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Newton(2007) ILIFFE, ROB (, READER IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON)Newton's contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled. This Very Short Introduction explains his remarkable scientific theories, and also uses Newton's own unpublished writings to paint a picturVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cochrane(2001) THOMAS, DONALDBestselling account of the life of a real Horatio HornblowerVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Eighteenth-Century Britain(2000) LANGFORD, PAUL (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Fatal Shore(2003) HUGHES, ROBERTAn epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
French Revolution, 1789-1799(2001) MCPHEE, PETER (, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE)In this general introduction to the history of the French Revolution, the author provides a guide to the vast historiography of the French Revolution and tackles the main questions that have preoccupied historians of revolutionary France in the decade aftVezava: Mehka61,76 € -
To the Ends of the Earth(2012) DEVINE, T. M.The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Belle(2014) BYRNE, PAULAThe inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Samurai William(2003) MILTON, GILESBestselling author Giles Milton takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Captives(2003) COLLEY, LINDALinda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look differenVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Washing Of The Spears(1994) MORRIS, DONALD RIn 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men wVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834(2013) WILLIAMS, SAMANTHAExamination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mother and the elderly.Vezava: Mehka50,48 € -
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature: Volume 1: Texts(2010) DAVID FATE NORTONVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Nineteenth-Century Britain(2000) HARVIE, CHRISTOPHER (PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, UNIVERSITAT TUBINGEN),MATTHEW, COLIN (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Battle Cry of Freedom(1988) MCPHERSON, JAMES M. (EDWARDS PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY, EDWARDS PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)This book covers one of the most turbulent periods of the USA's history, from the Mexican War in 1848 to the end of the Civil War in 1865.Vezava: Trda58,71 € -
Arsenic Century(2011) WHORTON, JAMES C. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE ,UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE)The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide.Vezava: Mehka23,11 € -
My Bondage and My Freedom(2014) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKBorn into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book rVezava: Mehka24,70 € -
Aristocrats(1995) TILLYARD, STELLAA fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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 € -
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 €
