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This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. While there have been many recent studi……続きを見る

Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017. The Victorians admired Julia Margaret Cameron for her evocative photographic portraits of eminent men like Tennyson, Carlyle a……続きを見る

Geoffrey Bell's Hesitant Comrades is the first published history of the policies, actions and attitudes of the British working class towards the Irish national revolution of 1916-21. Drawing princip……続きを見る

Depuis l’avènement de l’État moderne au 17e siècle, l’État a connu de nombreuses évolutions. De l’idée d’État-nation en passant par celle d’État-providence, le concept s’est imposé dans nos sociétés……続きを見る

The book is a selection of essays from the author’s work since the early 1980s. It presents an analysis of political and cultural trends based upon a series of case studies drawn from the North West……続きを見る

Lorsque Rollon et sa bande s’établissent en basse Seine, depuis plus d’un siècle déjà, l’Occident chrétien est victime des raids vikings. Après les régions côtières, les bassins fluviaux sont la pro……続きを見る

Norwich, England, 1901. Hier lebt die 12-jährige Edith Holler im Theater ihres herrschsüchtigen Vaters. Seit ihrer Geburt darf sie das Gebäude nicht verlassen, Edith kennt die Welt draußen nur über ……続きを見る

First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680 to 1730 mark the most decisive stage in the rise of the English professional class……続きを見る

"The Blue Jackets who fought on land The time of Nelson was not only notable because of the success in nautical warfare of the man himself, but also because it was the zenith of the 'age of sail' th……続きを見る

First published in 1975 Golf in Britain traces the growth of the game from its small beginnings in fifteenth century Scotland to 1970s when it emerged as a widely enjoyed and massively financed spor……続きを見る

Diana, Principessa del Galles, è stata un'attivista umanitaria di primo piano negli anni Ottanta e Novanta. Dopo il matrimonio con il principe Carlo, che le è valso il titolo reale, è diventata un'a……続きを見る

Η Νταϊάνα, πριγκίπισσα της Ουαλίας, ήταν κορυφαία ακτιβίστρια στον τομέα της ανθρωπιστικής βοήθειας τις δεκαετίες του 1980 και 1990. Αφού ο γάμος της με τον πρίγκιπα Κάρολο της χάρισε έναν βασιλικό ……続きを見る

Diana, prinses van Wales, was een belangrijke humanitaire activiste in de jaren 1980 en 1990. Nadat haar huwelijk met prins Charles haar een koninklijke titel bezorgde, werd ze een steeds actievere ……続きを見る

Diana, księżniczka Walii, była czołową działaczką humanitarną w latach 80. i 90. Po tym, jak małżeństwo z księciem Karolem przyniosło jej tytuł królewski, stała się coraz bardziej aktywną działaczką……続きを見る

Geoffrey Howse is well known for his books on Yorkshire subjects, including six books in the Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths series, two of which cover Barnsley and District and a third which covers ……続きを見る

A comprehensive study of the pervasive misogyny that left women behind while British society moved toward the Age of Enlightenment. Although the worlds of science and philosophy took giant strides a……続きを見る

Faces of the Home Front presents a fascinating insight into the people, wartime organisations, events, life and work on the British Home Front during the Second World War. This is the story of ordin……続きを見る

Shaw emerged as a playwright in the politically charged environment of 1892, for both female suffrage and Irish independence. His plays quickly advocated for societal changes with regard to women’s ……続きを見る

Midlands murders take center stage in a “gripping” book that “chronicles some of Mansfield’s most gruesome deaths over the past two centuries” (Mansfield Chad). A young girl waylaid and battered wit……続きを見る

Folk Tales and lore are woven into the ancient landscape of Devon: swimming in the rivers, soaring with the buzzards over farms and moors and making soft tracks across the sands of a wild coastline.……続きを見る

After more than 200 years of menacing Viking attacks, England finally fell under Danish control in 1016. While earlier kings of Wessex had pushed back the tide of Danish encroachment, wave after wav……続きを見る

The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the bo……続きを見る

This little gem of a book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about Britain and all the things that have made it great. Within this volume ……続きを見る

There is nothing 'little' about the history of Cornwall! However, this small volume condenses that fascinating, rich history into a collection of stories and facts that will make you marvel at the e……続きを見る

First Published in 1989 London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986 is a study of the relationship between the London Jewish community, the London County Council, and the Greater London Council. Geof……続きを見る

First Published in 1986 Modern Britain 1700-1983 presents an interpretation of major trends in the domestic history of the United Kingdom since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It is not int……続きを見る

Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a king who claimed to be above the……続きを見る

Little is definitively known of the life and schooling of Geoffrey of Monmouth, but his extraordinary literary works have survived centuries as a testament to his legacy. Around the time of Geoffrey……続きを見る

The Historia Regum Britanniae (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the……続きを見る

Between 1815 and the Duke of Wellington's death in 1852, the Battle of Waterloo became much more than simply a military victory. While other countries marked the battle and its anniversary, only Bri……続きを見る