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Sussex, Kent and Surrey 1939(2019) WYNDHAM, RICHARDRichard Wyndham's evocative and charmingly eccentric account of his tour of Sussex, Kent and Surrey, taken as Britain stood on the brink of the second world war. An eccentric, fun and informative read, following a self-confessed 'haphazard' journey alongVezava: Trda14,01 €
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Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century Ireland(2022)The environmental humanities are one of the most exciting and rapidly expanding areas of interdisciplinary study, and this collection of essays is a pioneering attempt to apply these approaches to the study of nineteenth-century Ireland. By bringing togetVezava: Mehka60,57 €
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Scandals of the Royal Palaces(2021) QUINN, TOMGeorge Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might have added that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the sexual and political scandals that take place behind theVezava: Mehka28,04 €
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Kensington Palace(2021) QUINN, TOMWith exclusive interviews with palace staff past and present, fascinating historical details and a fully updated postscript considering what life after Kensington holds for Harry and Meghan, Kensington Palace offers a rare behind-the-scenes insight into oVezava: Mehka14,01 €
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Kensington Palace(2020) QUINN, TOMThrough exclusive interviews with palace staff past and present and detailed historical sources, Tom Quinn takes a look beyond official accounts, delving into the frequently outrageous but often heart-warming history of the palace and its inhabitants, froVezava: Trda28,04 €
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Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949(2021) O'DONOGHUE, MARTINThe first detailed analysis of the legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in independent Ireland. Providing statistical analysis of the extent of Irish Party heritage in each Dáil and Seanad in the period, it analyses how party followers reacted to indeVezava: Mehka65,53 €
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100 Years of London(2018)A collection of over 300 photographs from the Press Association's vast archives, documenting London at its best and worst.Vezava: Trda14,01 €
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Eighties(2014) JONES, DYLANOne Day: Saturday 13 July 1985, nearly two billion people woke up with one purpose. Nearly a third of humanity knew where they were going to be that day. This book tells the story of the Eighties through that day at Wembley, sweeping backwards to the endVezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Angels of the North(2018) QUIN, JOYCEBiographies of women of the north east who have made local, national and international contributions to society.Vezava: Trda24,70 €
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Black Door(2017) ALDRICH, RICHARD,CORMAC, RORYThe Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Domesday Book(2003)The Domesday Book was described by David Hume as "the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation". This text presents a complete translation of this extraordinary document.Vezava: Mehka51,62 €
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Victorians Undone(2018) HUGHES, KATHRYN‘Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while’ Daily Mail A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking account of what it was like toVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland(2017)This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it draws on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently sets Irish developments in a wideVezava: Mehka55,13 €
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Hoards(2015) GHEY, ELEANORInvestigates a broad selection of hoards that have come to light in recent times across the British Isles. The author looks at the variety of objects found and at the practice of hoarding itself. She also considers who the hoarders were and what might havVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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London(2000) PORTER, ROYLooking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and alsoVezava: Mehka21,02 €