The Battle Against Slavery. The Untold Story of How a Group of Yorkshire Radicals Began the War to End the Slave Trade, Hardback - Dawson, Paul L

This is the remarkable untold story of a group of men and women in the West Riding of Yorkshire who for nearly a century between 1776 and 1865 foug...

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the...

All three theatres of the Waterloo Campaign after Waterloo analysed - Belgium, the Rhine and the Alps.

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncAuthor(s): Sam KleinerIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Public...

On 16 March 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, abolishing the practise throughout the Empire. The following ...

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

The surprising story of one of the darkest episodes in espionage history: the 'midnight war' devised by America and Allied powers to depose Soviet ...

Reducere. Slavery Of Faith...the quietly kept story of a young woman's escape through the jungles of Jonestown, Guyana the morning of the massacre November 1...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Ian CampbellIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 336Publication date:...

Revelatory investigation into this key encounter and Ney s conduct at this critical period in the campaign.

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been protecting the ocean's ecosystems and marine wildlife for over forty years. ORCAPED...

The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the "midnight war" to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. It re...

New in paperback - The surprising story of one of the darkest episodes in espionage history: the 'midnight war' devised by America and Allied power...

IN 1991 THE UNITED STATES trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it aga...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

A captivating and beautifully written account of riding Britain's longest place-to-place journey by bike, and its history.Illustrations: 16 b/w pic...

A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

This is the third volume in Paul Dawson s ground-breaking Waterloo trilogy, following Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras, and Napoleon and Grouchy, Waterlo...

A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject. ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid 20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved receive...

The first book taking stock of a new left generationPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Raina LipsitzNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

Battle of the Bulge - World War IIThe bloodiest battle in American history earned its name from the war correspondents who were covering the confli...

Reducere. Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth "Bessie" Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphro...

Reducere. During the night of April 10, 1734, Montr al burned. Marie-Joseph Ang lique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of...

In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, as it became increasingly difficult for those outside the world of politics to have frank and open d...

Reducere. Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth -Bessie- Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphro...

Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser have joined together to tell the remarkable story of the noble cow in Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, a...

This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallip...