James II and the First Modern Revolution. The End of Absolute Monarchy, Hardback - John Van der Kiste

This book examines the downfall of James II, how the monarch came to forfeit the goodwill of the nation within three years.Publisher: Pen & Sword B...

The first proper biographies of the three younger sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II, each whose lives were wrecked by tragedyPublisher: Fonthill Media L...

The little book of DevonPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John van der KisteNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 206 x 13...

Reducere. Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as 'Dona', was marked out from early childhood as a po...

A compendium of fascinating information about Cornwall past and present, this book contains a plethora of entertaining facts about the county's fam...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1859 the seventeen-year-old Maria Sophia, Duchess in Bavaria, married Francis, Duke of Calabria, heir to the throne of the Two Sicili...

A biography of Jeff Lynne, who had hits with the Move in the 1960s and went on to make ELO a huge success in the 1970s and 1980s. He also produced ...

Devonshire's Own

Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaimed albums, the release of 'All Right Now' and the a...

Singer-songwriter Kate Bush's eclectic style with its diverse lyrical themes defies easy categorisation, and has earned the admiration of fans, pee...

Championed by David Bowie, Mott The Hoople became one of the best known bands of the Glam era. A succession of top twenty singles in 1973 and 1974....

DescriptionThroughout most of the twelve years between their formation and disbanding after the death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin were reg...

ELO were formed by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as a fusion of rock and classically-influenced music with strings. After their 1971 debut, Wood left and...

Reducere. From his early days as guitarist with Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders, Roy Wood was always a major figure on the Birmingham music scene. In 1965 ...

Reducere. DescriptionPrince Henry of Prussia was the second son of Crown Prince Frederick William, later Emperor Frederick III, and the Crown Princess, later...

Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Admiral of the Fleet, was the second son of Queen Victoria. At 18 he was elected King of Greece...

Steve Winwood was successively lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with the chart-topping Spencer Davis Group, the more experimental Traffic, a...

The first of two books in a new series focussing in on a particular year and a genre within that year. One of the key years in the development of r...

Reducere. DescriptionSarah Bonetta Forbes, 'Queen Victoria's African Princess', was rescued from Africa as a girl of seven after the slaughter of her family....

Reducere. The definitive account of the 1945 Potsdam Conference: the historic summit where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill met to determine the fate of post-Wo...

Eight years (and 30, 000 copies) after publication Scenarios is still acknowledged as the definitive work in the scenario planning field. Now, Kees...

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Scott Kiloby points to the spiritual transformation sometimes called "enlightenment, " where the personal self is seen to be an illusion, leaving a...

A century of South African military history in a single volume, the first of its kind. Includes the Second Anglo-Boer War, the two world wars, and ...

Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888–1900 - John C. G. Rohl

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Beginning in the 1920s, the Scottish Renaissance saw Scottish writers increasingly engaged with social and political issues. Hugh MacDiarmid, his c...

This is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions that monarchism played. I...

How is Britain enacting colonialism at home?

An intriguing, first-of-its-kind cultural history of the turn of the 1960s

Description"New Dark Age is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I've read about the Internet, which is to say that it is among the mos...

Reducere. The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event On November ...

The electrical power supply is about to change; future generation will increasingly take place in and near local neighborhoods with diminishing rel...

A biography that seeks to unravel the reality from the myths to ask the pertinent question: how long will the institution survive beyond the reign ...

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Reducere. It is with great joy that we present Clive Bonsall this volume, as a token of both our appreciation and friendship, for his contributions to the Ea...

DescriptionWhen the Germans requested an armistice in October 1918, it was a shock to the Allied political and military leadership. They had been e...

The status of Tibet is one of the most controversial and complex issues in the history of modern China. In To the End of Revolution, Xiaoyuan Liu d...

Reducere. When a girl called Lucy, and her dog Neptune, Make a rocket ship to zoom to the moon.They shoot past the stars with a smile on their face, To disco...

Reducere. When a girl called Lucy, and her dog Neptune, Make a rocket ship to zoom to the moon.They shoot past the stars with a smile on their face, To disco...

Reducere. A controversial hit that sparked debate among businessmen, environmentalists, and bloggers, The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler is an eye-o...

The complete graphic work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published in one luxurious edition.

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher IncAuthor(s): Adam Van DorenNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 161 x 21Cover type: Ha...