Pit-folk and Peers. The Remarkable History of the People of Fryston: Volume I - Echoes of Fryston Hall (1809-1908), Hardback - David Waddington

Publisher: Route PublishingAuthor(s): David WaddingtonIllustration(s): 16pp of black and white photosNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2020Dime...

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Reducere. This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagyū clan--a story that began during the early heady days of the Genkō Rebellion (133...

In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a stat...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Helen (University of Nottingham, UK) LovattIllustration(s): 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 272Publicati...

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Tells of a quest to the ends of the earth, of the villainous usurper King Pelias, of dragons' teeth, of the doom of Hylas, ravished to his end by n...

David Hey was one of the leading local historians of our age and the author of a number of highly regarded books on the practice of local history. ...

This book tells the story of Ford GT40 Mark II, chassis no. P/1016, one of the trio of cars that crossed the finishing line together at Le Mans in ...

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One of the world's leading writers on propaganda and information projection presents a remarkably detailed history and critique of the workings and...

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Reducere. Dr. Eric Williams was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 until his death in 1981. He built his reputation as a historian as Professor ...

This book takes a fresh look at British radicalism in the first-half of the nineteenth century from the new perspective of the history of emotions....

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Capturing the stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things through the turbulent years of the Second World WarPublisher: The History Press ...

Reducere. Trail of Echoes: the latest Elouise Norton mystery novel from critically acclaimed writer Rachel Howzell Hall. On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles...

Publisher: HalsgroveAuthor(s): David ParkerIllustration(s): Black and white photographsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 221 x ...

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DescriptionA new biography of possibly the most renowned light cavalrymanThere can be few, if any, students of the military history of the Napoleon...

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Charts the rise of Ali Pasha from Albanian brigand leader to a player in world affairs.

Known to contemporaries the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAF's highest scoring nightfighter pilot with fourteen victories. What makes his stor...

Reducere. The first volume of David M. Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought offers a close study of Confucius, that tradition's proto-classicist....

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Brian DingleNumber of pages: 350Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 30Cover type...

Reducere. This anthology constitutes the first attempt to fill comprehensively one of the most enduring lacunae in Louisiana historiography--the French-Antil...

DescriptionThe British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of t...

The Remarkable Tale of Radio 1 is a history of the radio station from its birth in the late sixties as a response to the success of pirate radio, t...

Unique study of the Peninsular War from the French perspective.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations

The best tales from around the country, chosen from our popular series of Folk Tales

The best tales from around the country, chosen from our popular series of Folk Tales

The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the presentPublisher: Yale University PressAut...

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Publisher: Arkose PressIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 800Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 51Cover typ...

Between the 9th and the 15th centuries, Central Asia was a major political, economic and cultural hub on the Eurasian continent. In the first half ...

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An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers.Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers...

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Reducere. Beginning with the birth of the Cherokee patriarch Major Ridge in the 1770's, Thurman Wilkins tells the events that led to the Trail of Tears, thro...

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Fall under the spell of witches throughout the ages in this magical illustrated guide.

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of modern times. From its ruin rose new countries including Syria and Turkey. This...

Available for the first time in a modern and readable edition Preceding The Federalist by several years, this first volume of John Adams' A Defence...

Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. Th...

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An extraordinary account of a little-known aspect of the fighting in Gallipoli - the snipers' war which explores the remarkable career of Billy Sin...