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This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Francis Gribble's "The Romance of the Oxford Colleges" offers an intriguing exploration of the human stories and hi……続きを見る

Annals, Anecdotes and Legends: A Chronicle of Life Assurance is a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the history, development, and cultural impact of life assurance (life insurance) in Britai……続きを見る

Descubra os segredos por trás de um dos momentos mais transformadores da história de Portugal! "A Revolução Portugueza: O 5 de Outubro (Lisboa 1910)" de Francisco Jorge de Abreu é uma obra que trans……続きを見る

Descubra o pulsar de uma nação em transformação através das páginas de "A Revolução Portugueza: O 31 de Janeiro (Porto 1891)"! Este livro fascinante de Francisco Jorge de Abreu transporta o leitor p……続きを見る

Francis Bacon had many accomplishments. He was a scientist, a philosopher, and a politician, and he was adept, too, at taking bribes; for this he had been imprisoned. It is, however, as a literary m……続きを見る

A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and o……続きを見る

Throughout the recorded history of Britain, belief in earthbound spirits presiding over nature, the home and human destiny has been a feature of successive cultures. From the localised deities of Br……続きを見る

This volume aims to advance the analysis about Amerigo Vespucci by considering and connecting several fields of study such as literary history, philology, the history of science and cartography, eco……続きを見る

Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new boo……続きを見る

Ce livre est une enquête minutieuse sur les événements qui ont entraîné la chute du réseau Prosper qu’avait organisé et dirigé le major Suttill, d’octobre 1942 à juin 1943, qui n’est autre que le pè……続きを見る

This book gives the account of the French-British contest for new lands. It covers such topics as the arrival of the first French pioneers in the New World, the role and activity of Jesuits in North……続きを見る

The Second World War created heroes and scoundrels in good measure. Few men shifted from role to role with the insolent ease of Neville Heath. Exchanging one alias for another, he was at various tim……続きを見る

On the evening of 2nd November 1952, a shot fired from a makeshift weapon on a warehouse roof in Croydon killed PC Sidney Miles. Next morning the newspaper headlines proclaimed a Chicago gun-battle ……続きを見る

Francis O'Neill's "Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating History" is an enchanting exploration of the rich and vibrant tradition of Irish folk music. With the keen insight of a scholar and the passion of ……続きを見る

In his seminal work 'Christmas: Its Origin and Associations', William Francis Dawson delves into the history and cultural significance of the Christmas holiday. Using a scholarly approach, Dawson ex……続きを見る

An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. 'Highly compelling' Spectator, Books of the Year 'An evocative foray into the prehi……続きを見る

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way' TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing ……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE ELWYN HARTLEY-EDWARDS AWARD FOR EQUINE WRITING, 2023. Tiffany Francis-Baker explores how the relationship between humans and horses has shaped the British landscape and how this connec……続きを見る

The Gambia Colony and Protectorate (1967) provides both a history of the colony and a wealth of valuable practical and statistical information about its establishment and running. It provides a clea……続きを見る

A collection of writings and speeches by historian, political activist and former MP Hywel Francis. He celebrates the struggles of the working class of the South Wales Valleys and asks about the con……続きを見る

In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spa……続きを見る

The life of John Davenport, who co-founded the colony of New Haven, has long been overshadowed by his reputation as the most draconian of all Puritan leaders in New Englandーa reputation he earned d……続きを見る

The Battle of the Somme was the largest and most devastating battle of the First World War. On its first day it killed more British soldiers than in any previous battle. Yet the conflict would rage ……続きを見る

BATTLES OF THE '45 PRESTONPANSー21st September 1745 FALKIRKー17th January 1746 CULLODENー16th April 1746 On 23rd July 1745, Prince Charles Edward arrived in Scotland with nine companions, few arms a……続きを見る

Lose yourself in these three captivating wartime sagas. Includes; Shadows of the Past, Where There's a Will and For Better For Worse. Shadows of the Past: Liverpool, 1928. Fifteen-year-old Annie And……続きを見る

While now long-forgotten, King Farouk of Egypt loomed large in British culture in the 1940s and 1950s. Farouk was of interest and importance, not just to British imperial policy makers, but to a wid……続きを見る

James Francis Edward Keith (in later years Jakob von Keith; 11 June 1696 – 14 October 1758) was a Scottish soldier and Generalfeldmarschall of the Royal Prussian Army. As a Jacobite he took part in ……続きを見る

The site at Flag Fen lies at the centre of a once-wet Fenland bay, immediately east of Peterborough. In the Bronze Age a huge alignment of posts crossed a kilometer of wetland to link the two sides ……続きを見る

Includes over 15 illustrations including detailed map of the area of operations. The Chitral Expedition was a military expedition in 1895 sent by the British authorities to relieve the fort at Chitr……続きを見る

This book traces the development of exorcism in Catholic Christianity from the fourth century to the present day, and seeks to explain why exorcism is still so much in demand. This is the first work……続きを見る