Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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England's Mistress(2007) WILLIAMS, KATEA dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become EnglVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371(2004) BROWN, MICHAEL (UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS)This book discusses the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in detail as a single period of both developing and fragmenting political hierarchies and communities. It provides a political narrative which places events in their immediate context as well asVezava: Mehka41,69 € -
Strange Laws Of Old England(2013) CAWTHORNE, NIGELAn entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal systemVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lancaster And York(2009) WEIR, ALISONThe war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, - some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England's soil.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Penguin Social History of Britain(1990) PORTER, ROYA portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Six Wives Of Henry VIII(2009) FRASER, LADY ANTONIAAntonia Fraser s bestselling biography of Henry VIII s six wives a subject of enduring fascination.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Restoration London(2004) PICARD, LIZAFrom poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Stranger in the House(2009) SUMMERS, JULIEA moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World WarVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs(2000) THOMSON, JOHNClassic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and more.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Dr Johnson's London(2004) PICARD, LIZAThe everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
English Civil War At First Hand(2011) HUNT, TRISTRAMAlmost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. This title offers a narrative based on the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed these traumatic events.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shakespeare's London(2011) PORTER, STEPHENEveryday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Authority and Disorder in Tudor Times, 1485–1603(1999) THOMAS, PAULAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Vezava: Mehka26,14 € -
Greatest Traitor(2010) MORTIMER, IANThe first biography of the rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II. One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
People's War(1992) CALDER, ANGUSThe Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'. In this title, the author presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary peoVezava: Mehka39,24 € -
Victorians(2003) WILSON, A.N.People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. WilsVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Secret State(2010) HENNESSY, PETERWhat were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book givVezava: Mehka21,02 €
