images of boycotts and public campaigns in the UK, but another story went on behind the scenes, in secret.Trade Review"Schechter was 25 then, and attending the London School of Economics. He flew from 'swinging London' to apartheid Pretoria, his assignment to make mail drops to anti-apartheid activists and set off harmless 'poster bombs' at prearranged times to demonstrate the ANC remained a political force despite that country's harsh repression. Schechter's recollection, entitled 'The Day I Joined the Revolution' - which includes a poem he wrote at the time - is one of 37 revealing, firsthand accounts offered by people with similar assignments in "London Recruits"." --www.BuffaloNews.com
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The Merlin Press Ltd Squatting in Britain 19451955 Housing Politics
Book SynopsisBritain in 1946 witnessed extraordinary episodes of direct action. Tens of thousands of families walked into empty army camps and took them over as places to live. A nationwide squatters' movement was born and it was the first challenge to the 1945 Labour government to come 'from below'.Trade Review"...The definitive account of these events and, very usefully, the aftermath. The judgements are carefully made and convincingly argued." (Emeritus Professor James Hinton, University of Warwick)Table of Contents: Introduction; Housing for the Working Class: Politics and Resources; War, Peace and Requisitioning: Housing and Politics during the Second World War; 'Refugees from overcrowding': The Squatting Movement Begins; 'We were solid as a brick wall': Responses and Organisation; The 'Luxury Squatters': Occupying Empty Mansions; 'Such Desperate Need for Accommodation': Conditions, Costs and Priorities; Squatters and the Housing Lists: The Politics of Allocation; Conclusion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Armies of Agincourt 113 MenatArms
Book SynopsisHenry V became King of England in 1413. He was one of the great warrior kings of the country, cast in the same mould as Edward I and Edward III. He was just, pious, athletic, chivalrous, acquisitive, ruthless and eager to gain honour on the field of battle. Henry hoped that a successful campaign against the nation''s traditional enemy would draw the people together and establish the popularity of the Lancastrian dynasty. This splendid addition to Osprey''s Men-at-Arms series explores the background, organisation and equipment of the armies which fought in one of the most famous conflicts in England''s history the Battle of Agincourt.Table of ContentsIntroduction · The Campaign · The Battle · Analysis of the Battle · The Plates
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Loos Hill 70
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Loos formed part of a wider offensive conducted by both French and British Forces in September 1915. The British First Army, under the leadership of General Haig, were to break through the German line at Loos thanks in part to their superior numbers, while other operations were to achieve a similar result in Champagne and at Vimy Ridge. Due to lack of artillery the Loos attack was planned to be preceded by a massive gas attack. Chlorine gas would hopefully entirely overcome the Germans inadequate gas masks and lead to a swift breakthrough. Unfortunately all did not go to plan. First some of the gas was blown back into the British trenches causing over 2,000 casualties. Then when the assault itself took place the attackers were met by fierce German resistance, none more so than at Hill 70 where the German defenses were strong. Despite many waves of attack, very few troops made it into enemy trenches. After a few days the attack had to be called off. It had cost 60,000 British casualties for virtually no gain. Rudyard Kipling''s son John, serving with the Irish Guards, was also lost.
