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Hatfield Peverel in Old Picture Postcards: v. 2
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The book titled Hatfield Peverel in Old Picture Postcards: v. 2 by the author Joyce P. Fitch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Victoria: Her Life, Her People, Her Empire
On 22 January 1901 Queen Victoria, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died at the age of 81; she had been on the throne for 62 years. Just 19 when she acceded, she...
A Short History of England
From the Battle of Catterick (AD 598) to the premiership of Tony Blair, one of Britain's most respected journalists, Simon Jenkins, weaves together a strong narrative with all the most...
Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants
Last year, the telly-watching public was gripped by Downton Abbey - the most successful British period drama in years and the number-one most-watched new drama programme of 2010. Captivated by...
The King's Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History
The first book to reveal the full extent of King Edward VIII's looting. The Duchess of Windsor's notorious jewellery collection was, and still is, the subject of intense speculation regarding...
First Templar Nation: How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a
Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar * Explains how and why the Templars created Europe's first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their...
The Penguin History of Britain: A Monarchy Transformed, Britain
The book titled The Penguin History of Britain: A Monarchy Transformed, Britain by the author Mark Kishlansky. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
The Archaeology of Britain: An Introduction from Earliest Times to the
This text is a comprehensive introduction to all the archaeological periods covering Britain from early prehistory to the industrial revolution. It provides a one-stop textbook for the entire archaeology of...
GDR Souvenirs
This work features gifts from foreign dignitaries to GDR party leaders, as well as birthday and anniversary presents given to SED politicians. Several selected objects are also used as the...
The Tower of London: The Official Illustrated Guide
The Tower of London is one of the most famous historic monuments in the world, conjuring up images of towering battlements, arms and armour, ravens, the Crown Jewels, Yeoman Warders...
WEEKEND IN MUNICH 1995
What was the source of the Nazi appeal to the German masses? How did a regime that was responsible for war and devastation on an unprecedented scale seduce a nation...
When I Was a Nipper: The Way We Were in Disappearing Britain
After moving from the Barleywood garden where he hosted BBC Gardeners' World for seven years, Alan Titchmarsh set up home in an old farmhouse a few miles down the road,...
The History of Modern France: From the Revolution to the War with
With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby...
The Rebel Romanov
'What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career' Lucy Worsley To Queen...
Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain
Oxbow says: Chris Stringer, a world renowned name in the field of human origins, is based at the Natural History Museum in London where he leads a team of researchers...
Late Antiquity
In this history of the late antique period, which appeared earlier in the five-volume series A History of Private Life , Peter Brown shows the slow shift from one form...
The Oxford Companion To French Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tape markings inside FEP, pages otherwise white and crispAn indispensable reference work in the tradition of...
The Lords Of The Isles: The Clan Donald And The Early Kingdom Of The Scots
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light Foxing on top of blockThe historical narrative The Lords Of The...
The Pigeon Girl
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Edition: First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some foxing on blockThis poignant novel, The Pigeon Girl, chronicles the life of Natàlia, a...
Memories 1898-1939
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light fading on spine. Large chip at bottom right corner of jacket and some...
Eminent Elizabethans
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: usual aging - in good condition. Pages bright and clean. A masterwork of biographical history, Eminent Elizabethans presents vivid...
Medieval Panorama: The English Scene From Conquest To Reformation
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Edition: later reprintCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical scholarship, Medieval Panorama presents a...
To Befriend An Emperor: Betsy Balcombe's Memoirs of Napoleon on St
Young Elizabeth Balcombe, or Betsy to friends and family, found life on the remote island of St Helena intolerably dull. Most fourteen-year-olds would. Her father had been posted to that...
The History Makers
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping work of political biography and twentieth-century history, The History Makers: Leaders and Statesmen of the 20th Century presents...
Year Of Wonders: A Novel Of The Plague (SIGNED)
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Signed ephemera laid in. Set against the harrowing backdrop of...
The Second World War
The book titled The Second World War by the author Winston S. Churchill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
In the Russian Style
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The book titled In the Russian Style by the author Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Czars: Russia's Rulers for Over One Thousand Years
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The only reference of its kind, Czars offers biographical profiles of every Russian autocrat from the birth of the Kievan state under the Varangian Oleg in the ninth century to...
The Outline Of History: Being A Plain History Of Life And Mankind (Two-Volume Set)
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Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards with minor marks and corner bumping....
Thomas Keneally's Australians (Three-Volume Set)
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Edition: First Editions, First ImpressionsCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThomas Keneally's "Australians" trilogy stands as one of the most ambitious works of narrative history ever...
The Times History of London: An Outstanding Illustrated Survey of One
A visual and narrative feast for anyone with an interest in the story of this great and complex city. Arranged in a clear chronological narrative accompanied by a wealth of...
A History of the Twentieth Century (Two-Volume Set)
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Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping narrative history, this two-volume set chronicles the full arc of the twentieth century through Martin Gilbert's masterful synthesis...
Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power
Henry Kamen's work re-creates the dazzling world of Imperial Spain, from the capture of Moorish Granada and Columbus's first voyage in 1492, to its expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and...
City of London: The History
The Square Mile , London s financial powerhouse,rose to prominence with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. David Kynaston s vibrant history brings this world to life, taking us from...
King James: Vi Of Scotland; I Of England
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterful work of royal biography, this richly researched narrative chronicles the life of one of Britain's most complex and...
The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland
A unique history covering every major aspect of British life, with full coverage of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; contributions from 60 major scholars; an 840-entry biographical Who's Who; and...
In Public and in Private: Elizabeth I and Her World
This volume takes us to the heart of one of history's most abiding love stories: in plays and pageants, cameos and medallions and portraits, in the great country houses, their...
Mary Queen Of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she...
Pompeii: The Living City
This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beginning with the earthquake which all but destroyed Pompeii and ending with the volcanic eruption which...
Joseph Goebbels: Life and Death
An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to...
The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe
This is an illustrated survey of the development of European society from the very earliest times of human population to the collapse of the Roman Empire. It is based on...
Alamein
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In North Africa in 1942, Australian forces provided the hinge on which the success of the Western Alliance sung. This book relates how the 9th Australian Division came to take...
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee: An Epically Short History of Our Kings
A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 'Learned, entertaining and highly approachable' BOB MORTIMER 'A treat' ALICE LOXTON 'Five stars from me...'...
Fascinating Paris
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly illustrated travel and cultural guide, Fascinating Paris presents the French capital through a lens of curiosity and wonder, uncovering...
Rome-Amsterdam: Two Growing Cities in Seventeenth Century Europe
In the seventeenth century, Catholic-aristocratic Rome and Protestant-bourgeois Amsterdam were expanding rapidly, both in a political and in a cultural way. In a multifaceted comparison of these two contrasting cultural...