Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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Forgotten Fruits(2009) STOCKS, CHRISTOPHERIn Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Gambling Man(2010) UGLOW, JENNYCharles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature thVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Decline And Fall Of The British Empire(2008) BRENDON, PIERSNo empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by ImpVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames(2009) TITFORD, JOHNA guide to the surnames that offers an insight into the place of origin, the occupations - and even the personality traits - of our ancestors. It is suitable for those intrigued by the story of their name and by the history of their family.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Alfred the Great(2006) POLLARD, JUSTINIn an era darkened by the terror of the Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Hollow Crown(2006) RUBIN, MIRIThere is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. This account brings the reader a long lost world, a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war, but coVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Never Had It So Good(2006) SANDBROOK, DOMINICA fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.Vezava: Mehka26,39 € -
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Among the Bohemians(2003) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIASubversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, brVezava: Mehka22,22 € -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg(2000) MILTON, GILESThe extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth centuryVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Revolution(2007) HARRIS, TIMThe 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. This book tells that this was a turning poinVezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Scotland from Pre-History to the Present(2003) WATSON, FIONAA lively new history from one of Scotland's brightest young historians.Vezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Penguin History of Britain(2001) BRIGDEN, SUSANNo period in British history retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. Here, the author sees the key to the Tudor world as religion - the new world of Protestantism and its battle with the the old world of uniform Catholicism.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
In Time of War(1996) FISK, ROBERTAward-winning journalist Robert Fisk's definite study of Ireland during the Second World War details factors from German U-boats to conscription attempts in Northern Ireland. A gripping study of Ireland's neutrality - and every bit as relevant for today'sVezava: Mehka30,56 € -
With the Jocks(2002) WHITE, PETERAs a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorised journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries and into Germany in the closing months of the war in Europe.Vezava: Mehka26,39 € -
Jutland, 1916(2008) STEEL, NIGEL,HART, PETERDramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World WarVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Irish(2004) BURROWES, JOHNIrish is the story of the mass migration from Ireland to Glasgow that took place in the wake of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. The coming of the Irish to Glasgow had a bigger impact on the city than other event.Vezava: Mehka16,66 € -
Story of Wales(2013) GOWER, JONThe Story of Wales is a vibrant portrait of 30,000 years of power, identity and politics.Vezava: Mehka20,83 €