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Inter-Varsity Press The Bible and the flag
Book SynopsisA scholarly examination of the relationship between Protestant missions and imperialism in the past 200 years.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Battle of Hastings
Book SynopsisA unique collection of materials focused on one of the most significant battles in European history.The Battle of Hastings is a unique collection of materials focused on one of the most significant battles in European history. It includes all the primary sources for the battle, including pictorial, and seminal accounts ofthe battle by the major historians of the last two centuries. Stephen Morillo, in his own important piece, first sets the scene, describing the political situation in western Europe in the mid-eleventh century, and the events of1066. He then introduces the sources, reviewing the perspective of their medieval authors, and traces the history of writing about the battle. An important companion to the sources and interpretations is the set of original maps of the major stages of the battle, from first contact in the early morning of 14 October 1066 to final pursuit in the late evening darkness. Sources: WILLIAM OF POITIERS, WILLIAM OF JUMIEGES, ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, BAYEUX TAPESTRY, CARMEN DE HASTINGAE PROELIO Interpretations: RICHARD ABELS, BERNARD BACHRACH, R. ALLEN BROWN, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, E.A. FREEMAN, J.F.C. FULLER, JOHN GILLINGHAM, CAROL GILLMOR, RICHARD GLOVER, CHRISTINE and GERALD GRAINGE, DAVID HUME, STEPHEN MORILLO. STEPHEN MORILLO teaches history at Wabash College, Indiana; he is the author of Warfare under the Anglo-Norman Kings and a number of other studies ofAnglo-Norman warfare.Table of ContentsPart 1 Primary sources: William of Poitiers - "Gesta Willelmi"; William of Jumieges - "Gesta Normannorum Ducum"; "Anglo-Saxon Chronicles"; Florence of Worcester - "Chronicon ex Chronicis"; the Bayeux Tapestry; "Carmen de Hastingae Proelio". Part 2 Interpretations: bookland and fyrd service in late-Saxon England, Richard Abels; military service in Normandy before 1066, Marjorie Chibnall; William the Bastard at war, John Gillingham; naval logistics of the cross-Channel operation, 1066, Carol Gillmor; the Pevensey expedition - brilliantly executed plan or near disaster?, Christine and Gerald Grainge; the history of England, David Hume; the Norman Conquest, E.A. Freeman; the Battle of Hastings, 1066, J.F.C. Fuller; English warfare in 1066, Richard Glover; the feigned retreat at Hastings, Bernard Bachrach; the Battle of Hastings, R. Allen Brown; Hastings, an unusual battle, Stephen Morillo.
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Spokesman Books Levellers and the English Revolution
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Spokesman Books Imperialism A Study
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Society of Antiquaries of London Isurium Brigantum An Archaeological Survey of
Book SynopsisDraws together previous antiquarian and archaeological work and more recent surveys at Isurium Brigantum to give a new understanding of the town's topography and development.Trade ReviewThe importance of the results, the clarity of thought and expression, and quality of production should garner this volume a wide readership across specialists and non-specialists alike. * Archaeological Journal *The book contains much scholarly discussion of the evidence and the competing interpretations, integrated with the broader history of Roman Britain. It is also highly readable, lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans. It will appeal to general readers, as well as specialists in the field. * ClassicsForAll *Table of ContentsList of figures Preface Resume Zusammenfassung Acknowledgements Notes on referencing and archives Chapter 1: Introduction Background to this study Geographical setting Historical background Previous inferences on urban origins Textual evidence History of the town Previous archaeological work Organisation of this volume Chapter 2: Previous antiquarian and archaeological work Knowledge up to the mid eighteenth century The later eighteenth century The first half of the nineteenth century From the 1850s to the 1920s Excavations of the 1920s and 1930s The 1940s to the 1980s The 1990s onwards Chapter 3: The geophysical surveys Introduction Methodology Presentation of the results Area 1: North-western intra-mural area Area 2: North-eastern intra-mural area Note on terracing in the southern half of the town Area 3: Central intra-mural strip Area 4: South-western intra-mural area Area 5: South-eastern intra-mural area Area 6: South-eastern extra-mural area Area 7: Eastern extra-mural area Area 8: South-eastern extra-mural area Area 9: Northern extra-mural area Area 10: Northern extra-mural area beside the river Area 11: The northern bridgehead Area 12: The western extra-mural area Area 13: The south-western extra-mural area Chapter 4: Re-evaluating the history of Isurium Brigantum The Iron Age background The Roecliffe fort Earliest activity on the site of Aldborough Town planning The forum and the establishment of the civitas The Town Wall The character of the early to mid Roman town The development of the extra-mural areas The later Town Wall and annexes The later Roman townscape The transition to the Middle Ages Epilogue: history, antiquarian development and landscape Appendix 1: Gazetteer of archaeological interventions Appendix 2: Concordance with RIB Appendix 3: Concordance with CSIR Appendix 4: Architectural stonework Appendix 5: Stone altars Notes Abbreviations and bibliography Index
