Great Britain

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942613Author David HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Millions live there, millions more visit each year - but how many really know London?Find out:How New York's famous Central Park came to be modelled on a seventeenth-century London squareWhen Primrose Hill almost gained a pyramid even larger than the...

This book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911427Author Geoffrey OldfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

James Watt (1736-1819) was a pivotal figure of the Industrial Revolution. His career as a scientific instrument maker, inventor and engineer was developed in Scotland, his land of birth. His subsequent national and international significance as a...

The prehistory and early history of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Avon, and the city of Bristol.Reviews`Here is material well chosen to stimulate as well as to entertain.'History And Archaeology ReviewBook InformationISBN...

This study looks at the relationship between popular recreations and the spaces in which they took place, and in doing so it provides a history of how England enjoyed itself during the long eighteenth century. Because the poor lacked land of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385497718Author Peter AckroydFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

This impressive selection of over 200 old photographs and illustrations whisks the reader away on an exciting and informative tour of central Leeds as it used to be. Remember the last surviving bow-windowed shop on Briggate, or the Old Hall Hotel which...

"Warrenpoint" is a memoir, and more than a memoir: with moments of novelistic narrative and lyricism wedded to musings on the aesthetic and theological themes of the author's coming of age--filial piety, original sin, a child's perceptions, and then the...

The fate of Richard III's two nephews, Edward V and Richard of York, who disappeared after his coronation in 1483, has remained controversial centuries after Thomas More's history and Shakespeare's play laid the blame on their conniving uncle. Some...

Tales from the Hanging Court draws on published accounts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834, a rich seam of social, political and legal history. Through these compelling true stories of theft, murder, rape and blackmail, Hitchcock and Shoemaker capture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951282632Author James MorrisseyFormat PaperbackImprint A.& A.FarmarPublisher A.& A.Farmar

This book reproduces the original 1937 founding pamphlet of Mass-Observation - the compelling social research project that ran for decades in the mid-20th century - with expert commentary throughout. It also features brand new supporting essays by and...

An original study of the role of the Chartist Press in the campaign for democracy in Victorian Britain, and overseas. A study of the press from 1838 to the late 1850s A wider area is studied: it considers the press in England Scotland, Wales, Ireland...

Edinburgh On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the city's fascinating history, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Edinburgh diary - with an entry for...

This collection of essays addresses research trends in the history of British leisure while also presenting a wide range of articles on cultural conflict and leisure in the twentieth century. It includes innovative research on a number of topics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950922246Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Ch PublicationsPublisher Ch PublicationsWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Why did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the world where greater temperature extreme was the norm? The long nineteenth century was a period consistently cooler than now, and Scotland remains the coldest of...

Around StocksbridgeBook InformationISBN 9780752411637Author Stocksbridge & District History SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

This timely work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism. Unified in their hostility to the Kremlin's authority, the fifteen constituent Union Republics, including the Russian Republic, declared...

This second volume in the Tales of the East Riding series features more intriguing characters and remarkable events from around the area.About the AuthorMartin Limon lives in Beverley and has been a journalist and writer for many years.Book...

Published to mark the 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth, this book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating some of his abiding preoccupations. Prompted by quotations from the novels and other writings, each themed chapter...

Part of the Tempus History & Guide series, this book offers an in-depth look at the city of Portsmouth, a significant naval port on the southern coast of England.Book InformationISBN 9780752422633Author Mark BardellFormat PaperbackImprint The History...

The Holocaust is a pervasive presence in British culture and society. Schools have been legally required to deliver Holocaust education, the government helps to fund student visits to Auschwitz, the Imperial War Museum's permanent Holocaust Exhibition...

What does Christmas mean to you? From cake to crackers, trees to turkey and stockings to Santa Claus, The Great British Christmas explores Christmas past and the origins of the traditions we hold dear today. This delightful anthology includes the legend...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971899Author Joyce MalcolmFormat PaperbackPage Count 1180Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1922g

Who was Robin Hood? Throughout history the figures of the hooded man of Sherwood forest and his band of outlaws have transfixed readers and viewers; but where does the myth come from? The story appeared out of the legend of the Green man but found its...

This interdisciplinary study explores how classical ideals of generosity influenced the writing and practice of gift giving in medieval Europe. In assuming that medieval gift giving was shaped by oral 'folk models', historians have traditionally followed...

Patrick Collinson was one of Britain's foremost early modern historians. This volume collects together a number of his most interesting and least easily accessible essays with a thoughtful introduction written specifically for this book. This England is...

Bruce Lenman's hugely ambitious study explores three interacting themes: the growth of England's sprawling colonial empire; its military dimension; and the impact of colonial warfare on national identity. He starts in Ireland, with the renewed assault...

How the medieval right to appoint a parson helped give birth to English common law Appointing a parson to the local church following a vacancy-an "advowson"-was one of the most important rights in medieval England. The king, the monasteries, and local...

Willy Cockhead had to live with his name. So too did countless others lumbered with ridiculous monikers, safely hidden away in Oxford's records and censuses - until now. And what names! Some rhyme (Dick Thick), a few are odd (Silly Waters), others you...

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796) is Scotland's most-loved poet and his words immortalised the beautiful and untamed West Coast. Burns was born in Alloway and lived most of his life in Dumfriesshire. Using old photographs drawn from a range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641893817Author Aidan NorrieFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press

This lively socio-cultural history examines household service, one of the largest, multi-layered, mobile and most indispensable sectors of employment in early modern England. Drawing on a wide variety of cultural sources including literary depiction and...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Cheltenham during the twentieth century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the...

This book studies the careers and political thinking of English martial men, left deeply frustrated as Elizabeth I's quietist foreign policy destroyed the ambitions that the wars of the mid-sixteenth century had excited in them. Until the mid 1580s,...

This witty, warm and altogether delightful look at the history of music hall in Preston will fascinate lovers of musical history everywhere. Travelling from back-street alehouses to palatial theatres and featuring internationally recognised stars of the...

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, including the deaths of over a thousand 'Men of Lancaster', and its legacy continues to be remembered today. This book looks at the impact that the loss of so many men had on the community and...