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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852235843Author Brian BraithwaiteFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ebury PressPublisher Ebury PublishingWeight(grams) 1093g

A combination of scholarship with quite exemplary thoroughness. SPECTATORA profoundly intelligent book which combines the results of monumental research with elegance and lucidity.DAILY TELEGRAPHThe concept of chivalry is one of the central ideas of the...

Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over the past 300 years winning many superb battle honours. Their history reflects that of the British Army as there is hardly a major...

The British Army suffered its most severe defeat in Imperial history at the hands of the Zulu impies at Isandhlwana. The authors'' description of the events on that day brings to life the tragedy for the reader whether at home or on the ground.'Book...

One of the most celebrated accounts of Operation MARKET GARDEN. It has achieved the status of a classic and is now republished with corrections, additions and amendments by the author, who himself fought at Arnhem. This new edition, besides being a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850458145Author Rene J. FrancillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Osprey Publishing (UK)Publisher Osprey Publishing (UK)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850339475Author Georgia SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Phillimore & Co LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd

Hampshire's County Hospital was founded in 1736 by Alured Clarke, in Colebrook Street in what had been a house belonging to the nuns of St Mary's Abbey. The Hospital moved in 1759 to a new building in Parchment Street, designed at least in part by John...

Chichester is fortunate archaeologically, in having been so little disturbed in the 19th century. Evidence of Early Bronze-Age and Late Iron-Age occupation has been discovered, together with pre-Conquest amphorae, a massive defensive ditch of Cogidubnian...

Chichester is fortunate archaeologically, in having been so little disturbed in the 19th century. Evidence of Early Bronze-Age and Late Iron-Age occupation has been discovered, together with pre-Conquest amphorae, a massive defensive ditch of Cogidubnian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850332544Author Barbara Carpenter TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Phillimore & Co LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780836856682Author Stewart RossFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Gareth Stevens PublishingPublisher Gareth Stevens PublishingWeight(grams) 522g

The Men Behind The Medals tells the stories of Royal Air Force aircrew who flew on operations during the Second World War and whose service was recognised by the aw ard of gallantry medals. 'Book InformationISBN 9780850525861Author Air Commodore Graham...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850524123Author Richard Townshend BickersFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen & Sword Books LtdPublisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780831767068Author Hanson W. BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Smithmark,U.S.Publisher Smithmark,U.S.

This eloquent and provocative essay describes the emergence of a Virginia gentleman. Sent to England for an education, William Byrd II soon learned to emulate the ideals of English gentility. In 1704 the thirty-year-old Byrd inherited his father's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786866755Author Simon SchamaFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Hyperion BooksPublisher Hyperion BooksWeight(grams) 1402g

This book's nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list reflects the public's need to know the facts of the assassination of JFK. The author's new evidence and astute analysis point toward a conspiracy to kill JFK, the act itself, and the cover-up...

The wide ranging content is laid out in an informative newspaper-style and covers subjects including sporting records, exploration, film and enterainment, music and literature, fashion, scientific achievements, politics, inventions, quotations,...

The city of Ely sits resplendant above the vast surrounding fenland, dominating the scene with its eleventh-century cathedral. The city dates back to medieval days, yet today is as noteworthy for its evidence of the constant and dramatic speed of change...

This book draws on a range of evidence to describe the lives of men, women and children during the Second World War. left behind. It examines how they lived, studied, fought and worked for the war effort, worshipped and played. There are also short...

Get ready for a prehistoric adventure! Our first stop is intimidating Maiden Castle: shaped like the coil of a giant snake, Britain's largest hill fort is the size of 26 football pitches! Britain is brimming with these battle-worn hill forts, and...

A brilliant series that combines historical facts with interesting and relevant ideas for craft activitiesBook InformationISBN 9780749678241Author Ruth ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Franklin Watts LtdPublisher Hachette Children's...

In the summer of 1940, Britain's army had been driven ignominously from France, her allies had collapsed and the population was seized with invasion panic. It seemed only a matter of time before Britain was forced to surrender to Germany's terrifying and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780747235033Author Carolyn HouganFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 200g

True stories of master jailbreakers.Book InformationISBN 9780747210375Author J. P. BeanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 498g

Vietnam was one of the most controversial wars of our time, and this book analyzes the military machine that went to war there. The author looks at its strengths and weaknesses, its organisation, manpower, armour and artillery, and tells the stories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780713910612Format HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Allen LanePublisher Allen LaneWeight(grams) 1088g

"The Lords of Avaris" is one man's journey in search of the legendary origins of the Western World. Our story begins in a small rock-cut tomb below the desolate ruin-mound of Jericho in the Jordan Valley. This is the start of an epic journey of...

This work offers an insight into the rise of Hitler, the lightning dash of his armies to the Channel coast in 1940 and on the debacle of Dunkirk - the crucial and fundamental turning point of World War II.Book InformationISBN 9780712674287Author Len...

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake. I will tell you all about our people, and then you can judge whether an Indian is a man or not. . . What I have to say will come from my heart, and I will speak with a straight...

This is a biography of Gerald Durrell written by a friend of 40 years. Gerald Durrell is of interest not only as a writer about wildlife, but as a man dedicated to the saving of species likely to die out. As a result of his pioneering zoo in Jersey he...

Bringing together Sigmund Freud, Osip Mandelstam, Lloyd George, Bertrand Russell, Isaac Rosenberg, Sigfried Sassoon, Vera Brittain -voices famous and unknown - Peter Vansittart takes us through the course of the Great War, juxtaposing letters from the...

Affectionately known as 'little England beyond Wales', Pembrokeshire has a rich and distinct history and culture drawn from the predominantly English speaking south and the Welsh speaking north of the county. This title will provide a concise yet...

Without the Thames there would be no London. From earliest times, the city's needs --whether for stone, gold or coal, for hay to feed livestock or food, or wine and spices for human beings -- were supplied from the river, as the fierce tides brought...

This text examines the nobility in English 16th century society. The volume rejects the notion that in this period the nobility was deliberately destroyed or undermined by the Crown, and refutes easy generalizations about its decline.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715392157Author Bruce QuarrieFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint David & CharlesPublisher David & Charles

Carol Andrews presents an illustrated account of how mummies were made, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs which housed the bodies and the grave goods which accompanied them.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714119625Author John H. TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint British Museum PressPublisher British Museum PressWeight(grams) 230g

10, 000 names of the history-makers * 50 lists, from the Roman Govenors of Britain to the Prime Ministers of New Zealand, and from the First Lords of the Admiralty to the Nobel prizewinners * 19 maps, covering periods, movements and events from the Roman...