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Colourpoint Creative Ltd Where Are You Really From Kola Kubes and
Book SynopsisA fascinating and powerful memoir about growing up black in the Falls road area of Belfast during the Troubles in the 1970s and 80s, and a moving tribute to the mother who risked everything to keep her son.Trade Reviewone of the defining memoirs of the late Troubles * Sunday Times * an amazing story of secrets and sacrifice * Sunday Mirror * an enthralling read * The Times * The remarkable story of a life founded on lies but saved by a mother's love * Daily Mirror *
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Oldcastle Books Ltd British Traitors
Book SynopsisBritish Traitors explores the lives and motivations of a number of the traitors who betrayed their country during the twentieth century. From Kim Philby to Lord Haw-Haw, Wilfred Macartney to George Blake, the book Investigates what drives a person to commit that most heinous of crimes - treason....
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ONEWorld Publications Ireland
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Liberty Fund Inc History of Civilization in Europe
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse
Book SynopsisThis daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.Trade ReviewThis version of The Canterbury Tales is indeed 'fast-paced and entertaining'. It includes translations of most of the tales (certainly all of the most popular ones) and abridgments and summaries of a few others. Glaser's main innovation in this translation is a rather striking decision to render Chaucer's standard iambic pentameter line in iambic tetrameter. . . . Those who read his translation of The Canterbury Tales will likely be motivated to tackle a linguistically more challenging, yet more rewarding Middle English edition. Those who lack the time for such a task will still be able to appreciate the humor and variety of one of Chaucer's greatest works and will, through the basic and clear Introduction, get a sense of the historical and literary background of Chaucer, his times, and his works. The near conversational tone of the Introduction, furthermore, makes for an unintimidating encounter with a period of literature that, for many, is foreign and remote. As a kind of gateway text, therefore, Glaser's new translation of The Canterbury Tales will be much appreciated and valued by a non-specialist audience. --Jennifer A. Smith, Comitatus
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Holy Trinity Publications Embassy Emigrants and Englishmen The Three
Book SynopsisThis is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city.Trade Review". . . the definitive history of Russian Orthodox presence in London . . . . but much of the rich history of the Russian Church Abroad is also included . . . . One could call it an iconic approach to history." Dr. Christopher D.L. Johnson, orthodoxhistory.org"It took an effort of will to put [this book] down. . . . I was utterly entranced . . . . Treat yourself to this feast of ROCOR history!" Deacon Andrei Psarev, rocorstudies.org"A stunningly comprehensive adaptation of primary documents and other obscure sources...historically valuable contribution to the history of Orthodox Christianity outside of its Eastern origins." 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards, History - Editorial"This book offers thoughtful reflection on a number of key issues of Orthodox concern . . . This book's distinct perspective, detailed approach, and extended time frame will appeal to those with a deep interest in the Orthodox emigre experience." Matthew Lee Miller, Russian Review
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Flanders Then and Now After the Battle S
Book SynopsisThe author recreates, with contemporary photographs alongside others taken by him plus eyewitness accounts and narrative, the atmosphere, past and present, of that once famous salient. He aims to present a tribute to the men who fought with such courage and tenacity in the horrendous conditions.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Western Front Then and Now From Mons to the
Book SynopsisThis work covers the main British battle areas of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. Starting with the spark that ignited the war, the outline of events brings the operations of the British Army in France and Flanders full circle.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd DDay Then and Now v 2
Book SynopsisThis is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation Overlord, culminating in its launch on D-Day.Table of Contents"Die invasion hat begonnen!", Oberst Bodo Zimmerman; Omaha and Utah areas, Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley; the Medals of Honor - Gold Area, Brigadier Harold Pyman; the D-Day Victoria Cross - Juno Area, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P. Stacey; Sword Area, Brigadier David Belchem; Mulberry, Captain Harold Hickling; airfields, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory; an appreciation, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt; postscript, the editor; 50th anniversary commemorations, Brigadier Tom Longland; Normandy today, Major Tonie Holt.
