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The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in...

Examines the impact on the British illustrated publishing industry of emigres from Germany and Austria in the first half of the twentieth century, looking in particular at the art publishing houses of Phaidon Press and Thames & Hudson. About the...

While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Through the millennia, the age at which a child becomes a youth and a youth becomes an adult has varied by gender, class, religion, ethnicity, place, and...

A.J. Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories, tales and ballads of Robin Hood, and re-examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard illuminates the legend of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914008Author Karen DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Handsworth, Hockley and Handsworth WoodBook InformationISBN 9780752415512Author Peter DrakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NPI Media GroupPublisher The History Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845244705Author Hugh JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Llygad Gwalch CyfPublisher Llygad Gwalch CyfDimensions(mm) 150mm * 155mm * 6mm

This illustrated survey examines what it was actually like to live with plague and the threat of plague in late-medieval and early modern England.; Colin Platt's books include "The English Medieval Town", "Medieval England: A Social History and...

The Age of the Dictators presents a comprehensive survey of the origins and interrelationship of the European dictatorships. All the regimes are addressed, with ample coverage of the period 1939-45, and analysis of the Soviet government up to Stalin's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061469053Author Roy DolinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945'Outstanding' The Times'The most interesting personal document which has come out of Germany since the war' Philip Magnus, Time and TideTowards the end of the Second World...

Social scientists study food in many different ways. Historians have most often studied the history of specific foods; anthropologists have emphasized the role of food in religious rituals and group identities; sociologists have looked primarily at food...

In this compelling guide and sourcebook, renowned author and scholar Michael Rice introduces us to the inhabitants of ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes. Here are the great and the famous, from Cleopatra to...

This fascinating collection of over 200 archive photographs illustrates some of the historical developments which have shaped the town of Brighouse and its surrounding communities. The Industrial Revolution and the coming of the Canal Age brought new...

The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips - recently voted the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339611Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

Duddingston is less than two miles from central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Yet it has its own identity, and in 2019 it celebrates 60 years of its own conservation society. It has several outstanding grade-A Listed Buildings, including 12th...

This atlas draws together crucial social and economic data on England, Scotland and Wales between 1780 and 1914, and gives a clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain during the modern period.About the AuthorJohn Langton St John's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956299406Author Phil MathisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint DEADGOOD PublicationsPublisher DEADGOOD PublicationsWeight(grams) 146g

The second edition of Public History: A Textbook of Practice offers an updated guide to the many opportunities and challenges that public history practitioners can encounter in the field.Historians can play a dynamic and essential role in contributing to...

Making England, 796-1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England and the significant changes that led to it becoming one of the most successful and sophisticated political structures in the western world by the middle of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620784023Author Keith ChisnallFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Keith ChisnallPublisher Keith ChisnallWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385500807Author Jonathan WrightFormat PaperbackImprint Image BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams) 468g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938190455Author Cheng Man-ch'ing aFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

The novels of Wyndham Lewis have generally been associated with the work of the great modernists-Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Yeats-who were his sometime friends and collaborators. Lewis's originality, however, can only be fully grasped when it is understood...

Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in shaping the early-modern world. Yet while much has been written about the Huguenots during the...

This is a translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi, a contemporary chronicle of the Third Crusade, 1187-1192. Told from the viewpoint of the European crusaders, it recounts the fall of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134176Author Slavenka DrakulicFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This classic, illustrated book tells the story of the famous faithful Skye terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, who watched over his master's grave for 14 years in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. The Corbies series brings the heroes and rogues, triumphs and...

This classic, illustrated book tells the story of the famous faithful Skye terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, who watched over his master's grave for 14 years in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. The Corbies series brings the heroes and rogues, triumphs and...

An up to date short study which examines the key debates on British economic performance since 1914. Rex Pope considers the indicators and measures involved in assessing economic performance and then looks at issues affecting the economy such as the role...

William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt examines the first stages of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule during the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book analyses the causes of growing discontent in the Netherlands and the various stages...

Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World is the first comprehensive study of warfare and the Byzantine world from the sixth to the twelfth century. The book examines Byzantine attitudes to warfare, the effects of war on society and culture, and...

Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry had an enormous influence on the evolution of twentieth century poetry in English, and two of his most distinctive poems were written while he was posted to the Jesuit church of St. Francis Xavier, in Liverpool. 'Felix...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956623102Author Roger BryanFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Cymdeithas Aberaeron SocietyPublisher Cymdeithas Aberaeron Society

Welwyn Garden CityBook InformationISBN 9780752401331Author Angela EserinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

See below for alternative languages for this title Chartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. Its old town is equally fascinating. The beautiful Pitkin guide shows all...

See below for alternative languages for this title Chartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. Its old town is equally fascinating. The beautiful Pitkin guide shows all...

Monty Newton and Rodolphe Lemoine must be two of the most outrageous conmen in history. When the Rajah Sir Hari Singh of Kashmir came to London in 1919, his first time in Europe, between visits to the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales he was...

In our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more efficient and this phenomenon is not novel. In the spring of 1910 hundreds of workers labored day and night to demolish the Gillender Building in New York,...