Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Brief History of the Celts(2003) ELLIS, PETERUncovering one of the world's greatest civilisationsVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant(2010) BORMAN, TRACYHenrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. The mark that this enigmatic and largely neglected royal mistress left on the society and culture of early Georgian England was to resonate well beyoVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Mary Queen of Scots(2008) WEIR, ALISONOn the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, whVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
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Fears of Henry IV(2008) MORTIMER, IANIn June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. In 1399, at the age of thirty-two, he was enthusiastically greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the insecure and tyrannical King RichardVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
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Henry VIII's Last Victim(2008) CHILDS, JESSIEHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Homo Britannicus(2007) STRINGER, CHRISWhen did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived alongside hippos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunteVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Industry and Empire(1999) HOBSBAWM, E JThis outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdevelopedVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War(2009) BAILEY, RODERICKThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew andVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
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Disraeli(2014) HURD, DOUGLAS,YOUNG, EDWARDA 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Bright Young People(2008) TAYLOR, D JThe Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites, they romped through the 1920s gossip columns. This book chronicles England's 'lost genVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Robert Peel(2008) HURD, DOUGLASLife of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.Vezava: Mehka20,83 € -
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English Castles(1995) PETTIFER, ADRIANA comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from thVezava: Mehka38,81 € -
Mistress Of Charlecote(2002) FAIRFAX-LUCY, A.A delightful memoir of Mary Elizabeth Lucy and her life at Charlecote.Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection(2003) PEPYS, SAMUELThe 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, hisVezava: Mehka26,39 € -
Battle of Britain(2010) OVERY, RICHARDHow close did Britain really come to invasion during this time? What were Hitler and Churchill's motives? And what was the battle's real effect on the outcome of the war? This title deals with these questions.Vezava: Mehka13,88 €
