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Celebrated for its most famous resident, William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon has a much darker past than many would suspect. This book explores the sinister criminal history of this picturesque Warwickshire town, including cases that made both local...

The remarkable transformation of Orwell from journeyman writer to towering iconIs George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden's provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. Rodden does not...

The Cold War dominated international relations for forty-five years. It shaped the foreign policies of the United States and the Soviet Union and deeply affected their societies, domestic situations and their government institutions. Hardly any part of...

This source book examines the development of Italian Fascism, and surveys the themes and issues of the movement. It spans from the emergence of the united Italian state in the nineteenth century, to the post-war aftermath of fascism. It provides:*...

The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in Early Modern Europe marks the arrival of early modern material culture studies as a vibrant, fully-established field of multi-disciplinary research.The volume provides a rounded, accessible collection of work...

Basil Davidson gives insights into the depth and sophistication of African cultural and social history in a way that is intelligible and accessible to the lay-reader. North America: Ohio U PressBook InformationISBN 9780852557990Author Basil...

Offers a concise synthesis of the valuable research accomplished in recent years which has transformed our view of religious belief and practice in pre-Reformation England. The author argues that the church was neither in a state of crisis, nor were its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671427344Author George F. WillFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 251gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

The market town of Epping has seen much expansion and a great many changes in its long history. Recollections of times past are recorded here along with over 100 archive photographs, many from private and unique collections.Book InformationISBN...

For most of the nineteenth century, the United Kingdom was the great world power. The industrial revolution brought it unprecedented wealth, and it possessed the largest empire the world had ever seen. During the nineteenth-century the UK was also...

Wars, witches and worship were key elements in the nation of Scotland and the local life of Dalgety Parish during the 17th Century. It was a period when Scotland was moving from medieval feudalism into the early modern era. Post-Reformation and people...

This definitive overview of the development and use of artillery makes the complex artillery systems of today understandable, while at the same time showing how they have evolved and how they are likely to change in the future. The author, until recently...

In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger...

In this remarkable tale Nick Barratt delves into the shadows of the British and Soviet secret services to reveal the shocking story of his great uncle Ernest Holloway Oldham. After serving in the British army during the First World War, Oldham was...

In this remarkable tale Nick Barratt delves into the shadows of the British and Soviet secret services to reveal the shocking story of his great uncle Ernest Holloway Oldham. After serving in the British army during the First World War, Oldham was...

The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490-480 BC. In ten clearly...

Contrasting a selection of 45 archive images alongside full-colour modern photographs, this book traces some of the changes and developments that have taken place in the historic town of Thatcham during the last century. Accompanied by detailed and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900318457Author Peter BrearsFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Excellent PressPublisher Excellent PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm * 20mm

First Published in 2004. Four things dominated the life of the mediaeval noble: warfare, politics, land and family. It is with these central themes that this book is concerned. It encompasses the whole of the upper segment of the late medieval society;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780866906425Author James Herschel HoldenFormat HardbackPage Count 396Imprint American Federation of Astrologers IncPublisher American Federation of...

Over the years, the companies have deployed an arsenal of schemes in an attempt to outmaneuver the competition, whether it be stealing ideas, poaching employees, planting spies, ripping off characters or launching price wars. Sometimes the feud has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800162129Author Brian DingleFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Vibrating with endeavours for Britain's effort against the might of Nazi Germany, Clydebank was - in hindsight - an obvious target for the attentions of the Luftwaffe. When, on the evening of 13 March 1941, the authorities first detected that Clydebank...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334807Author Fiona ScharlauFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 135gDimensions(mm) 174mm...

Monarchy and Matrimony is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth I's courtships. Susan Doran argues that the cult of the `Virgin Queen' was invented by her ministers, and that Elizabeth was forced into celibacy by political necessity. Doran's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312422264Author Dominic StreatfeildFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908332035Author Vanessa HabibFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher Society of Antiquaries of...

The Mongols and the West provides a comprehensive survey of relations between the Catholic West and the Mongol Empire from the first appearance of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan's armies on Europe's horizons in 1221 to the battle of Tannenberg in 1410. This...

This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Duffy demonstrates the implications of the fortress for questions of military organization, strategy, geography, law, architectural...

This collection of essays explores aspects of the reception of ancient Rome in a number of European countries from the late eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War. Rome has been made to stand for literary authority, republican heroism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904349341Author Hilary TownsendFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914923Author Alan F TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint JMD MediaPublisher JMD Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986802164Author Maximilian ForteFormat PaperbackImprint Alert PressPublisher Alert PressWeight(grams) 358g

The concept of sex addiction took hold in the 1980s as a product of cultural anxiety. Yet, despite being essentially mythical, sex addiction has to be taken seriously as a phenomenon. Its success as a purported malady lay with its medicalization, both as...

The Song of the Cathar Wars is the first translation into English of the Old ProvenAal Canso recounting the events of the years 1204-1218 in Southern France. In an effort to extirpate the Cathar heresy, Pope Innocent III launched what is now known as the...

Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century is an innovative study of the issues of nation, gender and identity. Wilson bases her analysis on a wide range of case...

This second collection of over 200 previously unseen photographs takes a fresh look at Barton Hill, a lively community in east Bristol. The area was redeveloped during the 1950s and 1960s and these images document the huge changes that took place at that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619503Author Tudur OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999952235Author Ceri ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint The Hmm FoundationPublisher The Hmm FoundationDimensions(mm) 225mm * 250mm * 23mm