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Diese Ausgabe wurde vollständig restauriert, mit moderner Typografie, individuellem Coverdesign und korrigierter Formatierung. Der Text entwirft in gelehrter, historisch dichte Form die Geschichte A……続きを見る

Throughout the annals of literature there is one detective who reigns supreme ー Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street, London. From that celebrated address, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson set ……続きを見る

A caballo entre el mito, la leyenda y la historia, aún hoy en día el rey Arturo resulta un personaje tan sorprendente como motivador. Protagonista de innumerables obras literarias y cinematográficas……続きを見る

From the winding hills of post-colonial Shimla to the rainy pavements of 1950s London, 'From curry to crumpets' is a delightfully wry memoir of a young Indian man finding his feet, and sometimes los……続きを見る

Ireland was the location of the earliest comprehensive public provision for the care and control of the mentally ill. Between 1817 and 1870 the British government in Ireland directed the establishme……続きを見る

The unheard voice of Seán Lemass - 22 hours of lost interviews reveal the private thoughts of Ireland's most transformative taoiseach Lemass never left any papers or an autobiography. Instead, he ga……続きを見る

A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests ov……続きを見る

Descubre los secretos mejor guardados del reinado de Felipe II en una obra que desafía la historia convencional. Estudios históricos del reinado de Felipe II de Cesáreo Fernández Duro es una joya li……続きを見る

In the beating heart of 18th-century London resides John Culler, a young man carrying an unexpected burden and a secret that could change everything. As the world around him moves at a pace of glamo……続きを見る

Nancy Armstrong argues that the history of the novel and the history of the modern individual are, quite literally, one and the same. She suggests that certain works of fiction created a subject, on……続きを見る

This is the first dedicated biography of the extraordinary Irish woman, Eva Gore-Booth. Gore-Booth rejected her aristocratic heritage choosing to live and work amongst the poorest classes in industr……続きを見る

This book is a wide-ranging survey of the rise of mass movements for democracy and workers’ rights in northern England. It is a provocative narrative of the closing down of public space and disposse……続きを見る

Blood and Shadows: England’s Darkest Crimes and Tragedies unveils the hidden, chilling side of England’s history, offering a glimpse into the events that have haunted the nation for centuries. While……続きを見る

Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries examines the power of medieval Irish kings but treats ‘power’ as a complex concept worthy of study in its own right. It starts from the premise t……続きを見る

This is a magisterial narrative of the most turbulent decade in Anglo-Irish history: a decade of unleashed passions that came close to destroying the parliamentary system and to causing civil war in……続きを見る

'[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book...Mount makes for a delightful guide' -- Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renown……続きを見る

This is about life on a council estate in the county borough of Bootle in North Liverpool during the 1960s-1970s with the spectre of penury looming heavily over the family home. The love of grandpar……続きを見る

This book compares the school image of the wartime past of the Falange and the Polish Workers’ Party (PPR), created during the turbulent first decade of Francoism in Spain and Communism in Poland. D……続きを見る

Neste livro, revelam-se indícios do cotidiano dos soldados e dos oficiais do Exército brasileiro, bem como das demais pessoas que viveram na colônia militar de Santa Teresa, no interior da província……続きを見る

HISTORIA DE BRITANIA. De Roma a la conquista normanda Los cuatro siglos de conquista y dominio del Imperio romano en Britania dejaron una profunda huella, pero la historia de la isla cuando Roma dec……続きを見る

Partitioning Palestine is the first history of the ideological and political forces that led to the idea of partitionーthat is, a division of territory and sovereigntyーin British mandate Palestine ……続きを見る

This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960. Set in the context of British colonial rule in India, this book also reflects on simila……続きを見る

"Lean men, brown men, men from overseas, Men from all the outer world; shy and ill at ease There were Canadian Mounties, American cowboys, Arctic explorers, adventurers, rogues, big game hunters and……続きを見る

This thesis examines how well the United States Army of World War I prepared for battle by learning the lessons of modern combat from other nations engaged in war. Armies prepare for war during peac……続きを見る

As 1914 ends, the war which was supposed to be over by Christmas, had settled down to an entrenched stalemate. Trapped behind enemy lines are many British soldiers who are hidden by brave French fam……続きを見る

It is now over half a century since the last coalmining disaster to affect the lives and families of people living and working on what became known as the Great Northern Coalfield. This was the firs……続きを見る

Research for and the writing of this book was funded by the award of a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. The period c. AD300--1050, spanning the collapse of Roman rule to the coming of the……続きを見る

The No. 1 Bestseller in True Crime on Kindle ‘A major page-turner . . . fascinating’ Nicola Tallant, Crime World podcast --- November 1983. Early morning in suburban south Dublin. Businessman Don Ti……続きを見る

Part One includes an overview of early disasters, multiple fatalities, from 1710. Part Two, 1806-1841 concerns disasters, under the theme of Pit Children.Part Three, 1844-1888, covers a variety of a……続きを見る

This book contains hundreds of 'strange but true' stories about Scottish history. Arranged into a miniature history of Scotland, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will deli……続きを見る