Blackwell Online - History : Great Britain

For the Royal Table

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kathryn Jones

£9.99 21 Jul 2008 Hardback Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd

A lavishly illustrated behind-the-scenes look at three hundred and fifty years of royal banquets, from Charles II to the present day.

All Men are Brethren

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian MacDougall

£25.00 21 Jul 2008 Paperback John Donald Publishers Ltd

Looks at the history of the thousands of French and other prisoners of war (POW) in Scotland during the Napoleonic Wars. This work describes conditions at each Scots depot (as the POW camps were then termed) at locations such as Edinburgh Castle, Perth and Penicuik. It also describes in detail how the prisoners passed their years of captivity.

Challenge to Democracy

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Politics, Trade Union Power and Economic Failure in the 1970s

By Ronald McIntosh

£12.99 21 Jul 2008 Paperback Methuen Publishing Ltd

Sheds important light on the last years of pre-Thatcher Britain, when rising oil prices, low productivity and trade union militancy led to rampant inflation and an economy in apparently terminal decline.

The Village Shop

20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lin Bensley

£5.99 20 Jul 2008 Paperback Shire Publications Ltd

Once the social and commercial core of the rural community, the village shop has become as much the victim of the accelerating pace of social and economic change as the parish school and pub, and has now almost entirely disappeared from everyday life. This book charts the development and history of the village shop and it's slow demise.

Protestant Dissent in Ireland, 1687-1780

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By J.C. Beckett

£15.00 17 Jul 2008 Paperback Faber and Faber

During the Jacobite war of 1689-91 James II had no more determined enemies than the Irish presbyterians. To English statesmen of the period it seemed that the only essential division of Irish society was that of 'protestant or papist'. This book explains why this division among protestants persisted in face of a hostile majority of Catholics.

Edexcel GCE History

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Henry VIII, 1509-40

By Alastair Armstrong

£13.99 17 Jul 2008 Paperback Heinemann Educational Publishers

Featuring an active approach that brings History alive in the classroom, this book provides exam tips, activities and sources which give students the confidence to tackle the questions that come up in the AS or A2 exams.

Birthing the Nation

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-century Britons

By Lisa Forman Cody

£19.99 17 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Lisa Cody analyses two intertwined eighteenth-century phenomena: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the chief authority over sex and childbirth. This provocative work proposes how national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities were experienced through and symbolized by birth and midwifery.

Nelson's Surgeon

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

William Beatty, Naval Medicine, and the Battle of Trafalgar

By Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell, Michael Moss

£19.99 17 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

The death of Admiral Nelson on the Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is the basis of a well-known story. This book focuses on William Beatty, the surgeon who attended Nelson in his last hours and was later to publicize the deathbed scene. It traces his life and career as a leading naval surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards.

Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the Era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By A.C. Hepburn

£55.00 17 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

This book offers a re-interpretation of Irish political history in the partition era from the perspective of the losers. It is a general text covering fifty years of Irish political history, as well as a case study of Catholic Belfast and a biography of Joe Devlin.

The Ascent of the Matterhorn

16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Edward Whymper

£9.99 16 Jul 2008 Paperback Gibson Square Books Ltd

In July 1865 Edward Whymper became the most talked-about man in the Victorian age. He had climbed the Matterhorn, one of the last mountains to be conquered in the Alps, but he earned his glory at a huge cost. A rope snapped during the descent and four of his team fell to their deaths.

Welsh History

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gerald Morgan

£4.95 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Y Lolfa

The Antonine Wall

14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

25000 Map

By RCAHMS, The Hunterian Museum, Historic Scotland

£5.00 14 Jul 2008 Sheet Map (Folded) Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

The Antonine Wall is the UK's nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2008. This work features a map of the Antonine Wall, showing its course on a modern base at a scale of 1:25,000 and including areas where it can be visited.

