Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Red Coats and Wild Birds(2020) GREER, KIRSTEN A.During the nineteenth century, Britain maintained a complex network of garrisons to manage its global empire. During their tours abroad, many British officers engaged in formal and informal scientific research. In this ambitious history of ornithology andVezava: Trda98,50 € -
Bodies Complexioned(2022) DAWSON, MARKSkin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (away) poverty, colonialism, war and slavery. Drawing physical distinctions as a means to power has a complex hVezava: Mehka46,33 € -
Creating the People’s War(2022) HAMMETT, JESSICA (ESRC NEW INVESTIGATOR)Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book examines how civil defence personnel developed local workplace communities, engaVezava: Trda121,60 € -
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower(2014) WEIR, ALISONIncludes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Burning Time(2018) ROUNDING, VIRGINIAA vivid account of the men and women who were burned at the stake for heresy by the Tudor monarchs.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Richard III(2020) LEWIS, MATTHEWNew B-format paperback edition. A definitive new biography of one of British history's most controversial figures, that seeks to bring peace to Richard III's reputation.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Private Life of Edward IV(2017) ASHDOWN-HILL, JOHNEdward's private world is revealed in this exciting new work by John Ashdown-Hill, author of The Mythology of Richard IIIVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
SOE in the Low Countries(2017) FOOT, M. R. D.‘One of the great classics of espionage and special operations’ (Nigel West) by 'the pre-eminent historian of SOE' (Antony Beevor).Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Edward II(2017) WARNER, KATHRYNThe dramatic life and mysterious death of the reviled Edward II, focusing on the vivid personality of the erratic and contradictory king, his unorthodox lifestyle and his passionate relationships with his male favourites, including Piers GavestonVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Richard III(2015) BALDWIN, DAVIDNew edition of the bestselling biography of the controversial king whose bones were discovered in a car park in 2012. Contains NEW material, including an account of the reburial in March 2015.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Causes in Common(2022) LEEWORTHY, DARYLThis book tells the compelling and revealing story of the women's movement in modern Wales. Drawing on an array of compelling sources, this is a vivid portrait of those women who, in the struggle for equality, became political activists and inspirationalVezava: Mehka24,94 € -
Lost King(2022) LANGLEY, PHILIPPA,JONES, MICHAELThe official inside story of the discover of history's most controversial monarch.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Reclaiming(2022) BIALA, YEWANDEAn important, enlightening, celebratory book about being who you are, not who you are expected to be and why that is key to maintaining your own identity.Vezava: Trda23,82 € -
Classical Caledonia(2020) MONTGOMERY, ALANFocuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland’s ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only misunderstood, but also manipulated in attempts to create a patriotic history for the nation.Vezava: Trda125,15 € -
Drove Roads of Scotland(2019) HALDANE, A.R.B.One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland’s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every cornVezava: Mehka18,28 €
