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The most iconic sound of the coronation will be the familiar song of our national anthem. First recorded as a prayer more than three thousand years ago and used at every coronation since 973AD, this prayer has become part of who we are as a nation.As...

In this unparalleled investigation, Christopher Davidson exposes the true extent of Western interference in the Middle East over the past one hundred years. Drawing on the examination of hundreds of leaked and declassified documents, and interviews with...

Behold the sleazy logic of museums: plunder dressed up as charity, conservation, and care.The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same...

History of the execution of King Charles IBook InformationISBN 9781913378110Author Robert TempleFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Eglantyne BooksPublisher Eglantyne Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845891237Author Alan KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection

A Century of The Black Country offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of the Black Country's recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338409Author Douglas G LockhartFormat PaperbackImprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, National Geographic's "The National Parks" is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This stunning volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439108246Author David TalbotFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Marc Bloch said that his goal in writing Feudal Society was to go beyond the technical study a medievalist would typically write and 'dismantle a social structure.' In this outstanding and monumental work, which has introduced generations of students and...

A gripping account of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1943 - the year when Bomber Command believed it could win WWII by bombing alone.In 1943 the RAF began a bombing campaign against Germany, the like of which had never before been seen...

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of our own times. From its ruins rose a whole map of new countries including Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the perennially troubled area of Palestine as well as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525521549Author David A. PriceFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

"Nicola Gordon Bowe has undoubtedly produced the definitive study of Harry Clarke, in a lively and lucid style, with profound insight." - Irish Arts ReviewHarry Clarke was Ireland's greatest stained glass artist and arguably the finest of his time in any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442161733Author Edith Starr Miller (Lady Queenborough)Format PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams)...

London has charmed visitors for centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of the city's unique appeal. Featuring famous London landmarks such as Buckingham Palace and the London Eye as well as beautiful scenes of London...

The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) marked a golden age in English history. There was a musical and literary renaissance, most famously and enduringly in the form of the plays of Shakespeare (2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's...

The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) marked a golden age in English history. There was a musical and literary renaissance, most famously and enduringly in the form of the plays of Shakespeare (2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's...

Winner, 2024 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of AmericaWinner, 2023 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize, History of Science SocietyWinner, 2022 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Historical Studies, American Academy of...

Little Nell Trent's childhood is over. Her grandfather's mind is failing, his dark secret makes him sad and distracted, and he has nobody to care for him but Nell. The grotesque Daniel Quilp is out to cause trouble. What plans does he hatch with the...

As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece. The innovative plot was so...

This text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier, which in the late 1990s forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

'Utterly gripping. It reads like a thriller.'JON FAINEThis edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light as a result of the groundbreaking original publication.Investigative journalist Frank Walker's MARALINGA is a...

Remembering the English Civil Wars is the first collection of essays to explore how the bloody struggle which took place between the supporters of king and parliament during the 1640s was viewed in retrospect.The English Civil Wars were perhaps the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955731303Author Martin NewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Wiven BooksPublisher Wiven Books

Includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised.About the AuthorJohn Locke (1632-1704) was...

Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. And in modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999636043Author Elliott WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint New Spur PublishingPublisher New Spur Publishing

In the Shelter of Each Other is a wonderful collection of childhood reminiscences of Liverpool from the 1930s and 40s. In 1932 England was out of work. The mills were silent and the river ships were rusting at anchor. The king was ageing and his...

Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground innovators to pop icons many have believed in the political power of music. Rulers recognise it too. Music has been used to challenge the political and social order - and to prop up the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839430Author Peter FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdWeight(grams) 148g

Newly revised and updated, the second edition of English Catholicism 1558-1642 explores the position of Catholics in early modern English society, their political significance, and the internal politics of the Catholic community.The Elizabethan religious...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809016440Author Philip F GuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap spent several years interviewing dozens of mothers and retired midwives about their experiences of childbirth before the NHS. The result was The Midwife's Tale, an oral history of midwifery from the 1910s to the 1950s. The...

The coastal town of South Shields, lying on the south of the mouth of the River Tyne, grew massively during the Industrial Revolution. Industries such as coal mining, alkaline production and glass making generated wealth and brought in many people. By...

Cardiff author Brian Lee is well known to Cardiffians through his many best-selling local history books and his popular weekly 'Cardiff Remembered' column in the Cardiff Post. His latest book inlcudes a brand new selection of fascinating photographs that...

Cardiff author Brian Lee is well known to Cardiffians through his many best-selling local history books and his popular weekly 'Cardiff Remembered' column in the Cardiff Post. His latest book inlcudes a brand new selection of fascinating photographs that...

What Is the History of Emotions? offers an accessible path through the thicket of approaches, debates, and past and current trends in the history of emotions. Although historians have always talked about how people felt in the past, it is only in the...

In volume 1 of this three-volume work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing. Now, in volume 2, he examines these relations in fiction and theories of literature. Ricoeur treats the question of just how far...