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The Legitimacy of Bastards: The Place of Illegitimate Children in Later Medieval England
For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and status. Their marriages were arranged with this in mind, and it is not surprising...
Ship Decoration 1630-1780
This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work - figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design - carried by the ships of the major maritime states of...
The Bolero School: An Illustrated History of the Bolero, the Seguidillas and the Escuela Bolera
This is a book for both ballet and Spanish dancers. It is a journey through the history of the fascinating country of Spain with its vibrant culture and people. It...
Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany - A Chronicle of Their Lives
Author: Steven E. Ozment Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 312 Through correspondence to mothers and guardians, the reader experiences the lives of three generations of German boys in sixteenth- and...
The Black Death, 1347
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Author: George DeauxBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the Black Death, a devastating epidemic that struck Europe between 1347 and 1351,...
The Normans
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Author: David C. DouglasBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 2002Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Normans by David C. Douglas is a beautifully illustrated book with fine binding, offering...
The Cursed Friend
An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel...
Italy Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by Italia
An elegant collection of over 100 recipes inspired by Italia.These signature drink recipes from Italy hotspots pay homage to this vibrant country. With over 100 recipes and dozens of bartender...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Keir Starmer: The Biography
THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL'This will be the most important political book of...
Rose Cocktails: A Collection of Classic and Modern Ros? Cocktails
With an elegant pink rose-foil hardcover, Rose Cocktails is an evocative collection of 60+ rose cocktail recipes perfect for any occasion all year round!It's always rose season! And this pleasantly...
Spanish Visual Dictionary: A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Spanish (Collins Visual Dictionary)
The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Spanish. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and...
With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times'Illuminating and beautiful' Cathy Rentzenbrink What if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong?How...
Her Forgotten Promise
'A story of love, loss, sacrifice and bravery. After this stunning debut, I can't wait to see what Corin writes next!' Kathleen McGurl, author of The Girl from Bletchley ParkA...
A Writer's House in Wales
Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys,...
To The City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
The Cursed Friend
An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel...
Teddy
'Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted' Sunday Times Style'Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive' Daisy Buchanan'Mad Men meets White Lotus' Red'Stylish and twisting' The Times'A wild ride and a heck of...
The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game
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Author: Jonathan Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The story of the vibrant and revolutionary soccer culture in Hungary that, on the eve of World War II, redefined the...
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past
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Napoleon: v. 1: The Path to Power 1769 - 1799
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Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
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Teddy
'Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted' Sunday Times Style'Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive' Daisy Buchanan'Mad Men meets White Lotus' Red'Stylish and twisting' The Times'A wild ride and a heck of...
The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories
Translated into English for the first time, The Archeologist is a landmark of Greek national literature, and an important document in the history of archeology and classicism. Published for the...
Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio
The food of Rome and its region, Lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and pork. It is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a...
Anatomy of a Massacre: How the SS Got Away with War Crimes in Italy
The first account in English of the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre and the last hunt for Nazi war criminals. On 12 August 1944, a unit of the 16th SS Panzergrenadier...
Christ's Associations: Connecting and Belonging in the Ancient City
A groundbreaking investigation of early Christ groups in the ancient Mediterranean As an urban movement, the early groups of Christ followers came into contact with the many small groups in...
The Austrian Revolution
The definitive work on Eastern Europe's revolutionary period and the unique working-class experiment of Red Vienna.This is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated...
Ancient Dynasties: The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750
Ancient Dynasties is a unique study of the ruling families of the ancient world known to the Greeks and Romans. The book is in two parts. The first offers analysis...
The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914
In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack....
Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome: Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art
In Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome, Frances Gage undertakes an in-depth study of the writings of the physician and art critic Giulio Mancini. Using Mancini's unpublished treatises as...
The Making and Unmaking of a Saint: Hagiography and Memory in the Cult of Gerald of Aurillac
A crusader, a hermit, a bishop, a plague victim, and even a repentant murderer by turns: the stories attached to Saint Gerald of Aurillac offer a strange and fragmented legacy....
Liberating Europe: D-Day to Victory in Europe 1944-1945
Despatches in this volume include the Despatch on air operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in North West Europe between November 1943 and September 1944, the despatch on the...
Morality and Custom in Ancient Greece
Author: Regius Professor of Greek John M Dillon (Trinity College Dublin) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 235 Athenian society is brought vividly to life in John M. Dillon's exploration of...
Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
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Prince William: Born to be King: An intimate portrait
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Albion: Origins of the English Imagination
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The Correspondence of Henry Edward Manning and William Ewart Gladstone: Volume Four 1882-1891
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Endgame
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The Perfect Prince: The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck and His Quest for the Throne of England
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With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain
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Wilhelm II: Volume 2, Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941
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Tribute: Salute to the Armed Forces of the Second World War
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The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
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The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America
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