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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Before the War of Independence properly began, the American Continental Congress invited the Canadians to join their struggle against the British. This text details the battle between Montgomery and Arnold's untried troops and Carleton's awaiting British forces in Quebec. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Osprey Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 11 colour & 75 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 185 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841766812
ISBN
9781841766812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.63

Hardback. Chronicles the three very different sieges of Quebec and sheds light on these pivotal eighteenth-century conflicts. This book describes the power of the city to draw historical figures such as Benedict Arnold and George Washington. It focuses on the detail of military strategy. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441113597
ISBN
9781441113597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 58.43

Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082948
ISBN
9780719082948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Paperback. Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its best. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007203765
ISBN
9780007203765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618053
ISBN
9781473618053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197778
ISBN
9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614946
ISBN
9780691614946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 68.36

Paperback. HRH Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 at the age of 27, the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror and the great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. This title celebrates the life and long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Num Pages: 300 pages, full colour throughout, 250 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; AJC; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
AE Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907708077
ISBN
9781907708077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919123
ISBN
9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. This book tells the story of Queen Elizabeth, from when she was a young princess, through to her coronation in 1953 to becoming the longest reigning British monarch in 2015 and celebrating her 90th birthday in 2016. Series: Queen Elizabeth II. Num Pages: 24 pages, colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 4KHJ; 5AK; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 170. .
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750298780
ISBN
9780750298780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750966160
ISBN
9780750966160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. This extraordinary book was one of the many gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth during her week-long visit to Oxford in the summer of 1566. A history of the University illustrated with exceptionally fine architectural drawings of its buildings, this facsimile includes a translation and commentary on this fascinating work. Editor(s): Durning, Louise. Translator(s): Knight, Sarah. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 592. Ms Bodley 13a, A Facsimile with Introduction and Translation. 128 pages, 48 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Durning, Louise. This extraordinary book was one of the many gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth during her week-long visit to Oxford in the summer of 1566. A history of the University illustrated with exceptionally fine architectural drawings of its buildings, this facsimile includes a translation and commentary on this fascinating work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 258 x 187 x 13. Weight: 592. Translator(s): Knight, Sarah.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243150
ISBN
9781851243150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Hardcover. This work on the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth I is illustrated with photographs of portraits, minatures, tomb sculptures, engravings, woven textiles and embroiders. Two indexes are provided: the first of paintings, persons, places and events; the second offering information on fashionable dress. Num Pages: 392 pages, 465 b&w and 16 col. illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; AKTA; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 336 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Maney Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780901286208
ISBN
9780901286208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.26

Paperback. Updated for Queen Elizabeth's 5th Anniversary. A photographic journey around the newest of the Cunard queens with behind-the-scenes access, fascinating facts and an afterword by Captain Wells Num Pages: 120 pages, 220 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 251 x 12. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750963053
ISBN
9780750963053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. The official biography of the Queen Mother, published to great hardback acclaim, beautifully repackaged for mass-market paperback Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 52. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publisher
Vintage Books / Random House
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330434300
ISBN
9780330434300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.75

Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951362
ISBN
9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752468693
ISBN
9780752468693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. The story of Gertrude Bell; archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447286264
ISBN
9781447286264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415720915
ISBN
9780415720915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 48.35

Paperback. Queen Victoria fell in love with the Riviera when she discovered it on her first visit to Menton in 1882 and her enchantment with this 'paradise of nature' endured for almost twenty years. This work is a account that makes a contribution to both our understanding of Victoria's character and personality and our view of the late Victorian period. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845113452
ISBN
9781845113452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Hardcover. This is an account of Queen Victoria's relationships with the Emperors, Empresses of France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Victoria had close connections with the royal houses of Germany long before the King of Prussia became the German Emperor in 1871 and with the exiled former Emperor of the French after the fall of the French Empire in 1870. Num Pages: 208 pages, 64 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555507
ISBN
9781781555507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.80

paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 283 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP US United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250003
ISBN
9780190250003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback. The only book to investigate the sudden appearance of the haemophilia gene in the Royal Family. Num Pages: 190 pages, 32 illustrations, tables, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGR; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Sutton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750911993
ISBN
9780750911993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

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