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The Book of Ulster Surnames has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the nine county province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives the meaning and history of each nam……続きを見る

Der Aufstieg der Medici zur fürstlichen Herrschaft über Florenz und die Toskana verläuft steil. Er wird mit Mitteln gebahnt, die für Europa zukunftsweisend werden sollten und zugleich die besten Köp……続きを見る

This book is written to reflect the lives and personalities of real people-not just the genealogical statistics of born on, married on dates, etc. They all confronted and conquered a variety of life……続きを見る

Genealogical Troves ~ Volume Three provides nineteenth and twentieth century records of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths pertaining to theー • Hunt families • Fitzmaurice families ーwho reside……続きを見る

DNA Reveals Imposter: Charles Edwin Rinker Changed His Name to Harry Bernard King One Man, Four Families: DNA Reveals Harry Bernard King aka Charles Edwin Rinker Why would a young man leave the beau……続きを見る

On 25 November 2020 it was 200 years since a young Scot, Alexander MacDonald, entered Suriname, never to return to his homeland. This title provides some historical facts about Alexander MacDonald, ……続きを見る

Martin Andersen Nexø (1869-1954) er næst efter H.C. Andersen den danske forfatter, der er oversat til flest sprog, og han regnes i dag som den centrale skikkelse i dansk litteraturs sociale gennembr……続きを見る

**From the bestselling author of the forthcoming WHITE DEBT, a major piece of British history 'I was riveted' Nigella Lawson** 続きを見る

‘Patsy, what are you going to be when you grow up? Well?’ 'A Royal Engineer, Daddy. A Royal Engineer!’ Charles Drazin knew little about his mother's father – only that he had been a military surveyo……続きを見る

Roots of Stone is a passionate tapestry, weaving the story of Scotland with the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. This fascinating sweep over two thousand years of Scotland's past blends w……続きを見る

The Abode of Love is Kate Barlow's remarkable account of growing up within the remnants of a religious cult. Protected from the truth about her family's past by a wall of secrecy, it was years befor……続きを見る

When Sybil and Blanche Le Fleur were growing up in idyllic Burma in the 1920s and '30s, little did they realise the changes and challenges that they would face during their lives. With the death of ……続きを見る

A few months after two of his parents had died, Martin Rowson had a dream about the house he grew up in which was crammed with tons and tons of stuff, both physical and emotional. In this book Rowso……続きを見る

Rich Cohen's maternal grandfather was called Ben Eisenstadt. Ben was one of those Jews that, with an anger bred of exclusion, went on to reshape the world. He did so by inventing Sweet 'n Low, a gra……続きを見る

When Gillian Tindall discovered a cache of tightly folded letters in a deserted house in central France, recently emptied of 150 years of a family's possessions, she uncovered the obscure and moving……続きを見る

There is currently a huge resurgence of interest in genealogy and in searching out one's roots. People are keen to delve back to early civilisations from which family ancestors came, hence the fasci……続きを見る

A remarkable biography of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth: Behind Palace Doors, contains secrets of the royal family never previously published in this country. The lives of the Queen, Prince Philip a……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers ... He writes with delicate observation and authority, giving us in Woodston a book teeming with fascinating details, a……続きを見る

‘Oh my goodness – another girl Mrs Swain!’ Clara’s normal iron composure broke and she screamed, ‘No! That’s not the bloody deal!’ And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world. When Hel……続きを見る

London's suburbs may stretch for well over 600 square miles, but in historical accounts of the capital they tend to take something of a back seat. In Greater London, historian Nick Barratt places th……続きを見る

The Rainborowes bridges two generations and two worlds, weaving together the lives of the Rainborowe clan as they struggle to forge a better life for themselves and a better future for humankind in ……続きを見る

Perfect Babies' Names is an essential resource for all parents-to-be. Taking a close look at over 3,000 names, it not only tells you each name's meaning and history, it also tells you which famous p……続きを見る

The extraordinary story of a small Jewish ghetto in a small town in Poland - and of one man's obsessive quest to discover its fate and its survivors. Since his early childhood in London, Theo Richmo……続きを見る

Spanning almost a hundred years, this rich and evocative true story recounts the lives of three generations of remarkable Chinese women. Their extraordinary journey takes us from the brutal poverty ……続きを見る

The German bestseller - a powerful and deeply affecting graphic memoir that explores identity, guilt and the meaning of home ***WINNER of the The National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography……続きを見る

A couple of years ago, Martin Knight began a quest to delve into his family history. He had a head start on many amateur genealogists, as 30 years earlier he had produced a school project on the ver……続きを見る

When Jeremy Hardy decided to explore his ancestry it was, in part, to get to the bottom of his grandmother Rebecca's dubious claims that the family descended from a certain 17th-century architect an……続きを見る

The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France. For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirées……続きを見る

Isidoro Rainieri estaba perdido. No se sabía porqué este italiano, amante de su negocio y de su familia, había partido sin dejar rastro. Un día de 1912, residiendo entonces en Puerto Plata, se embar……続きを見る

Details of the twenty-three men and boys of North Hinksey and Botley, Oxfordshire, who lost their lives in the two World Wars. They represent a wide range of circumstances from the trenches of the S……続きを見る