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Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. Wellington's Guns exposes, for ……続きを見る

Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations. Most striking was the abandonment of London's trolleybuses, once the wo……続きを見る

In this new album from Pen & Sword, transport historian and photographer Jim Blake presents a selection of pictures he took around the country in British steam's final years.British Railways withdre……続きを見る

Law and Order in Anglo-Saxon England explores English legal culture and practice across the Anglo-Saxon period, beginning with the essentially pre-Christian laws enshrined in writing by King ?thelbe……続きを見る

This book attempts to delve into the connection between imagination and politics, and examines the many expectations and fears engendered by the Irish home rule debate. More specifically, it assesse……続きを見る

A New York Times 2016 Notable Book Robert Tombs’s momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest……続きを見る

Hiram Bingham was a visionary, widely acknowledged in his own time for his talents as an academic, explorer and United States senator. Hailing from Hawaii, where his family before and since have pro……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked List of Illustrations, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS CHAPTER I. A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY CHAPTER II. CIVIC RULE CHAPTER III. THE THAMES CHAPTER IV. REL……続きを見る

3 works of John Timbs English antiquary (1801-1875) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of John Timbs. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Tabl……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS (abridged list) Duffy and the Devil (an old Christmas Play) Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodr……続きを見る

The two sieges of Zaragoza in 1808 and 1809 during the Peninsular War were proverbially bitter, as the patriotic fervour encountered invading the French was unknown during their campaigns in other p……続きを見る

First published in 1989, this is an account of the oldest of traditions. It was called the London Season, and for three centuries it had been a time of fashionable suppers and brilliant balls that i……続きを見る

A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London. Over the last hundred……続きを見る

A People's History of Scotland looks beyond the kings and queens, the battles and bloody defeats of the past. It captures the history that matters today, stories of freedom fighters, suffragettes, t……続きを見る

England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the use of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly two-hundred years behind other European authorities. Using the coroner……続きを見る

Pax Britannica? is a study of Britain's international role and foreign policy during the century of her imperial greatness. The study shows how her foreign policy was affected, and to some extent, d……続きを見る

A vivid retelling of the Battle of Waterloo, based on unpublished soldiers’ written accounts. There were fifty thousand casualties on the single bloody day of the Battle of Waterloo: killing on the ……続きを見る

British Tank Production and the War Economy, 1934-1945 explores the under-researched experiences of the British tank industry in the context of the pressures of war. Benjamin Coombs explores the var……続きを見る

This is the first biography of Sir Walter Mildmay, who dutifully served Queen Elizabeth I for thirty years as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Walter Mildmay and Tudor Government, by Stanford E. Leh……続きを見る

Did King Cnut really believe that he could turn back the tide? Was Robert Bruce inspired by the perseverance of a spider? Was Queen Victoria never amused? In the 2,000 years of recorded British hist……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Y. B. Yeats's 1914 autobiography, "Reveries over Childhood and Youth". His first autobiography, it covers his life from its beginning - and his earliest memories to hi……続きを見る

Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it ……続きを見る

The English Civil War of 1642-6 was one of the most formative periods of British history. This book, originally published in 1974, was one of the first to explore in depth the situation of the commo……続きを見る

This work represents a concise history of sympathy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, considering the phenomenon of shared feeling from five related angles: charity, the market, globa……続きを見る

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. 続きを見る

This thesis discusses the role of airpower in the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. Britain conducted military operations against Ottoman forces in Mesopotamia to defend Britain’s oil interests ……続きを見る

Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos. Major-General Ernest Swinton had already had a long and illustrious career in the Bri……続きを見る

The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminste……続きを見る

First published in 1976. This title brings the Victorian era to life with stories of its spectacular leading magicians, conjurers, illusionists, escapologists, scientific experimenters and trickster……続きを見る

1899ー40,000 Boer farmers declare war on the British Empire, defeat the most experienced regular army of the day, and make it a capital offence to shoot a British general. It was the last of the Gen……続きを見る