Nineteenth Century Premiers

11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Pitt to Rosebery

By Dick Leonard

£60.00 11 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

A collection of 20 biographical essays on British Prime Ministers of the 19th Century, reassessing their careers. It delivers the key insights of a former politician and political journalist. It offers details of the colourful private lives as well as political careers of the Prime Ministers. It charts the development of Britain.

The Correspondence of Henry Cromwell, 1655 -1659 (v. 31)

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

British Library Lansdowne Manuscripts

By Cromwell, Henry.

£45.00 10 Jul 2008 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This volume of Henry Cromwell's correspondence sheds new light on the post English civil war administration of Ireland.

The Henrician Reformation

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Diocese of Lincoln Under John Longland 1521 -1547

By Margaret Bowker

£18.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

The book will be invaluable reading for students of the social, ecclesiastical and political history of early modern England.

Journals

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Captain Scott's Last Expedition

By Robert Falcon. Scott

£8.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication.

Massacre at Tobruk

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Smith

£10.50 09 Jul 2008 Paperback Stackpole Books,U.S.

In the summer of 1942, Rommel's Afrika Korps stood close to breaking through to Cairo and the Nile. In an effort to halt the Germans and buy time for the Allies, it attempted to storm Tobruk and destroy the Axis port there. It failed with terrible losses. This book offers the facts and highlights the endurance of those who participated.

Cambridgeshire (No. 3)

08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Julian Evan-Hart

£14.95 08 Jul 2008 Paperback Air Research Publications

The Home Front

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Archive Broadcast Recordings 1929-45

By James Hayward

£10.99 07 Jul 2008 Audio Cd CD41 Publishing

Ardoyne

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Pain Remains the Same

By Colin E. Demet

£5.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Wordcatcher Publications

Dear Teresa,The answer to your question is 'yes!'... I was one of the soldiers at Toby's Hall 36 years past, on the night of December 10th 1971. I am a witness to what happened that dark night when several unarmed civilians were shot at a Christmas party... and your brother was killed.

A Political Suicide

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Conservatives' Voyage into the Wilderness

By Norman Fowler

£14.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Methuen Publishing Ltd

A cautionary tale for politicians of all parties. It gives an insider's account of the Conservative Party's extraordinary journey from the victory of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 to the humiliating defeat of 1997 and beyond. It is largely drawn from diaries kept by the author during the 1980s and 1990s.

Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By David Kynaston

£7.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Tells the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979.

Cochrane the Dauntless

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Adventures of Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860

By David Cordingly

£8.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Features the adventures of Thomas Cochrane.

Edexcel GCE History

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Henry VIII, 1509-40

By Alastair Armstrong

£13.99 07 Jul 2008 Paperback Heinemann Educational Publishers

Fragile Fortunes

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Origins of a Great British Merchant Family

By Elizabeth Neill

£14.99 04 Jul 2008 Paperback Halsgrove

Fire in the Night

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Piper Alpha Disaster

By Stephen McGinty

£17.99 04 Jul 2008 Hardback Pan Macmillan

The Piper Alpha oil platform, 110 miles northeast of Aberdeen, was once one of the world's single largest oil producer. On 6 July 1988, its final day, it was ablaze with 226 men onboard. Only sixty-one would survive. This book tells the devastating story of that summer evening.

The Press Gang

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Naval Impressment and Its Opponents in Georgian Britain

By Nicholas Rogers

£60.00 03 Jul 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. This book explains how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends.

Gladstone

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

God and Politics

By Richard T. Shannon

£25.00 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

A study of W E Gladstone that offers an account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes, as he saw them, in the twisting and slippery paths of public service.

King's Mistress, Queen's Servant

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Henrietta Howard

By Tracy Borman

£12.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Vintage

Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. Providing an insight into the dynamics of the Georgian court, this biography reveals a woman who was far more than the mistress to the King: a dedicated patron of the arts; and a lively and talented intellectual in her own right.

The Fears of Henry IV

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Life of England's Self-Made King

By Ian Mortimer

£8.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Vintage

In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign.

