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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. This is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. It was the defining relationship of their lives, and marked the intersection of the great Tudor and Stuart dynasties, a landmark event in British history. Num Pages: 592 pages, (3 x 8pp colour sections.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Harperperennial
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006531920
- ISBN
- 9780006531920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923816
- ISBN
- 9780939923816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.90
€ 19.00
€ 15.90
Paperback. Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green. This English landscape style spread across Europe and the world. This title paints a picture of the man, his work, his domestic life, and his crowded world. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AMV; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951795
- ISBN
- 9781845951795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an evocation that is both biography and a love letter, an expression of the author's passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry of the British Empire in its prime. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571233045
- ISBN
- 9780571233045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The brilliantly told true story of the exploits of trainer, gambler and SOE agent John Goldsmith. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Raceform Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910498453
- ISBN
- 9781910498453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.71
€ 13.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JPHL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605984094
- ISBN
- 9781605984094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press Detroit
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0018343
- ISBN
- 9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press Detroit
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- SKU
- KRS0018342
- ISBN
- 9780814319307
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Tells the story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler Francisco Solano Lopez. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, Lopez was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Brazil and Argentina. This work offers an analysis of Paraguayan politics and Lopez's life and erratic rule. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537545
- ISBN
- 9780742537545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.74
€ 170.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621573715
- ISBN
- 9781621573715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.27
€ 20.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. First book to deal with de Vere's life and extraordinary career, during the Wars of the Roses and beyond. Num Pages: 294 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270057
- ISBN
- 9781783270057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Hardcover. The author relates his unconventional career in the Foreign Office from the end of World War II until almost the end of the Cold War. The realities and flavours of diplomatic life are interwoven with the local colour of overseas assignments. Num Pages: 192 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644450
- ISBN
- 9781860644450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 54.92
€ 59.41
€ 54.92
Paperback. Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; BGH; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141979366
- ISBN
- 9780141979366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070518
- ISBN
- 9780252070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. The recollections of Joseph Prost, an Austrian priest who initiated the Redemptorist Parish Missionary Campaign in Ireland in 1851, provide a chronicle of the "devotional revolution" by one of its most earnest organisers. Editor(s): Freudenberger, Herman. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGHA; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 87.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- 9781859181607
- ISBN
- 9781859181607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18, 14 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449888
- ISBN
- 9780801449888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
Paperback. This publication of the wartime letters of Roswell Lamson marks a major addition to US Civil War literature. Throughout the war, Lamson always seemed to be where the action was and these letters describe the part he played in these events. Lamson's correspondence reveals his deep ambivalence about the war. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTG0005947
- ISBN
- 9780195130935
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393241570
- ISBN
- 9780393241570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.53
€ 47.99
€ 40.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 558 pages, 25 black and white drawings, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756461
- ISBN
- 9780814756461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Num Pages: 460 pages, over 350 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887405778
- ISBN
- 9780887405778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 39.22
€ 53.99
€ 39.22
paperback. This set of diaries (1841-1864) brings to light the journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder. They reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important leader, but whose flaws kept him from true greatness. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570032226
- ISBN
- 9781570032226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.58
€ 31.58
Paperback. The entire range of Courbet's work, from landscapes to erotic nudes. Translator(s): Bernard, Xavier; Strim, Laurent. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714831800
- ISBN
- 9780714831800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.45
€ 24.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. An eloquent and provocative autobiography of an activist in the 1960s civil rights movement Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976594
- ISBN
- 9780295976594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Ada's Algorithm tells the story of Ada Lovelace's turbulent life, and tells through the story of her life how she could have started the digital revolution two centuries ago but was thwarted by the then prevalent disregard for the intelligence of women. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PBC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783340712
- ISBN
- 9781783340712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54