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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143037651Author Antony BeevorFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

For many centuries it was accepted that civilization began with the Greeks and Romans. During the last two hundred years, however, archaeological discoveries in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Syria, Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus Valley have revealed that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374531379Author Katherine AshenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

Having been lucky to suvive a German air raid on his Bristol home, Herbert Haddrell's personal account of the harrowing experience of being called up and sent to Normandy, where he was seriously wounded after 43 days of battle, is a fascinating and...

Written by some of the world's leading historians and theorists of history, Manifestos for History draws together a series of manifestos that address the question of what kinds of histories we ought to be considering and making in and for the...

Keith Robbins' accessible and stimulating account of world history since 1945 provides a framework for making sense of the political and social developments of the period. The focus is firmly on global political interaction. The underlying theme of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952371687Author Harriett GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Evelyn KentPublisher Evelyn KentWeight(grams) 365g

The Paston letters have long exercised a tremendous fascination for their capacity to recreate in vivid detail the lives of an ordinary well-to-do fifteenth-century family. H. S. Bennett's classic study recreates beautifully their historical context and...

The American Historical Review described the first edition as ' a tour de force; there is no equivalent work in English or French that covers the history of France during the last fifty years with such depth and originality'. The Journal of Modern...

The Lady of Sudeley was Emma Brocklehurst who in 1847 married John Coucher Dent and spent nearly 50 years of her life as the chatelaine of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire. A remarkable woman with wide-ranging interests and prodigious energy Emma Dent...

The real story of the SS, unlike its popular mythology, is so complex as to almost defy belief: it is a tale of intrigue and nepotism, of archaeology and Teutonism, of art and symbolism. Himmler's SS is a story of street fighters and convicted criminals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374530556Author George PackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Elmdon is a social history of a village in north-west Essex between 1861 and 1964. Throughout this period the population of Elmdon, which lies only fifty miles from London, was comparatively small, and this has enabled Jean Robin to follow the lives of...

When Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, it did not come as a surprise. Hitler's remilitarisation and repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles sounded a warning bell for what was to follow. Philip MacDougall here examines what steps the British...

Dramatic incidents such as the Great Fire of London, the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot have always captured the imagination. Equally fascinating are the causes and long-term effects on the lives of ordinary people caught up in the consequences of...

This book considers the phenomenon of nation-building before the age of modern nationalism. It focuses on royal (Polish) Prussia - the 'other' Prussia - a province of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1466 to 1772/3, and its major cities Danzig,...

This is an important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. C. I. Hamilton explores the role of technological change, the global balance of power and, in particular, of...

Beginning soon after the implementation of the policies of the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961, when the drive to collectivize and industrialize undermined the livelihoods of the vast majority of peasant workers, China's Great Famine was the worst famine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291987249Author Hugh Llewelyn DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684859798Author Douglas Southall FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 910Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1143g

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 This book examines the 1871 unification of Germany through the prism of one of its 'forgotten states', the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. It moves beyond the traditional argument for the importance of the great powers...

This is the ideal companion text to A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945. It is an introductory survey which explains how western Europe built up its postwar prosperity and is moving towards continental integration. Themes treated include:...

The colonial New England Town is one of the myths of American history, along with such others as George Washington and the Cherry Tree and The Frontier. They are difficult to shatter, for they perpetuate the popular belief that the nation has always...

What constituted a secret or a scandal in times gone by? This entertaining title in this new series gives an overview of the times and attitudes to 'secrets', and what was meant by a 'scandal'. The series uncovers revelations of spies and plots,...

The rocks of the Lake District were laid down over millions of years of volcanic activity and sub-marine sedimentation, eroded by wind, rain, and ice age glaciers, which scoured the river valleys, widened them, and formed the lakes we know today. The...

First published in 2003. The Debate on the English Reformation combines a discussion of the successive historical approaches to the English Reformation from 1525 to the present with a critical review of recent debates in the area, offering a major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894864046Author Tony HollihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Folklore PublishingPublisher Folklore PublishingWeight(grams) 246gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Taking a thematic approach, Derek Urwin addresses the major political and economic developments in western Europe since World War II, right up to the present day. The book covers issues and developments in national politics, and the movement towards...

From the bloody Wars of the Roses to Queen Elizabeth I's iconic rule, the Tudor Dynasty was a period of sex, scandal, and intrigue. Monarchs such as Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I have become a part of modern pop culture, resulting in endless parodies,...

It is important to tell the story of the DOVE Workshop from its birth during the miners' strike 1984-85, through its development as a community education and training resource and effective social enterprise and finally recognised as a 'shining beacon'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451210609Author Michael J. DurantFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752424972Author Dean PowellFormat PaperbackImprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd

Insight into the politics of Victorian and Edwardian BritainHistoric changes in British politics are examined in Class, Party and the Political System in Britain 1867-1914. The book takes readers through the time period beginning with the second Reform...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858251820Author Ella PontefractFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd

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Through the centuries, Russia has swung between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse and spectacular recovery. This illuminating and accessible history traces these cycles from the late Neolithic age to Ivan the Terrible, and from the height of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711033634Author Fiona RuleFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954902209Author Henry G.L. AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Aunemouth BooksPublisher Aunemouth Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948262067Author Gwilym HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Cambria ArchaeologyPublisher Dyfed Archaeological Trust

For its admirers, the Russian Revolution is a milestone in human progress; for its critics, it is a catastrophe of monstrous proportions. Edward Acton's stimulating study combines an introduction to the momentous events of 1917 with an analysis of this...