Dambusters

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Illustrated History of 617 Squadron

By Chris Ward, Andy Lee

£19.95 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Air Research Publications

Details the Dambuster Raid, the formation of the squadron and the men who were lead by Guy Gibson. This work explores the extraordinary raids 617 Squadron made after the dams, to targets like the Battleship Tirpitz, the Dormunt-Ems Canal and U-Boat pens.

Zara Phillips

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Revealing Portrait of a Royal World Champion

By Brian Hoey

£8.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Virgin Books

The daughter of Princess Anne and dubbed a 'rebel Royal', Zara Phillips has long been the subject of media interest. However, her considerable sporting success received little attention until she won gold at the 2006 equestrian World Championships. This book includes Zara's contribution to the British Team that won the 2007 European Championship.

The Plot Against Pepys

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Long, Ben Long

£9.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Faber and Faber

It is 1679 and England is awash with suspicion. Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the king. Now Samuel Pepys finds himself charged with treason. Imprisoned in the Tower of London Pepys sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and, ultimately, murder.

Bodies of Thought

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Science, Religion, and the Soul in the Early Enlightenment

By Ann Thomson

£60.00 03 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'.

The Perfect King

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

By Ian Mortimer

£8.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Vintage

He usurped his father's throne, he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as one of the brilliant kings England had ever had. This work shows how Edward provided the impetus for his fifty-year reign.

Mary Queen of Scots

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

And the Murder of Lord Darnley

By Alison Weir

£8.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Vintage

On the night of 10 February 1567, an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation.

Desire Lines

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Scottish Odyssey - a Journey Through Her History

By David R. Ross

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

A guide to Scotland. It takes us off the beaten track and away from the main routes. It starts your journey in England and criss-crosses the border telling the bloody tales of the towns and villages.

On the Trail of the Real Macbeth, King of Alba

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cameron Taylor, Alistair Murray

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

The iconic character, Shakespeare's Macbeth, is one of the best known in the English language, but few know that he was a real person with his own story off stage. Continuing the "On the Trail of" series, this work tells Macbeth's story alongside a detailed touring itinerary that may enable readers to explore Macbeth's Scotland.

Highland Cowboys

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From the Hills of Scotland to the American Wild West

By Rob Gibson

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

Offers an insight into the link between the Scottish droving tradition and American Cowboys. This book documents the vast number of Scots who emigrated to North America, whether through forcible eviction during the Highland Clearances or voluntarily in the hope of a better life.

For the Royal Table

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Dining at the Palace

By Kathryn Jones

£9.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd

First World War Army Service Records

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide for Family Historians

By William Spencer

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The National Archives

Revised, expanded and fully updated edition

Air Force Records

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide for Family Historians

By William Spencer

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The National Archives

Newly revised including expanded section on the interwar years including records of RAF actions in North and South Russia, Mesopotamia, Persia, Somaliland, India and Palestine

British Intelligence

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Secrets, Spies and Sources

By G. Macklin, E. Hampshire, S. Twigge

£19.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback The National Archives

Presents an exploration of spies and their networks. This is a guide to intelligence sources and records. It is intended for general readers and students of 20th century intelligence history and politics.

The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions

By Fleming, Andrew

£20.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Windgather Press

Dartmoor has long been known for the richness of its prehistoric heritage; stone circles, hut circles, massive burial cairns, and stone rows all pepper the landscape. Dartmoor also poses various questions about the nature of Bronze Age society. This work tells the story of the discovery of Dartmoor's prehistoric field systems.

London's Delftware Industry: The Tin-Glazed Pottery Industries of Southwark and Lambeth

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Tin-glazed Pottery Industries of Southwark and Lambeth

By Betts, Ian Stephenson, Roy Tyler, Kieron

£15.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Museum of London Archaeological Service

Combines documentary evidence with that from archaeological interventions at five tin-glazed ware production sites on the south bank of the Thames - the Montague Close, Pickleherring and Rotherhithe pothouses in Southwark, and the Norfolk House and Glasshouse Street pothouses in Lambeth, and discusses the industries of Southwark and Lambeth.

