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Six years in the making, this superbly crafted book is a 'must read' for anyone interested in Victorian country mansions with regard to social life, architecture, layout of rooms and grounds, decor and furniture, twentieth-century developments in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477251638Author Bridget WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

Gathering a group of internationally renowned scholars, this volume presents cutting-edge research on the complex processes of identity formation in the transatlantic world of the Hispanic Baroque. Identities in the Hispanic world are deeply intertwined...

Edmund Burke (1730-97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy...

As the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars...

This fascinating selection of old photographs of Ellesmere Port shows the town in fine detail, and some of the major changes it has seen over the last hundred years. The once busy port with its warehouses and ships is portrayed in its heyday. We see the...

The origin of the names of many English towns, hamlets and villages date as far back as Saxon times, when kings like Alfred the Great established fortified borough towns to defend against the Danes. A number of settlements were established and named by...

The English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. Resisting the king was...

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

'One of the best!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series When adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat, will Viola Kingsley throw all caution to the wind?Two years after the death of the Earl of Riverdale, his...

Little Germany takes us back to the nineteenth century, when Bradford, West Yorkshire, was the wool capital of the world. Over the centuries, Germany and Great Britain have been close trading partners. When Bradford became renowned for its rapidly...

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486404882Author Daniel DefoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Ipswich, the largest and county town of Suffolk, takes its name from the medieval name 'Gippeswic'. Over its more than 1,000-year history, Ipswich has acquired a mix of the unexpected, strange, weird and wonderful examples of buildings and the people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189069619Author Peter FrankopanFormat HardbackPage Count 345Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe PublishingWeight(grams) 1040g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450807456Author Publications International LtdFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Publications International, LimitedPublisher Publications...

There is nothing more fascinating than a darkly handsome rake, especially one as controlled and elusive as Dillon Caxton, protg of Demon Cynster. Despite his dangerous air, Dillon is now a man of sterling reputation, but it wasn't always so. Years ago,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591840459Author Sydney FinkelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative. We have entered a new age of exploration and discovery, enabling us to probe ever more...

Swansea has a dangerous past. As a seaport, the town confronted the unknown on a daily basis. In this book, we explore the dark underbelly of South Wales; from the dirty, lawless docks to the narrow, festering slums of the alleyways. Little Martha Nash,...

Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay. Stories, facts and photographs...

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Non-fiction, 2008'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America's nervous breakdown after 9/11.' -- Publishers Weekly *starred review*In this remarkable and strikingly...

Ripon is one of England's smallest cities, and has a long history that encompasses saints, actors, marquesses, mayors, murderers, writers and eccentrics. Its Hornblower sets the watch each evening in a tradition said to be more than a thousand years old...

Reinhart Koselleck is one of the most important theorists of history and historiography of the last half century. His work has implications for contemporary cultural studies that extend far beyond discussions of the practical problems of historical...

This collection of stories and twice-told tales from around Somerset lifts the shrouds off many new and legendary hauntings, including some spine-tingling experienes as recounted to the author by Somerset townsfolk, villagers and visitors. Researching...

Mary Magdalene is a larger figure than any text, larger than the Bible or the Church; she has taken on a life of her own. She has been portrayed as a penitent whore, a wealthy woman, Christ's wife, an adulteress, a symbol of the frailty of women and an...

This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the Carrara Herbal (British Library, Egerton 2020) within the complex network of medical, artistic and intellectual traditions from which it emerged. The manuscript...

The story of mining in South Wales has been one of the people who extracted the black gold from the hillsides and valleys of the area. Their hard work has often been accompanied by danger and countless thousands have lost their lives in the valleys of...

The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology combining major, 'classic' articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Twenty-seven new chapters introduce the most...

This collection, covering 500 years of transgressive Gaelic poetry with new English translations, breaks the mould for anthologies of Gaelic verse. It offers poems that are erotic, rude, seditious and transgressive; that deal with love, sex, the body,...

The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353361303Author Emily GerardFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm

The bestselling author of Four Nights with the Duke returns with a sparkling new Historical romance, perfect for fans of Julia Quinn, Stephanie Laurens and Lisa Kleypas. The arrogant Duke of Trent intends to marry a well-bred Englishwoman. The last woman...

PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the...

The Atlas of Early Modern Britain presents a unique visual survey of British history from the end of the Wars of the Roses through to the accession of George I in 1715. Featuring 117 maps, accompanied throughout by straightforward commentary and...

In Mussolini and Fascist Italy Martin Blinkhorn explains the significance of the man, the movement and the regime which dominated Italian life between 1922 and the closing stages of the Second World War. He examines: those aspects of post-Risorgimento...

Barrow-in-Furness is a small post-industrial town at the end of a long peninsula in the north of England. Its isolated location has produced a stalwart and close population. It started life as a small hamlet and grew to become an industrial leader, first...

'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,...

This superb collection of historic photographs takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the recent history of Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes, Seven Kings and West Romford. The book gives an impression of familiar streets as they developed and offers...

Houses are more than a shelter from the elements: they also offer an unparalleled insight into the beliefs, ideas and experiences of the people who built and lived in them. In this engaging book, Matthew Johnson looks at the traditional houses that still...