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ISBN: 9780747812142 - The Tudor Garden The Tudor Garden
Twigs Way

ISBN10: 0747812144  ISBN13: 9780747812142
Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Jun 2013
Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twining plants vying for space with brightly painted woodwork and patterned beds. Renaissance discoveries reared their heads in royal gardens, where gilded and painted heraldic figures... More

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ISBN: 9780708326114 - The South Wales Miners (34) The South Wales Miners (34)
Ben Curtis

ISBN10: 0708326110  ISBN13: 9780708326114
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 May 2013
A political history of the south Wales miners, their industry and society, in a tumultuous period of crisis and struggle. The booming coal industry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the main reason behind the creation of modern... More

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ISBN: 9781848544703 - The Curious Habits of Dr. Adams The Curious Habits of Dr. Adams
Jane Robins

ISBN10: 1848544707  ISBN13: 9781848544703
Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 23 May 2013
Perfect for fans of Kate Summerscale, this is the chilling true tale of Dr John Bodkin Adams, the family doctor suspected of murdering 160 of his patients in 1950s Eastbourne. 'Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15... More

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ISBN: 9781408704103 - Women at the Ready Women at the Ready
Robert Malcolmson, Patricia Malcolmson

ISBN10: 1408704102  ISBN13: 9781408704103
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Little, Brown
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 May 2013
From the summer of 1938, British women from all walks of life joined the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS). This disparate band of women came together for the common good - to help serve and protect their communities. By 1941 a million women had... More

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ISBN: 9781908737144 - Columba's Iona Columba's Iona
Rosalind K Marshall

ISBN10: 190873714X  ISBN13: 9781908737144
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013
Celebrating 1450 years since Columba's arrival on Iona, the Iona Cathedral Trust has commissioned this new history to describe his influence and to discuss developments on Iona since. This includes George MacLeod, the Abbey reconstruction... More

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ISBN: 9781848093140 - Steaming to Victory Steaming to Victory
Michael Williams

ISBN10: 1848093144  ISBN13: 9781848093140
Publisher: Cornerstone Preface Publishing
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013
Tells a tale of quiet heroism, a story of ordinary people who fought, with enormous self-sacrifice, not with tanks and guns, but with elbow grease and determination. This title is the story of the British railways and, above all, the extraordinary... More

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ISBN: 9781782120599 - The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs
Lynn Parker, Kiri Ross-Jones

ISBN10: 1782120599  ISBN13: 9781782120599
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 May 2013

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ISBN: 9781137290106 - Visions of Britain, 1730-1830 Visions of Britain, 1730-1830
Sebastian Mitchell

ISBN10: 1137290102  ISBN13: 9781137290106
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic... More

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ISBN: 9780300195729 - Men from the Ministry Men from the Ministry
Simon Thurley

ISBN10: 0300195729  ISBN13: 9780300195729
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
Between 1900 and 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments and historic sites and opened them to the public. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. This book explains why the extraordinary... More

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ISBN: 9780701186241 - The Devonshires The Devonshires
Lord Roy Hattersley

ISBN10: 0701186240  ISBN13: 9780701186241
Publisher: Vintage Chatto & Windus
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England. Fifty years later, the First Duke of Devonshire... More