Tea -- A Journey in Time: Pioneering and Trials in the Jungle

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Pioneering and Trials in the Jungle

By Weatherstone, John

£28.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Jjg

Places of Health and Amusement

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Liverpool's Historic Parks and Gardens

By Katy Layton-Jones, Robert Lee

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback English Heritage

Exploring the legacy of parks in Liverpool, this book shows how parks have been used and enjoyed, how they have changed to meet challenges and ideas. It features archive and contemporary photographs and drawings.

Manchester's Northern Quarter

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Northern Quarter

By Simon Taylor, Julian Holder

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback English Heritage

A Noble Crusade

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The History of the Eighth Army 1941-45

By Richard Doherty

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Offers the history of Eighth Army. This book uses official records, personal accounts and Victoria Cross winners' stories to deliver a tale of the Eighth Army from its beginnings in the sands of North Africa through the victory of El Alamein to the end of the war and eventual victory.

The Journals of Thomas Babington Macaulay

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.

£450.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Presents the candid diary of Thomas Macaulay, Victorian statesman, historian and author of "The History of England". This work shows how, spanning the period 1838 to 1859, the journal is the longest work from Macaulay's pen. It states that these unique manuscripts held at Trinity College, Cambridge, are most revealing of all his writings.

Adam Ferguson: Philosophy, Politics and Society

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Heath, Eugene.

£60.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains a set of essays that analyse Ferguson's philosophical, political and sociological writings and the discourse which they prompted between Ferguson and other important figures.

The Lost Villages: In Search of Britain's Vanished Communities

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rediscovering Britain's Vanished Communities

By Buckton, Henry

£20.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback I. B. Tauris & Company

Across Britain there are more than 3,000 lost villages once-thriving communities that time and fortune have reduced to ivy-clad remnants and weather-worn ruins. Combining photographs and the memories of those who knew the villages, the author provides an account of communities.

Worcester 1651

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Atkin, Malcolm

£10.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Pen and Sword

The Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 was the final decisive engagement of the English Civil Wars. In this fascinating guide, Malcolm Atkin sets out in a graphic and easily understood way the movements of the opposing armies of Cromwell and Charles II as they approached Worcester and gives a detailed and gripping account of the deadly combat that followed. He also describes of the fate of 10,000 Scottish prisoners and retraces the route of Charles II as he made his dramatic escape.

Landscape of the Megaliths: Excavation and Fieldwork on the Avebury Monuments, 1997-2003

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Excavation and Fieldwork on the Avebury Monuments, 1997-2003

By Gillings, Mark Pollard, Joshua Peterson, Rick

£40.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxbow Books

Describes the results of the Longstones Project, a joint-universities programme of excavation and survey designed to develop a fuller understanding of the context and dynamics of monument construction in the later Neolithic (3rd millennium BC) of the Avebury region, Wiltshire.

The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fraser, George MacDonald

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Skyhorse Publishing

Want to know what really happened? Stan Isaacs knows. He was there!
"The Shot Heard Round the World," in 1951. "The Fight of the Century," in 1971. The horror of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Secretariat's legendary win at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Stan Isaacs saw them all live. Isaacs covered thousands of sports stories in his more than fifty years as a journalist. But ten moments stand out in his memory. "Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World" offers Isaacs' eyewitness accounts of the events that changed sports history. This collection offers those old enough to remember these events a chance to relive them, and younger sports lovers will get to hear this history from someone who was there. Isaacs makes sports history live again.

Scotland: The Autobiography

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Goring, Rosemary

£19.23 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Overlook Press

Lancaster Against York: The Wars of the Roses and the Foundation of Modern Britain

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Royle, Trevor

£16.46 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

In this sweeping history, Trevor Royle details one of the bloodiest episodes in British history. The prize was the crown of England, and the players were the rival houses of Lancaster and York. The dynastic quarrel threatened the collapse of the monarchy as a succession of weak rulers failed to deal with an overzealous aristocracy, plunging England into a series of violent encounters. The bloody battles and political intrigue between the rival heirs of King Edward III brought forth one of the most dynamic ruling families of England--the Tudors.