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National University of Ireland The Making of the AngloIrish Agreement of 1985
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Crecy Publishing RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War
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Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Silchester Insula IX
Book SynopsisSilchester (Calleva) experienced major disruption in the late first century A.D. as the Iron Age oppidum was transformed into the Roman city responsible for the administration of the civitas of the Atrebates. Aligned on the cardinal points, a rectilinear street grid was laid across the settlement replacing the late Iron Age network of streets and lanes oriented north-west/south-east and north-east/south-west. While the pre-existing property boundaries within Insula IX were retained there was a total re-build within them. The excavated area contained one complete property and fragments of three of its neighbours. Rather than conform to the new grid all the buildings were constructed at 45 degrees to it, reasserting the late Iron Age orientations. The timber-framed buildings within the complete property consisted of a row of three a rectangular kitchen, a town-house and a roundhouse separated by a yard from a re-built taberna, also diagonal to the street on which it fronted. The surgic
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Mark Davison Chessington Remembered
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Green Magic Publishing Isle of Avalon
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Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd Medieval and postMedieval Development within Bristols inner suburbs
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the results of four archaeological projects undertaken within the historic suburbs of Bristol. Excavations at nos 2628 and at nos 5560 St Thomas Street were both within the 12th-century planned suburb of Redcliffe, just to the southeast of the medieval city.Table of Contents55-60 St Thomas Street, Redcliffe, Bristol Introduction Excavation Results The Documentary Evidence The Finds The Biological and Geoarchaeological Evidence Discussion Acknowledgements Bibliography 26-28 St Thomas Street, Redcliffe, Bristol Harbourside, Bristol Introduction Results The Finds The Biological Evidence Discussion Acknowledgements Bibliography Cabot House, Deanery Road, Bristol Introduction Results Finds Sumamry The Documentary Evidence Discussion Acknowledgements Bibliography
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Destinworld Publishing Ltd Middlesbrough St Hildas Timelines
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Quinnipiac University Press Notice to Quit
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated pamphlet seeks to contextualize the mass evictions by focussing on the ideological and economic factors as well as the role of religious and racial prejudice in prompting owners to rid their estates of what was known as a surplus population.
£9.45
Northern Ireland War Memorial The American Red Cross in Northern Ireland during
Book SynopsisAn estimated 300,000 US servicemen passed through Northern Ireland during the Second World War. This book documents the development of the American Red Cross clubs and services, and the support they provided these visiting armed forces and their families from 1942 until the end of the war. It also highlights the efforts of local people who did so much to help create a home from home.
£10.00
Orpington Publishers Patmos St John the Theologian
Book SynopsisAll you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
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Belcouver Press The Idea of the Union
Book SynopsisWho is speaking for the Union?It is a question that has been asked for several decades by Northern Ireland citizens anxious about the firmness of their place in the United Kingdom.It is now a question that will be asked with increasing concern by unionists in England, Scotland and Wales.In ''The Idea of the Union: Great Britain and Northern Ireland'', historians, distinguished politicians, economists, political journalists, cultural historians and versatile scholars on both sides of the water break cover and declare for the Union. The 20 contributors include David Trimble, Mike Nesbitt, Ray Bassett, and Graham Gudgin. The Foreword is by Baroness Hoey.''The Idea of the Union'' is a manifesto in favour of the constitutional link between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and between the nations of the kingdom. It also promotes cultural relations in the British Isles. But primarily, it is a handbook of arguments, rooted in history and the real world, agains
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