Formative Britain: An Archaeology of Britain, Fifth to Eleventh Century Ad, Paperback - Martin Carver

Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the polit...

This book assesses the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43.Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John ManleyNumber of pages: 208Publication dat...

The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introducti...

This timely history explores the entry, reception and resettlement of refugees across twentieth-century Britain. Focusing on four cohorts of refuge...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Centur...

A narrative history of Roman Britain. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman mili...

A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing how it depa...

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cul...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Centur...

Reducere. The second volume of Oman's trilogyProfessor Charles Oman's exemplary credentials as an historian require no elaboration. His substantial volume of...

Based on the authors' thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 2012) presented under the title: Arranging the past, reconsidering the present: the e...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 8 colour & 74 bw illusNumber of pages: 328Collection: Material Culture of Art and DesignPublic...

Publisher: Henry Moore Sculpture TrustIllustration(s): 178 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 404Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 170 x 241 x 29Cov...

The United Kingdom was united in battle - and some of those battles, though an important part of British history, have been forgotten.Publisher: Am...

This book shows how Alexander von Humboldt's British translators, now largely forgotten figures, were pivotal in moulding his prose and his public ...

The debut publication in a new series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blin...

Publisher: University of Virginia PressAuthor(s): Adam SillsNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 255 x 21Cover type: Paperba...

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. It covers topics that include - di...

Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins.

Reducere. Vini Vidi Vici--Rome's struggles to take and hold BritainProfessor Charles Oman's exemplary credentials as an historian require no elaboration. His...

Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically be...

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today.Publi...

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This highly illustrated book tells the heroic story of the air battle, as well asthe Blitz bombing campaign which followed, through photographs, in...

From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-c...

Reducere. DescriptionIn late November 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly boarded the battleship USS Iowa to att...

Tells the stories of the men who earned the award of the 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp between 10 July and 31 October 1940.Publisher:...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Alice RobertsIllustration(s): 8pp colour platesNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 ...

Providing a seasonal tour of a traditional farming year, passionate beef farmer Joe Stanley seeks to inform the reader about the journey their food...

The first full-length study of the famous Scottish king Mael Coluim III.Illustrations: 8 Plates, black and white

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain - Martin Millett, Louise Revell, Alison Moore

'The Empire Strikes Back?' injects the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. It takes as its premise the idea that the empire wa...

The dramatic story of a tumultuous period of English history - a time when kings fell, families were split and a way of life was lost forever. Pack...

New B-format paperback - The first book to consider British history from a magical perspective, and how these arcane magical themes developed over ...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK...

Presents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colo...

A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Al Murr...

Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims to explore the role that this object played within the net...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Michael BirdIllustration(s): 63 Illustrations, black and white; 18 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 35...

A fully updated, authoritative and exceptionally readable history of Britain from the Romans to the present.

Reducere. DescriptionIllustrated study into the deployments and appearance of Roman legionary, auxiliary, and allied units in the Western half of the Empire ...

Reducere. This Egyptian book of magic includes powerful spells passed down through the ages. It was discovered in the mid-1800s and, after being carefully pi...

Before 1996, no one assumed Portmahomack held a key to the understanding of the mysterious Pictish world. This book develops the interpretation of ...

This volume explores the notion of the 'self' as it was elaborated and expressed by philosophers, novelists, churchmen, poets and diarists in the E...

After British-born, comedy actress Diz White found herself craving Yorkshire Pudding at every meal she knew her roots were pulling her back from Am...

Since capitalism began, British workers have always fought for their rights. Today it's no different. -- KOPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s): Jane Ha...

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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...