Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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That Place We Call Home(2021) CREEDON, JOHNJohn Creedon has always been fascinated by place names. Here he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names, peeling back the layers of meaning behind them to reveal stories about the nature of the land of Erin and the people who walked it before us.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain(2017) PHILLIPS, CHARLESBritain's royal and architectural heritage is celebrated in this sumptuous history, with 1000 images.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Closing the Ring(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: Mehka26,62 € -
Grand Alliance(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: Mehka26,62 € -
Thatcher's Secret War(2021) BLOOM, CLIVEThe first book to explore the secret campaign that Mrs Thatcher and her government waged before and after the Falklands War against 'subversives'Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of the Tudors in 100 Objects(2019) MATUSIAK, JOHNAn intimate portrait of Tudor England captured, revealed and explored in 100 defining objectsVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Scum of the Earth(2019) BROWN, COLINRevealing how the men of Waterloo were left to languish after the battle, often homeless and penniless – history’s heroes forgotten are now rememberedVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Digging for Richard III(2015) PITTS, MIKETake a cast of archaeologists and historians who inhabit different worlds. Add a medieval king who died in battle, and was revived by Shakespeare as the ultimate anti-hero. Throw in a forensic quest with almost unbelievable twists, and a theatrical modernVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Anne of Bohemia(2022) GEAMAN, KRISTEN L.This volume examines the life of Anne of Bohemia, first queen of Richard II (1377–1399), and situates her within the context of medieval queenship by arguing that Anne ably fulfilled the political role of the queen consort through her intercession, patronVezava: Mehka74,12 € -
Anglo-Saxon Christianity(1999) CAVILL, PAULFor all who appreciate Celtic spirituality, here is a fresh and alternative source of nourishment and inspiration. For those looking for an authentic Christian faith, Anglo-Saxon Christianity reaches back into the very birth of the English people.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Scottish Castles Story(2014) ALEXANDER, MARCThe castle is an evocative structure, no matter its setting, and this is no truer than in Scotland, where the multitude of castles reflect the country’s turbulent history: its many conflicts and skirmishes, whether against invaders from the north, the EngVezava: Trda14,01 € -
Grim Almanac of the Workhouse(2013) HIGGINBOTHAM, PETERFor two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain.In the early hours of 31 August 1888, the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols – the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper – was discovered in Buck’s Row, Whitechapel, just a littVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Ship of Fools(2010) O'TOOLE, FINTANFor twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
British Politics(2020) WRIGHT, TONY (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, UCL)The nature of politics in Britain is being questioned as never before, with Brexit throwing both party and national politics into turmoil. Here, Tony Wright provides the essential context for current debates about the state of British politics, identifyinVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History(2014)A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of Scotland's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmlVezava: Mehka83,50 € -
Parnell and his Times(2020)Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910–1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland. Leading experts in Irish history, literature and culture address Ireland's entrance into modernity as a response toVezava: Trda68,43 €
