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This collection of regional battle stories is brought to you as an eBook specially formatted by Andrews UK for today's eReaders. In this first book of the 'Battle Trails' series, popular regional wr……続きを見る

This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and t……続きを見る

She was the first woman to inherit the throne of England, a key player in one of Britain’s stormiest eras, and a leader whose unwavering faith and swift retribution earned her the nickname “Bloody M……続きを見る

During the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, ……続きを見る

One of three smaller, more specific e-books, abridged from Philip Nixon's Exploring Durham History. The colourful threads that run through County Durham history have produced a rich tapestry of hist……続きを見る

This book tracks the development of social complexity in Ireland from the late prehistoric period on into the Middle Ages. Using a range of methods and techniques, particularly data from settlement ……続きを見る

Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970 British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduri……続きを見る

Rosslyn Chapel has become the scene for many theories regarding the Knights Templar and Freemasonry. This book is a short guide to Rosslyn and sets out to dispel some of the myths that have been bui……続きを見る

He didn't cross oceans or battle mighty storms, but H. Fiennes Speed's Log of the "Watersnake" and "Water Rat" provides a vivid look the birth of small boat sailing as a sport in Victorian England. ……続きを見る

In January of 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women encountered the people who will be their new neighbours; the beach nomads of Australia. "These peop……続きを見る

Combining over 100 beautifully crafted maps, charts and graphs with a narrative packed with facts and information, An Atlas of Irish History provides coverage of the main political, military, econom……続きを見る

The SS Ellan Vannin sank on 3rd December 1909, approaching the Mersey in hurricane force winds and giant seas. All 35 passengers and crew were lost, and it was a national tragedy for the Isle of Man……続きを見る

The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes (intervening episodes) published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vici……続きを見る

In 1796, William Hayley named John Milton the greatest English author, high praise considering Milton (1608-1674) lived during the Age of Shakespeare. Regardless of whether Milton is truly the great……続きを見る

A fascinating collection of studies about religion and politics during the later years of the Middle Ages. Includes essays on many topics, including the influence of Henry VIII, the Tower of London,……続きを見る

Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in……続きを見る

Adapted for the stage from the novel On the Trail of King Richard III by L.M. Ollie this play deals with the consequences of obsession; the enemy of rational thought. The dinner brings together an e……続きを見る

_______________ 'Packs as much punch as one of Lawrence's train-blowing explosives' - Sunday Times 'Barr's cogent, vividly written book puts Lawrence centre stage but does not lose sight of the upri……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes CONTENTS. (abridged list) CHAPTER I. OF DEGREES OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND CHAPTER II. OF CITIES……続きを見る

Millions of men volunteered to leave home, hearth and family to go to a foreign land to fight in 1914, the start of the biggest war in British history. It was a war fought by soldier-citizens, milli……続きを見る

Excerpt TO THE RIGHT REVEREND AND REVEREND THE BISHOPS, CLERGY, AND ALL OTHER SUPPORTERS OF THE CHURCH MILITANT HERE ON EARTH. REVEREND SIRS, Your late zealous exertion against the infidels, in proc……続きを見る

This new edition of The Age of Manufactures provides an exciting alternative overview of the eighteenth-century British economy. Recent macro-economic history has discounted many of the achievements……続きを見る

The Elizabethan Underworld collects together sixteen of the more important tracts from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries dealing with the lives and misdoings of thieves, rogues, and tric……続きを見る

The story of shipbuilding in Belfast is known throughout the world: the great ships, including Titanic, HMS Belfast and SS Canberra; the towering cranes; its contribution to making Belfast a great i……続きを見る

Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller**, fully revised and updated with a new chapter.** **'**Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes perc……続きを見る

A. H. Atteridge penned many books on the subject of warfare, concentrating mainly on the Napoleonic period and the German army in the run up to the First World War. An acknowledged expert, his writi……続きを見る

The illustrated book covers all Kings and Queens of England from the first Anglo-Saxon Kings to the current queen, Elizabeth II. It describes how the Crown changed hands as a result of conquest and ……続きを見る

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial ……続きを見る

Means to be God, and do as pleases himself Martin Luther observed. It was a shrewd comment, not merely on the divorce in which the King was then embroiled, but upon his whole career. Henry VIII was ……続きを見る

A cinematic and thrilling true story exploring the life and catastrophic marriage of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmoreー“a tale of wealth, status, and privilege, laced with lust, greed, [an……続きを見る