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Bridges by Richard Hayman
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.63From the monumental splendour of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster to the engineering masterpieces at Ironbridge and the Forth, bridges comprise some of the most recognisable landmarks... -
Chinoiserie by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Despite taking its name from the French word for... -
Rood Screens by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned with intricate carved decoration painted in bright... -
Illuminated Manuscripts by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using... -
The Tudor Reformation by Richard Hayman
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.62The Reformation transformed England forever. From peasants in the lanes and fields to the court of Henry VIII, no life was left untouched as the Roman Catholic Church was replaced as the centre of... -
Timber-framed Buildings by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.60Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britain's heritage, with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall, Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Lavenham Guildhall. The oldest... -
Coal Mining in Britain by Richard Hayman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.60An illustrated history of Britain's coal mines and the lives of the miners who worked in them. Coal heated the homes, fuelled the furnaces and powered the engines of the Industrial Revolution. In... -
The Green Man by Richard Hayman 9780747807841
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illustrations in book margins where heads were used to... -
Ironbridge: History & Guide by Richard Hayman 9780752414607
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.76The Ironbridge Gorge (midway between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury) was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. The site is best symbolised by the Iron Bridge itself, cast in Coalbrookdale and... -
Yangzi River Map by Richard Hayman 9789622177154
Booksplease Price: £10.29Stretching to nearly 4,000 miles, the Yangzi is the third largest river in the world and without a doubt China's single most important river artery. These high quality hypsometric-shaded, relief maps... -
Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales by Richard Hayman
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86The parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in cultural history as any museum. This compact and accessible guide... -
Trees: Woodlands and Western Civilization by Richard Hayman 9781847250513
Booksplease Price: £34.91Trees are special, being bigger than us both physically and metaphorically. "Trees: Woodlands and Western Civilization" is an account of our relationship with them. Adam and Eve were expelled from... -
Church Misericords and Bench Ends by Richard Hayman 9780747807445
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.50With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords and bench ends are extremely important in providing an insight into the... -
Hidden History in the Welsh Mountains Richard Hayman 9781910839805
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839805Author Richard HaymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Logaston PressPublisher... -
A Concise Guide to the Parish Church by Richard Hayman 9780752440958
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.50A guide to Britain's churches, which talks about the richness and diversity of over 1500 years of Christian heritage. It also explains the importance of place in the siting of a church, the... -
Riddles in Stone: Myths, Archaeology and the Ancient Britons by Richard Hayman 9781852855666
RRP: £90.00Booksplease Price: £84.00Who built Avebury and Stonehenge? Why and when were more than 600 stone circles, and thousands of barrows and cairns, erected in prehistoric Britain? What were they used for and what do they tell us... -
Ironmaking: The History and Archaeology of the British Iron Industry by Richard Hayman 9780752433745
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.84Iron was the catalyst of the Industrial Revolution - the material of Ironbridge, the Crystal Palace, railways, steam engines ships. But what made it so important and why did Britain become the major...