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Regional & national history
Paperback. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 on the death of her uncle William IV. In 1840, she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and for the next twenty years they were inseperable. Their descendants were to succeed to most of the thrones of Europe. This biography provides an assessment of the monarch. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450612
- ISBN
- 9780752450612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. This title tells the story of their lives in terms of world impact, their own personal achievements, and in their roles as the children of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 229
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454726
- ISBN
- 9780752454726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth's Secretary, Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. This title tells the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 122 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571218271
- ISBN
- 9780571218271
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. England from the perspective of its consort queens - a distaff history of the nation from 1066 to 1503. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826119
- ISBN
- 9780753826119
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AFKC; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969903
- ISBN
- 9781403969903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.60
€ 162.60
Paperback. Series: Queenship and Power. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349570263
- ISBN
- 9781349570263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardcover. Queens Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette bear striking similarities as historical figures, particularly given the periods of violent revolution in which they lived. This novel comparative study explores how these queens perceived their roles as wives, mothers, and heads of royal households. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497727
- ISBN
- 9781137497727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Hardcover. This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural mediators and initiators of political change. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 247 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104655
- ISBN
- 9780230104655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Papers from a conference Kings & Queens: Power, Politics, Patronage and Personalites held at Corsham Court in conjunction with Bath Spa University in April 2012. Editor(s): Woodacre, Elena. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472789
- ISBN
- 9781349472789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Paperback. Sissy home boys or domestic outlaws? Through a series of vivid case studies taken from across the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Matt Cook explores the emergence of these trenchant stereotypes and looks at how they play out in the home and family lives of queer men. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306909
- ISBN
- 9781349306909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 43.07
€ 53.99
€ 43.07
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403963420
- ISBN
- 9781403963420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.44
€ 149.44
Paperback. In Queer Marxism in Two Chinas Petrus Liu demonstrates how queer Marxist critics in China use queer theory as a non-liberal alternative to Western models of queer emancipation, and in doing so, he revises current understandings of what queer theory is, does, and can be. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 5SG; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360049
- ISBN
- 9780822360049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Katherine; O'Rourke, Michael. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920447
- ISBN
- 9781403920447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Kevin P.; Pierce, Jennifer L. Num Pages: 376 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816653218
- ISBN
- 9780816653218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349495528
- ISBN
- 9781349495528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Analysing a range of sources, including sexology texts, early cinema, and African American literature, the author argues that the emerging understanding of homosexuality depended on the context of the black/white "colour line," the dominant system of racial distinction during the late nineteenth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JFSK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324430
- ISBN
- 9780822324430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study about the Moso, a matrilineal group in Southwest China, whose unique traditions are bound to change accepted notions of marriage, kinship, the family, and gender relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 20 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761994
- ISBN
- 9780804761994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.10
€ 91.10
Hardback. A synthetic treatment of Jewish liberalism and US public policy from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, this work identifies the drive for a more tolerant, pluralistic, and egalitarian nation with Jewish desires for inclusion in the larger non-Jewish society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005096
- ISBN
- 9780691005096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
Hardcover. This work chronicles intentional communities in the 20th century. The chronological account first studies the older groups that were operating until 1900, it then explores the impact of the early 19th-century art colonies, before discussing decade-by-decade the new groups formed up to 1960. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815627753
- ISBN
- 9780815627753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Baldwin, Thomas; Fowler, James; De Medeiros, Ana. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456321
- ISBN
- 9781349456321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848842908
- ISBN
- 9781848842908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WFBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350412
- ISBN
- 9780764350412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.54
€ 48.99
€ 32.54
Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183946
- ISBN
- 9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding. Gang warfare broke out regularly. This title presents an account of this turbulent period. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 74 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL4; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 686. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292722903
- ISBN
- 9780292722903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83