Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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British Empire in 100 Facts(2014) DUDUCU, JEMDiscovering major historical topics through the history behind the facts. The story of the British Empire told in bitesize chunksVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities(2019) RAWCLIFFE, CAROLEThe idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.Vezava: Mehka54,04 € -
Medieval Life(2018) GILCHRIST, ROBERTAAn examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things.Vezava: Mehka40,14 € -
Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century(2021) PHILLIPS, JIM (PROFESSOR IN ECONOMIC & SOCIAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW)Throughout the 20th century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book shows that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland’s economic, social and political history.Vezava: Mehka44,78 € -
Girl with the Widow's Peak(2014) D'ABO, URSULALady Ursula d'Abo's memoirs of her uniquely glamorous life make riveting reading. Her vivid accounts include life at Belvoir Castle, her role in the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and her close friendships with men as varied as RVezava: Trda20,80 € -
Sociolinguistic History of Scotland(2020) MILLAR, ROBERT MCCOLL (READER IN LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN)Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, heVezava: Trda125,15 € -
Evolution Before Darwin(2021) JENKINS, BILL (HISTORY LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS)This book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the historyVezava: Mehka33,97 € -
Islay, Jura and Colonsay(2019) CALDWELL, DAVIDThe story of Islay, Jura and Colonsay is one of the most fascinating amongst all the Hebrides. With over eighty line illustrations and extensive maps and plans, the book brings to life these beautiful and fascinating islands. It is based on intensive primVezava: Mehka21,61 € -
North Uist(2018) BEVERIDGE, ERSKINEThe definitive scholarly work on North UistVezava: Mehka33,27 € -
Managing for Posterity(2022) GRIFFITHS, ELIZABETHSecuring the survival and status of the family has always been the principal concern of the English gentry. Central to that ambition has been the successful management of their landed estates. After 700 years the Le Stranges at Hunstanton are the longestVezava: Mehka33,84 € -
Elizabeth I's Last Favourite(2021) WATKINS, SARAH-BETHIn Elizabeth I's Last Favourite, Sarah-Beth Watkins brings to life the story of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, the young upstart courtier who was the stepson of her most famous love, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.Vezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Britain's Secret Wars(2018) COLES, T. J.A critical study of British foreign policy and its sometimes covert involvement in wars and conflicts around the world.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Famine Pots(2020)The remarkable story of the money sent by the Choctaw to the Irish in 1847 during the Great Irish Famine is one that is often told and remembered by people in both nations.Vezava: Mehka45,62 € -
London's Strangest Tales(2018) QUINN, TOMA quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
England's Villages(2022) ROBINSON, DR BENVillages have held a sway over our collective imaginations for well over a millennia. But how well do we really know these bastions of Britishness?Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
