Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Welfare and Social Policy in Britain Since 1870(2019)This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy and on the thinkers who have inspired and also contested the welfare statVezava: Trda191,52 € -
History of the Irish Language(2015) DOYLE, AIDAN (LECTURER, LECTURER, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK)This book traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion to independence. Aidan Doyle addresses both the shifting position of Irish in society and the important internal linguistic changes that have taken place, and combinesVezava: Mehka52,25 € -
Children of Henry VIII(2014) GUY, JOHN (FELLOW OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)The fascinating family drama of Henry VIII and his four children, re-created from the original sources by best-selling Tudor historian John GuyVezava: Mehka17,51 € -
Clementine Churchill(2003) SOAMES, MARYClementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1977, aged 92. In this updated biography, her daughter, Mary Soames, throws new light on her mother, her 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life that spans many of the major evenVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Mistresses of Cliveden(2016) LIVINGSTONE, NATALIE'It covers three centuries of high living, high politics and high drama [...] it is so fascinating' MEL SYKES_____________________________A Sunday Times bestsellerFive women.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mansions of Misery(2017) WHITE, JERRYBut when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison. In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital Jerry White introduces us to the Marshalsea’s unfVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Evolution of the British Welfare State(2017) FRASER, DEREK (UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE, UK)Vezava: Mehka72,69 € -
Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends(2022) YOUNG, SIMONIntroduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from ‘Beetle Eyes’ to the ‘Shoplifter’s Dilemma’ and from ‘Hands in the Muff’ to ‘the Suicide Club’. While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and tVezava: Mehka58,93 € -
Women in Medieval England(2021) TELFORD, LYNDANew B-format paperback - This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Legitimacy of Bastards(2019) MATTHEWS, HELENThe Legitimacy of Bastards is the first book to consider the individuals who had illegitimate children, the ways in which they provided for them and attitudes towards both the parents and the bastard children.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Against All Odds(2018) WYNN, STEPHENUsing newspaper articles, photographs and his British Army Service Record, Stephen Wynn has formed a clear picture of Walter Tull and his achievements.Vezava: Trda23,82 € -
Lancaster at War(2018) FIDLER, JOHNFrom pre-war murmurings to postwar memorials, John Fidler’s engaging account of Lancaster in World War II draws on first-hand recollections, newspaper articles and museum resources to tell the tale of how the city fared with dignity and resilience in thisVezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Great Britain(2019) HALLIDAY, STEPHENGreat Britain unearths the hidden legends, laws, landscapes, discoveries, adventures and locations that have shaped Britain's compelling, and at times, tumultuous past.Vezava: Trda14,01 € -
Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri / Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia(2014) SUGGETT, RICHARD,DUNN, MARGARETVezava: Trda38,00 € -
Chaucer's People(2018) PICARD, LIZAA fascinating exploration of the Middle Ages through the lives of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Four Killings(2021) DUNGAN, MYLESA history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.Vezava: Mehka28,26 € -
Immigrant England, 1300–1550(2018) ORMROD, W. MARK (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY),LAMBERT, BART,MACKMAN, JONATHANImmigrant England tells the story of thousands of people who migrated to later medieval England. The book draws on uniquely rich evidence about the lives of these men and women, and analyses the attitudes of the English to the foreigners in their midst. EVezava: Trda121,60 € -
Cathedrals of Britain(2016) PEPIN, DAVIDCovering not just Anglican but Roman Catholic and Scottish cathedrals, this book addresses the ongoing story of daily worship, conservation, pilgrimage and the tourism industry within cathedrals.Vezava: Mehka24,70 €