Diana

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Illustrated Biography

By Alison Gauntlett

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Atlantic Publishing,Croxley Green

The Little Book of Britain

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Emma Mansfield

£4.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Lovely Little Books

British-Egyptian Relations from Suez to the Present Day

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By El-Desouky, Ayman Brehony, Noel

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Saqi Books

An account of the first major forum to review relations between Britain and Egypt, held in London in 2006, this work demonstrates how political, economic and cultural interaction between the countries has developed since the Suez invasion of 1956. It suggests ways forward in both bilateral and international contexts.

An Honest Trade

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Booksellers and Bookselling in Scotland

By Alistair McCleery, David Finkelstein, Jennie Renton

£7.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback John Donald Publishers Ltd

Provides an account of bookselling and booksellers through the life histories of key and representative figures in the Scottish trade, told in their own words. This book offers a balanced blend of anecdote and analysis, and gives insight into the nature of the trade and the radical changes it has been through in the past several years.

The Contending Kingdoms

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

France and England 1430-1700

By Glenn Richardson

£55.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Dealing with the period 1450-1700, this collection offers a snapshot of Anglo-French relations across the three centuries. It explores evidence of political co-operation and cultural influences, highlighting just how close early modern England's connections with France were, even at times of crisis.

King of the Pirates

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Swashbuckling Life of Henry Every

By E. T. Fox

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

A biography of Henry Every, covering his birth and early career, mutinies and an examination of the evidence surrounding his eventual disappearance.

Whitby Then and Now

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Second Selection

By Colin Waters

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Street Names of Bolton

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sara Vernon

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

With historical insight, archive photographs and a commentary, this volume contains the stories behind the naming of Bolton's winding streets and roads. It is suitable for the pub quiz fan and resident or visitor to Bolton who has ever wondered what lies behind those familiar names.

King Rufus

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Mysterious Death of William II of England

By Emma Mason

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

The future William II was born in the late 1050s the third son of William the Conqueror. The younger William, - nicknamed Rufus because of his ruddy cheeks - at first had no great expectations of succeeding to the throne. This biography tells the story of William Rufus, King of England from 1087-1100 and reveals the truth behind his death.

607 Squadron

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Shade of Blue

By Robert Dixon

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Wheels to Disaster!

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Oxford Train Wreck of Christmas Eve 1874

By Peter Lewis, Alistair Nisbet

£17.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

On Christmas Eve in 1874 the worst accident in the GWR's history occurred at Shipton-on-Cherwell, near Oxford, when the 10 am from London Paddington to Birkenhead derailed, killing thirty-four passengers. This book details the history surrounding this tragic event using the accounts of eyewitnesses, archive newspaper articles and reports.

A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cunningmen, Cursing Wells, Witches and Warlocks in Wales

By Richard Suggett

£17.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

The Lost Villages of Britain

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard Muir

£18.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback The History Press Ltd

Shows ways in which the reader can investigate lost villages in their own locality. This book is illustrated with maps and photographs of the lost villages.

A Postcard from the Wye

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jan Dobrzynski, Keith Turner

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

The Wye flows for more than 130 miles, from the high slopes of Plynlimon in Wales to the Severn Estuary, passing through some of the most picturesque scenery in Britain en route. This book offers a record of how the river once was, including its industrial heritage as well as more rural scenes.

The Story of Liverpool

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alex Tulloch

£12.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Sutton Publishing Ltd

Scottish Education

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Beyond Devolution

By T.G.K. Bryce, W.M. Hume

£27.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Edinburgh University Press

Containing forthright and informed commentary on various aspects of education, this book is suitable for those concerned about how education 'works' in Scotland. It locates Scottish education within its social, cultural and political context. It also looks to the future, offering critical assessments of the educational landscape ahead.

