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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911823Author Don FarnsworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 marked the end of a thousand years of the Christian Roman Empire. Thereafter, world civilisation began a process of radical change. The West came to identify itself as Europe; the Russians were set on...

This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908332042Author E. Patricia DennisonFormat HardbackPage Count 507Imprint Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

An invaluable guide to a complex subject, this atlas:* gives a general introduction to the physical, ethnic and religious composition of the region* includes summary maps of Eastern Europe in 1900, 1923, and 1945 * charts the ebb and flow of the first...

Containing over 200 charming pictures and postcards from the collections of two local families, this absorbing book depicts the lives and times of those who lived and worked in Hereford and the surrounding area around 100 years ago.Hereford is dominated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955681295Author Brian NugentFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint Brian NugentPublisher Brian NugentWeight(grams) 782g

The Northrop Corporation offered the single engined Gamma 2F attack plane to the US Army Air Corps in October 1934. After modification work this type evolved into the highly innovative A-17 attack aircraft of which 110 aircraft were ordered. Northrop...

This is the fourth volume of a comprehensive history of the British Communist Party in the 20th century. It begins with Russia's entry into World War II, which opended for a renewal of popular front politics. It examines the Labour governments of 1945 to...

Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650 is the first truly international study of warfare at sea in this period. Commencing in the late fifteenth century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, Warfare at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060935429Author Jacques BarzunFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 472g

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether or not we trace our families from beyond the shores of Britain, we British people deserve a better...

This splendid portrait of medieval and early modern Scotland through to the Union and its aftermath has no current rival in chronological range, thematic scope and richness of detail. Ian Whyte pays due attention to the wide regional variations within...

Like dropping in for coffee with old friends from all social classes, this book gently tells the life stories of more than a dozen residents of Kent from the last century. From changes in farming, medicine and welfare; the trials of war; the...

War and Society in Early Modern Europe takes a fresh approach to military history. Rather than looking at tactics and strategy, it aims to set warfare in social and institutional contexts. Focusing on the early-modern period in western Europe, Frank...

In The Dutch Wars of Independence, Marjolein 't Hart assesses the success of the Dutch in establishing their independence through their eighty years struggle with Spain - one of the most remarkable achievements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384025Author John JewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport.About the AuthorMartin Polley is...

This second edition of Multi-Ethnic France spans politics and economics, social structures and cultural practices and has been updated to cover events which have occurred on the national and international stage since the first edition was published...

Paul Kennedy owes a great deal to the editor who persuaded him to add a final chapter to this study of the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of European powers since the age of Spain's Philip II. This tailpiece indulged in what was, for an...

In deference to the wishes of innumerable readers and at fantastic trouble and expense, we are able to here present a collection of extracts from that learned work, long in preparation but still unpublished, treating upon the fascinating but difficult...

Wakefield was an important market town in the Middle Ages, as well as an inland port on the River Calder. It prospered through trade and industry in textiles, coal mining, tanning and grain, becoming the county town of West Yorkshire in the Industrial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957540347Author Hugh McNeileFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint The A. K. Chesterton TrustPublisher The A. K. Chesterton Trust

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244669782Author Rodney CastledenFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 200g

This third edition of British Culture is the complete introduction to culture and the arts in Britain today. Extensively illustrated and offering a wider range of topics than ever before, David P. Christopher identifies and analyses key areas in...

Popular Politics in Nineteenth Century England provides an accessible introduction to the culture of English popular politics between 1815 and 1900, the period from Luddism to the New Liberalism. This is an area that has attracted great historical...

Keith Wilson is Lecturer in International History at the University of Leeds.; This book is intended for undergraduate history courses: broad 20th century European history, First World War, military history, war studies, international and diplomatice...

The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and...

Understanding New Labour's past is essential to understanding its ideology, strategy and actions in government. James E. Cronin addresses this past in order to assess the meaning and significance of New Labour, whether it constitutes an effective model...

How could a community of 2000-3000 Viking peasants survive in Arctic Greenland for 430 years (ca. 985-1415), and why did they finally disappear? European agriculture in an Arctic environment encountered serious ecological challenges. The Norse peasants...

Pan-African History brings together Pan-Africanist thinkers and activists from the Anglophone and Francophone worlds of the past two-hundred years. Included are well-known figures such as Malcolm X, W.E.B. Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, and Martin Delany, and...

The Medieval Church: A Brief History argues for the pervasiveness of the Church in every aspect of life in medieval Europe. It shows how the institution of the Church attempted to control the lives and behaviour of medieval people, for example, through...

This book contains essays written over the past 25 years about medieval urban communities and about the loyalties and beliefs of medieval lay people in general. Most writing about medieval religious, political, legal, and social ideas starts from...

Five Parishes in Late Medieval and Tudor London presents linked microhistorical studies of five London parishes, using their own parish records to reconstruct their individual operations, religious practices, and societies. The parish was a foundational...

This work shows the extent to which the shipping of Africans to the Americas continued after the Abolition Act of 1807.Book InformationISBN 9781138976849Author Christopher LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis...

Reflections' is an intimate and joyful portrait of life in Trevignano Romano, a village on the shores of the glimmering Italian lake whose waters spurt from Rome's fountains. Along this Roman Riviera, only an hour from the Colosseum, are the remains of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043337Author Andrew Danks VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

Since its rediscovery in the early 20th century, through spectacular finds such as those by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, Minoan Crete has captured the imagination not only of archaeologists but also of a wider public. This is shown, among other things,...

This concise introduction provides an overview of the state of research on women's history in the early modern period. It emcompasses a guide to the historiography, an assessment of the major debates, and information about the varied sources available...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956355454Author Alex LangstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Spirit of Albion BooksPublisher Spirit of Albion BooksWeight(grams) 69g