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A history of Roman Chester

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets,...

The book titled London Under London: A Subterranean Guide by the author Richard Trench. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Is women's destiny rooted in their biology? Since the end of the eighteenth century the science of gynaecology has legitimised the view that women are 'naturally' fitted for activities in...

The book titled Victoria Glendinning's Hertfordshire by the author Victoria Glendinning. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...

' A Neighbour's Guide to Murder is fiendishly sharp, clever and gripping . Nobody captures the mores of neighbourhoods and communities, and multi-generational complexities, like Louise Candlish. She's in a...

Christopher Lloyd, icon and iconoclast of the gardening world, was born at Great Dixter, in East Sussex, in 1921, and died there in 2006. In the years between he developed...

The book titled Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Soho by the author Roger Hudson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Each volume examines the public images and...

Tracing your Yorkshire ancestors using the internet has never been easier, with literally millions of records available to explore. But with so much material available, it can be difficult to...

The book titled Slate from Coniston: A History of the Coniston Slate Industry by the author A.D. Cameron. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Apprenticeship was one of the most enduring economic and social institutions in the lives of the English working class. The young apprentice, "bound by indentures to a tradesman, who is...

This second edition is completely up-to-date, and in colour throughout. It covers the best and most interesting buildings completed in London during the period 1984-1998. It is one of the...

Soho, London's most colourful and cosmopolitan district, is being redeveloped, and its long-established residential community is fast disappearing. This account of the area's history uses the unique memories of its...

This beautiful publication narrates the romantic biography of an architecturally significant country residence and its rescue from decline. Dating from the mid-15th century, Apethorpe in Northamptonshire was home to a...

A captivating tale of witches, women and the will to survive... 'A spellbinding tale...pure witchy perfection' 1600s, The village of Weybourne, Norfolk Brigid Netherwell is accused of witchcraft and condemned...

An unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright...

Established in 1917 to train Royal Flying Corps aircrew, during WWI Duxford was also the base for two United States Aero Squadrons, 137 and 159, and by the end was...

Accompanying a London Weekend Television series, this book traces the history of popular entertainment in London from the end of the 19th century to the present day. From the Victorian...

In the seventeenth century antiquarianism was a well-respected profession and antiquarian works were in demand, particularly amongst the gentry, who were especially interested in establishing lineage and the descent of...

As part of the "AHT" series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible for aerial...

The book titled Exploring Oxford by the author Michael De-la-Noy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Highgate Cemetery: Victorian Valhalla by the author John Gay. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This illustrated book provides a complete assessment of the architecture of Cromwell's England. Key to the puritan minimalist classicism of the time was the work of Inigo Jones, and this...

In this wide-ranging, eloquent book, Paul Binski sheds new light on one of the greatest periods of English art and architecture, offering ground-breaking arguments about the role of invention and...

While the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s resulted in the destruction of much of England's built fabric, it was also a time in which many new initiatives emerged....

The book titled London Before the Blitz by the author Richard Trench. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Nairn's London: Revisited By Peter Gasson by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The seat of the Cavendish family since 1549, Chatsworth is more than a great country house: it is one of Europe's finest designed landscapes. This book tells the story of...

The book titled The London Underground: Diagrammatic History: Map by the author Douglas Rose. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The West of England: An Artist's Journey through English Landscapes by the author Sydney R. Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

Published to celebrate the major refurbishment and new building at Manchester Art Gallery, this book examines in deatil many of the Gallery's highlights. Paintings by Bacon, Stubbs, Riley, Gainsborough, sit...

The book titled The Underground Official Handbook by the author Bob Bayman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In its heyday, the British Empire started and ended with the port of Southampton, yet the history of this most imperial of cities has been curiously neglected. In this authoritative...

There are over 40,000 churches and chapels in the United Kingdom. The earliest were built by the first Anglo-Saxon Christians and about 10,000 were built before the Reformation in the...

The book titled Change at King's Cross: From 1800 to the Present by the author Michael Hunter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The completion of the Sainsbury Wing by the American architects Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, marks the end of a lengthy architectural debate that has excited interest from both the...

Although London has inherited a complex and comprehensive railway network, there are a large number of l ines which have disappeared. This book examines the history of many of these...

This comprehensive guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire treats each city, town, and village in a detailed gazetteer. The great port city of Liverpool dominates, with its cathedrals, mighty...

The book titled The Art and Architecture of English Gardens by the author Jane Brown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Shell Guide to the Gardens of England and Wales by the author Sarah Hollis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...