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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The colourful story of the two fiercely dependent and ultimately tragic women is told by Alison Plowden, tapping a wealth of contemporary correspondence, journals, memoirs and contemporary press reportage. This book constitutes a real-life Regency romance. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750941730
ISBN
9780750941730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. The Tudor era belongs to its women. No other period of English History has produced so many notable and interesting women, and into other period have they so powerfully influenced the course of political events. Mary Tudor, Elizabeth 1 and, at moments of high drama, Mary Queen of Scots Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750928809
ISBN
9780750928809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Hardback. The lives of saints were among the most reproduced and widely distributed literatures of medieval and early modern Europe. This study examines how humanist authors received, criticized, and rewrote the traditional stories of exemplary virtue for patrons and audiences who were surprisingly open to their textual experiments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 6 photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129763
ISBN
9780231129763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.52

Paperback. A highly accessible, visual and rigorous resource for AS and A2. Perfect for the main A Level courses, combing extended period cover with detailed focus on selected topics. Series: Oxford Advanced History. Num Pages: 304 pages, two-colour maps and diagrams, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 254 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PR
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199134175
ISBN
9780199134175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Paperback. Lovers, companions, and husband and wife, Catherine and Prince Grigory Potemkin were also close political partners. This work reveals the complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in light of changes in matters of state, foreign relations, and military engagements. It gives insights into Catherine's passions, and her world. Editor(s): Smith, Douglas. Translator(s): Smith, Douglas. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806075
ISBN
9780875806075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116961
ISBN
9780231116961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 90.18

Paperback. This work analyzes the 7500 people who travelled from London to America and Europe in 1635, recreating individual careers, exploring colonial societies and delineating a world sustained and defined by migration. Together, the migrants' stories offer a social history of the 17th century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 38 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007024
ISBN
9780674007024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.14

Paperback. Drawing insights from archaeology and anthropology as well as Classics, this book broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial contest and its place within the highly politicised cult practice of the Roman Empire. The author explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 photos, 9 line drawings, 6 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292725232
ISBN
9780292725232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This book explores how Latin inscriptions were used in the Roman world and makes them accessible to students today. Num Pages: 554 pages, 100 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 940. 554 pages, 100 b/w illus. 1 map. Explores how Latin inscriptions were used in the Roman world and makes them accessible to modern students. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HDDK. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 26. Weight: 1086.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521549547
ISBN
9780521549547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.60

Paperback. Original edition published under title: Pompeii. London: Routledge, 2004. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415666800
ISBN
9780415666800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Hardback. A Companion to Roman Italy investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms political, cultural, social, and economic upon Italy s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy. Editor(s): Cooley, Alison. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339260
ISBN
9781444339260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.91

Hardback. Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050327
ISBN
9780674050327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.42

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752498607
ISBN
9780752498607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Dona Marina (La Malinche).. Pocahontas.. Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds. This title investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712768
ISBN
9780292712768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardcover. An examination of the portrayal of one of the most important uprisings in the middle ages in subsequent history writing. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153550
ISBN
9781903153550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Paperback. 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPL; AKTA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338. Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris. 448 pages. 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPL; AKTA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585466
ISBN
9780747585466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. This work gives an account of the thinking behind these very different views of "the poverty problem," in a century-spanning inquiry into the politics, institutions, ideologies, and social science that shaped poverty research and policy. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691102559
ISBN
9780691102559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This text addresses a central question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: how did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a civilizing ideology with distinct racist overtones? Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740128
ISBN
9780804740128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424156
ISBN
9780226424156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Bk&CD-Rom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842028493
ISBN
9780842028493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 9.00

Paperback. First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415865272
ISBN
9780415865272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Hardcover. Partners of Empire offers a radical rethinking of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796125
ISBN
9780804796125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Like all great men in history, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) can be viewed in a number of ways: as the founder of a state, a nation-builder, creator of political institutions, and a moderniser of his society. This title emphasises Ataturk's role as the founder of a modern state, secular and republican. Editor(s): Kazancigil, Ali; Ozbudun, Ergun. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850651437
ISBN
9781850651437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 310 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Gingko Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909942912
ISBN
9781909942912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.09

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