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Paperback. Linda Stratmann's carefully researched and enthralling text includes much previously unpublished information and will appeal to everyone interested in the shady side of Middlesex's history. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451237
- ISBN
- 9780752451237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Provides not only the details for all those from the area who fell in the Great War but also personal information, including letters and photographs, for every man featured. This book serves as a timeline for the significant events of the war and reveals several stories and facts along the way, such as why bodies were lost. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444284
- ISBN
- 9780752444284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. It contains diverse tales of highwaymen, murderers, poachers, witches, rioters and rebels, as well as accounts of prisons, punishments and executions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456843
- ISBN
- 9780752456843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury India
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789385936654
- ISBN
- 9789385936654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
€ 13.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461147
- ISBN
- 9781909461147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.51
€ 16.99
€ 15.51
Paperback. Contains the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Suffolk. This book unveils a catalogue of true crime stories from the county's history. It also contains accounts of the circumstances surrounding each murder case and provides an insight into the minds and methods of the killers concerned. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752449050
- ISBN
- 9780752449050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
Hardcover. This work focuses upon the 19th-century author, James Morier, and his two brothers, Jack and David. It reveals how during the Napoleonic wars the brothers forsook the world of trade to become involved in countering French activities and influence in the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps, geneal. table, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643309
- ISBN
- 9781860643309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.71€ 95.86
€ 106.71
€ 95.86
Hardcover. Good clean copy in original cloth lacking dustwrapper. Some minor wear to spine.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- SKU
- KTG0009323
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A memoir by Paul Lendvai, a Hungarian Jew who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager. He became a communist activist in post-war Budapest, was imprisoned by the communists, and fled to Vienna after the 1956 Revolution. He became a leading journalist and commentator on eastern Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st English Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642685
- ISBN
- 9781860642685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 54.35
€ 59.28
€ 54.35
Paperback. Contained within the pages of Gloucestershire Murders are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in the county's history. The cases covered include the most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Gloucestershire but the whole nation. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 176 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939508
- ISBN
- 9780750939508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. Jean Flori's Richard Coeur de Lion was written to mark the eighth centenary of the death of the "knightly king". The book is a tour de force that provides the reader with a reappraisal of Richard's life as well as a study of the myth and reality of Richard's image as the personification of medieval chivalry. Num Pages: 544 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620463
- ISBN
- 9780748620463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.92€ 163.99
€ 171.92
€ 163.99
Paperback. Those with an interest in Romantic biography and autobiography will be particularly fascinated by these lively, readable, idiosyncratic and disconcerting texts. Editor(s): Rubenstein, Jill. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 224 pages, music. BIC Classification: BG; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620852
- ISBN
- 9780748620852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857300
- ISBN
- 9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.02
€ 44.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: BGSA; KNTJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620405079
- ISBN
- 9781620405079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Hardcover. Missionaries have been blamed for some of the worst effects of western imperialism in Africa. This book, based on the letters of Herbert and Doris Gerrard, leaves readers to judge for themselves. Gerrsrd was a medical missionary who served in Zambia and Kenya for 26 years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860646591
- ISBN
- 9781860646591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 54.65
€ 59.28
€ 54.65
Paperback. Walter Sutherland played rugby for Scotland between 1910 and 1914. He was a brilliant player, a genuine folk-hero and also a very good athlete who also represented Scotland at sprinting. This book is a comprehensive biography of Walter Sutherland. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJC; BGS; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 8. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752436135
- ISBN
- 9780752436135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Yash Chopra's career as a film director began in 1959, and he has been a producer since 1973. This study of the man and his work is based on interviews with Yash Chopra, his family, his stars, his colleagues, his contemporaries and also some of his major critics. Series: World Directors. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324. Series: World Directors. 232 pages, illustrations. Yash Chopra's career as a film director began in 1959, and he has been a producer since 1973. This study of the man and his work is based on interviews with Yash Chopra, his family, his stars, his colleagues, his contemporaries and also some of his major critics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Dimension: 191 x 139 x 17. Weight: 324.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851708751
- ISBN
- 9780851708751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.13
€ 44.99
€ 37.13
Paperback. Drawing on a wide selection of sources and illustrated with more than fifty images, this collection of tales explores the shadier side of the Lake District's past. It features the tale of the 'Keswick Imposter', who seduced and bigamously married a young lady of Buttermere before being hanged at Castile for fraud. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 5. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448053
- ISBN
- 9780752448053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Cardiff has always been a sporting city, producing several performers in rugby, cricket, football and many other sports. It is a city with a rich and proud sporting heritage with a long tradition of hosting national and international sporting events. This book celebrates the achievements of many of the city's sportspeople. Num Pages: 224 pages, 175. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; BGS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442860
- ISBN
- 9780752442860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. West at War Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, facsims, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750941105
- ISBN
- 9780750941105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. The immortal lovers of novels, plays and films, Antony and Cleopatra were reviled by contemporary Romans, but history has transformed them into tragic heroes. Their blending of politics and sex led to the ruin of both, since their main rival Octavian-Augustus was able to portray Cleopatra as the arch enemy of Rome and Antony as her consort. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 281
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443836
- ISBN
- 9780752443836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.68
€ 25.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750950602
- ISBN
- 9780750950602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Tells the story of William De Lancey, who became one of the first professional staff officers in the British Army, worked for Wellington throughout the Penisular War, and was his chief-of-staff at the Battle of Waterloo. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274211
- ISBN
- 9781862274211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624997
- ISBN
- 9780748624997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.71€ 102.37
€ 106.71
€ 102.37