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Regional & national history
Paperback. * The remarkable life story of Johnson Beharry, from Grenadian poverty to being awarded the Victoria Cross and becoming a national hero *An utterly compelling story that will inspire this and future generations Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- First Thus
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751538793
- ISBN
- 9780751538793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812074
- ISBN
- 9780747812074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486424804
- ISBN
- 9780486424804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.40
€ 13.40
Paperback. The first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212085
- ISBN
- 9780253212085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.56
€ 35.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s. In what ways did life change for people moving into these swanky new homes, and why has the legacy of the 1950s home endured for so long? This title answers these questions and more in this introduction to the homes that embody the golden age of modern design. Series: Shire Library USA. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; ACXD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812388
- ISBN
- 9780747812388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 maps, 150 colour and bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472530264
- ISBN
- 9781472530264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.66
€ 31.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. A history of the early medieval German Armies from the fragmentation of Charlemagne's Frankish Empire to the rise of the German, or Holy Roman Empire. This text looks in detail at the period of the Saxon wars and the Crusades including the rise of the Teutonic Knights. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855326576
- ISBN
- 9781855326576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Paperback. The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate - a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. While the battleships and carriers grabbed the headlines, these warships quietly got on with the job of securing control of the seas. This book deals with these ships. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086844
- ISBN
- 9781849086844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Publisher
- Anchor Books New York
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385092609
- ISBN
- 9780385092609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.14
€ 19.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408831595
- ISBN
- 9781408831595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.14
€ 14.99
€ 13.14
Paperback. Few personalities from classical antiquity are more familiar yet more poorly grasped than Cleopatra (69-30 BC), queen of Egypt. In this work, Duane Roller has written the definitive biography of the queen, not as a figure in popular culture or even in the arts and literature of the last 500 years, but as the last Greek queen of Egypt. Series: Women in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199829965
- ISBN
- 9780199829965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.21
€ 20.21
Paperback. The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and exhausted after weeks on the run hiding in barns and attics. This book deals with the history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSEP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552777896
- ISBN
- 9780552777896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.30
€ 17.99
€ 13.30
Paperback. The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought.. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141027821
- ISBN
- 9780141027821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.87
€ 25.99
€ 17.87
Paperback. Waterloo, the plain where Napoleon's Empire was dealt its final blow after a titanic fight, is not only a name on the map. La Haye-Sainte, Hougoumont, Plancenoit, are real places where men struggled, suffered and died. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 315 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504351
- ISBN
- 9782352504351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.16
€ 30.99
€ 28.16
Hardcover. An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co.
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393068955
- ISBN
- 9780393068955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.38
€ 29.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Warlords, Popes, Poisoners - the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849019941
- ISBN
- 9781849019941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings with 100 images from the Great War period. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473837812
- ISBN
- 9781473837812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.70
€ 19.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. A vivid account of one of the greatest British military victories Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136428
- ISBN
- 9781472136428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136206
- ISBN
- 9781472136206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Agripping account of the Battle of Waterloo drawing on extensive unpublished letters and diaries of the ordinary soldiers who took part Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471102936
- ISBN
- 9781471102936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99