Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Scotland Re-formed, 1488-1587(2007) DAWSON, JANE (PROFESSOR OF REFORMATION HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)This book encompasses the long sixteenth century, starting with James IV’s accession and concluding with Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution. At its heart is Scottish political life viewed from local and regional perspectives as well as the centre.Vezava: Mehka41,69 € -
Connemara(2012) ROBINSON, TIMDeals with the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
How England Made the English(2013) MOUNT, HARRYPacked with facts and stories, this book helps you to learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; and why the Midlands became the home of the British curry.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Henry VIII and His Six Wives: A Guide to Historic Tudor Sites(2014) PETER BRAMLEYVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
In Search of the Dark Ages(2005) WOOD, MICHAEL'With In Search of the Dark Ages, Michael Wood wrote the book for history on TV.' The Times 'Michael Wood is the maker of some of the best TV documentaries ever made on history and archaeology.' Times Literary SupplementVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
History of England(1979) MACAULAY, THOMASBegins with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and concludes at the end of the reign of William III in 1702. This book presents a time of deep struggle throughout Britain and Ireland in vivid prose. It offers a gripping narrative, and draws on a wide range oVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Short History of Parliament(2012)A comprehensive history of parliament in the British Isles from the earliest times, covering all aspects of parliament as an institution.Vezava: Mehka66,63 € -
Three Victories and a Defeat(2008) SIMMS, BRENDANTells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Prince William: Born to be King(2013) JUNOR, PENNY,JUNOR, PENNYThe definitive portrait of the man who will be King, written by the bestselling royal biographer Penny JunorVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Impaled Upon a Thistle(2010) CAMERON, EWEN A. (READER IN SCOTTISH HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom.Vezava: Mehka41,69 € -
Coin Finds in Britain(2013) CUDDEFORD, MICHAELProvides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
1688(2011) PINCUS, STEVEBased on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England’s Glorious Revolution to claim that it—not the French Revolution—was the first truly modern revolutionVezava: Mehka47,52 € -
Queens Consort(2009) HILTON, LISAEngland from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Victoria's Wars(2007) DAVID, SAULExplores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expandVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Chartism(2007) CHASE, DR. MALCOLMNo British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research. -Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Mary Tudor(2010) WHITELOCK, PROFESSOR ANNAIn the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. This title tells of Mary's Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rVezava: Mehka26,62 €
