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Biography: historical, political & military

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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. In her diaries Lady Anne Clifford documents both the great and the trivial events of her long life. They cover her life from her childhood days, when she witnessed the funeral of Queen Elizabeth I, to her last months, when she recalled her past life from her room in Brougham Castle. Editor(s): Clifford, David J. H. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750931786
ISBN
9780750931786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982703
ISBN
9781909982703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

Hardcover. A poignant memoir of pre-1979 Iran and the human drama behind the fall of the last shah Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; BM; HBJF; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168260
ISBN
9789774168260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.08

Hardcover. Cyriac of Ancona (1391-1452) was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. This volume contains a life of Cyriac to the year 1435 by his friend Francesco Scalamonti, along with several letters and other texts illustrating his early life. Translator(s): Bodnar, Edward W; Foss, Visiting Professor of History Clive (Georgetown University, Washington DC Georgetown University Georgetown University, Washington DC Georgetown University, Washington DC Georgetown University, Washington DC Georgetown University, Washington DC Georgetown University, Washington DC); Mitchell, Part-Time Lecturer in Laws Charles (Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at King's College London. University College, London King's College London King's College London Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at King's College London. King's College London King's College London). Num Pages: 397 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674599208
ISBN
9780674599208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666337
ISBN
9780940666337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. This work offers an interpretation of the case of the second Earl of Castlehaven, who was convicted of abetting the rape of his wife and of committing sodomy with his servants. He also stood accused of inverting the natural order of his household by revelling in such intemperate passions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; BGH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195139259
ISBN
9780195139259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.24

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Faced with fascism, communism, and the 1956 Revolution, Csaba Teglas responded with ingenuity and hope. This memoir is the personal story of his youth, told from the point of view of a man with sons of his own. He found in America the freedom for which he had been searching, but he has raised his American sons to remain proud of their heritage. Series: Eastern European Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 31 b&w illustrations, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585446407
ISBN
9781585446407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595554482
ISBN
9781595554482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. A biography of one of the Confederacy's fighting generals, Patrick Cleburne. Symonds seeks to provide insights into the dialogue between society, culture, and personality, on one side, and Civil War military leadership on the other. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 20 photographs, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609345
ISBN
9780700609345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Hardback. The Strong Gray Line profiles members of the West Point class of 2004 who fought and died in service to their country. Alongside these commemorative stories, surviving members describe some of the most brutal combat of the Iraq and Afghanistan war in vivid and stirring vignettes. Editor(s): Wallace, Cory. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442249752
ISBN
9781442249752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.93

Hardback. Translator(s): MacMichael, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151014
ISBN
9780691151014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Chronicling the development of Randolph's political and racial ideology Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077647
ISBN
9780252077647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Hardcover. This memoir begins in 1834, when Cornelia James Pond was born to one of the Old South's wealthiest plantation families, and it ends in 1875, when she was a 41-year-old wife and mother trying to cope in the post-Civil War south. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320441
ISBN
9780820320441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.62

Paperback. Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York-with good title to the throne-overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England. Num Pages: 534 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 1DDF; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554760
ISBN
9781781554760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. For fans of Downton Abbey, this is the riveting real-life story of the Vanderbilt heiress who married the Duke of Marlborough in 1895. A fascinating insight into upstairs-downstairs life and the highest circles of Edwardian aristocracy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x picture sections. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
42902nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444730999
ISBN
9781444730999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Haslam, Associate Professor Jason (Dalhousie University, Canada Dalhousie University Dalhousie University Dalhousie University, Canada Dalhousie University, Canada Dalhousie University Dalhousie University, Canada Dalhousie University, Canada Dalhousie University, Canada). Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115931
ISBN
9781551115931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.03

Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841192116
ISBN
9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Biography of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Rising. A journalist, novelist and fierce nationalist, he was quartermaster of the Irish Volunteers, in charge of getting and managing many of the arms used in the rebellion. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286. Nice clean copy with very minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038261
ISBN
9781847173355
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 10.00

Paperback. The long-awaited memoir of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's years in Washington Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 50. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857208088
ISBN
9780857208088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.68

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