Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
2458 rezultatov
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Richard II(1999) SAUL, NIGELA biography of Richard II. It offers a radical reinterpretation of a complex king whose reign was characterized by a mixture of high principle and despotic legislation.Vezava: Mehka41,58 € -
William Rufus(2000) BARLOW, FRANKWilliam II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror. This biography recounts his brief 13-year reign leading up to his assassination. The author weaves his account of the king's life into the wider history of Anglo-NormanVezava: Mehka41,58 € -
Inconvenient People(2013) WISE, SARAHUncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Anglo-Saxon Age(2000) BLAIR, JOHN (FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066. This booVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Forgotten Voices Of The Great War(2003) ARTHUR, MAXOffers accounts from ordinary men and women who were there. This book features personal experiences of these soldiers, civilians, marines and medics from both sides tell us what it was really like to live through what was supposed to be the war to end allVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Christians and Jews in Angevin England(2016)The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through which Christian and Jewish neighbours became enemies and victims.Vezava: Mehka66,63 € -
Oilfields and Airpower in African Conflict(2020) IGNATUS, ONIANWA OLUCHUKWUNoted Nigerian historian Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus investigates the air war component of the Nigerian-Biafran War, a crucial postcolonial conflict in Africa. The book focuses on the Biafra's air operations against oil installations and facilities owned byVezava: Trda150,48 € -
On a Pedestal(2021) LYTOLLIS, ROGERThis is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain(2019) PIMM, GEOFFREYThis work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Last Gentleman of the SAS(2016) RANDALL, JOHN,TROW, M JHe wined and dined in nightclubs as part of the generation that lived for each day because they might not see another. This extraordinary true story, partly based on previously unpublished diaries, presents a different slant on that mighty war through tVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Co-Op's Got Bananas(2017) DAVIES, HUNTERPoignant, and very personal childhood memoir of growing up in Cumbria during the Second World War and into the 1950s.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age(2021) MANGION, CARMEN M.This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. Rooted in the lived experiences of women religious in Britain, it explores British modernity, the social movements of the long 1960s and the Second Vatican Council, while acknowledging trVezava: Mehka53,46 € -
New Man of the House(2022) GIBSON, BRIANThe modern-day suburb began in 19th century Britain. As suburbia spread, the ‘New Woman’ arose and fin-de-siecle concerns grew, suburban men felt increasingly besieged. This study traces themes of suburban masculinity in popular genres - speculative fictiVezava: Mehka124,25 € -
Reading Gaol: a short history(2022) STONELEY, PETERA short history of Reading Gaol from its 19th-century origins to the present day.Vezava: Mehka16,82 € -
Black British History(2019)An unparalleled study of the black British experience, unearthing its crucial yet largely forgotten role in shaping British history.Vezava: Mehka23,76 € -
Man Who Drew London(2003) TINDALL, GILLIANYet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington live on for us in his etchings. Drawing on numerous sources, Gillian Tindall creates a monVezava: Mehka23,82 €
