Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Island Wife(2013) FAIRBAIRNS, JUDYA memoir of a woman's life over 45 years on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer.Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Under Another Sky(2014) HIGGINS, CHARLOTTEWhat does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces these tales by setting out to discover the remains of Roman Britain for herselfVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Hinge of Fate(2005) CHURCHILL, WINSTONWinston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka26,39 € -
Cavalier(2008) WORSLEY, LUCYStep behind the scenes of a Stuart household in this lavish, seductive and absorbing history from bestselling historian Lucy Worsley'A tour de force' - Sunday TimesWilliam Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular imVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Tunnel(2007) WILLIAMS, ERICTraces Peter Howard, who was to become one of The Wooden Horse escapers, from his being shot down, through his capture, and first two POW camps. This work gets into the mind of a man determined to escape his captors. It shows that for all the many schemesVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Tudors(2013) GUY, JOHN (FELLOW OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)In this revised and updated edition of The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction, John Guy offers a compelling and authoritative guide to all aspects of the Tudor period. From politics, religion, and economics, to gender, art, and culture, this is a fascinatiVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
National Service(2013) SHINDLER, COLINA groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served. Published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the end of conscription.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain(2010) O'FARRELL, JOHNInforms and elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Bringing the House Down(2007) PROFUMO, DAVIDThe first ever personal account of the family at the heart of the Profumo AffairVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century(1996) DEVRIES, KELLY (CUSTOMER)DeVries has focused on an intriguing problem, and his detailed analysis of battles provides an important reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes. HISTORYVezava: Mehka37,31 € -
In the Footsteps of William Wallace(2010) YOUNG, ALAN,STEAD, MICHAEL JIn the footsteps of William WallaceVezava: Mehka27,78 € -
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Great Britain's Great War(2014) PAXMAN, JEREMYLife in Britain during the First World War was far stranger than many of us realize. The author tells the story of the war through the experience of those who lived it - nurses, soldiers, politicians, factory-workers, journalists and children - explainingVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Garden Cities(2014) RUTHERFORD, SARAHGarden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism.Vezava: Mehka13,42 € -
Scourging Angel(2010) GUMMER, BENEDICTNothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the disease which killed millions of people in Medieval Europe. By the time it completed its pestilential journey through the British Isles iVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Great Hunger(1991) WOODHAM-SMITH, CECILThe Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almostVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Devonshires(2014) HATTERSLEY, ROYWilliam Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Secret History of Georgian London(2010) CRUICKSHANK, DANGeorgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread, and many tens of thousands of people dependent in some way or other on the wages of sin.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Myth Of The Blitz(1992) CALDER, ANGUSThe Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. Britain was not bombed into classless democracy. Angus Calder provides a compelling examination of the events of 1940 and 1941 - when Britain 'stood alone' against the Luftwaffe - and of theVezava: Mehka34,74 € -