The "Better Class" of Indians

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Social Rank, Imperial Identity, and South Asians in Britain 1858-1914

By A.Martin Wainwright

£60.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Manchester University Press

Focuses on the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. This book examines not only the attitudes of British officials towards South Asians in their midst, but also the actual application of these attitudes in decisions pertaining to them.

Degrees of Influence

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Memorial Volume for Glanmor Williams

By Geraint Jenkins, Gareth Elwyn Jones

£55.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback University of Wales Press

By dint of intellectual brilliance, far-sighted vision and exceptional personal charm, Sir Glanmor Williams achieved great eminence in the field of Welsh historical studies. This book seeks to draw out the religious, political, economic, social and educational threads in his work within a local, county, national and British context.

Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England: Politics, Aristocratic Patronage and Religion, C. 1550-1640

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Politics, Aristocratic Patronage and Religion, C. 1550 - 1640

By Questier, Michael C.

£35.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A study of the political, religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 1550 to 1640,

Trade, Empire and British Foreign Policy, 1689-1815

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Politics of a Commercial State

By Jeremy Black

£70.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Examines the influence of trade and empire from 1689 to 1815, a crucial period for British foreign policy and state-building. This book also analyzes how the relationships between trade, empire and foreign policy were perceived abroad and how this contributed to an analysis of Britain as a distinctive state, and with what consequences.

Politics of the Thatcher Revolution: An Interpretation of British Politics 1979-1990

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Interpretation of British Politics 1979 - 1990

By Fry, Geoffrey K.

£60.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

The Thatcher era was the dramatic period in British politics since the 1940s. As Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher proved to be the 'Iron Lady' at home and abroad. This book analyzes the politics of the Thatcher era in a challenging manner.

Treasure Hunt: Shipwreck, Diving, and the Quest for Treasure in an Age of Heroes

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Earle, Peter

£14.81 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Thomas Dunne Books

In 1687 Captain William Phips arrived in English waters with forty tons of treasure rescued from the wreck of the Concepcin, sunk forty years before in the middle of the ocean. The great British treasure-hunting boom had begun. Over the next two centuries, many such adventures, most based on extremely dubious information, were begun. World-renowned historian Peter Earle returns with an extraordinary history of outstanding bravery, exceptional recklessness, and above all, dreams of treasure.

Peter Earle is emeritus reader in economic history at the University of London and the author of The Pirate Wars.

The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Myth and History

By Trevor-Roper, H. R.

£18.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Yale University Press

Argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. This book reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people's identity.

British Romanticism and the Jews: History, Culture, Literature

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History, Culture, Literature

By Lloyd Davies, Elizabeth Fay, Neville Hoad, David Kaufmann, Christopher Moylan, Judith W Page, Stuart Peterfreund, Mark L Schoenfield, Esther Schor

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

Explores the mutual influences exerted by the British-Christian and British-Jewish communities on each other during the period between the Enlightenment and Victorianism. This volume includes essays, which demonstrate how the texts produced by the Jewish Enlightenment provided a significant resource for romantic intellectual revisionism.

England's Last Hope: The Territorial Force, 1908-14

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Territorial Force, 1908-14

By Mitchinson, K. W.

£55.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Examines the administration and organization of the Territorial Force and of how its units mobilized for war in 1914. This work studies how the part-time auxiliary Territorial Force was raised, clothed, trained, housed and administered during the crucial years of its development in the years before the Great War.

Collected Speeches of David Lloyd George 1890-1945

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hunter, Ian

£46.70 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Birth Control, Sex, and Marriage in Britain 1918-1960

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fisher, Kate

£22.50 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

This book uncovers the hidden history of gender relations, sexual attitudes, and contraceptive practices that accompanied the dramatic decline in family size in the twentieth century. Drawing upon vivid oral history accounts, Kate Fisher's ground-breaking analysis places men (rather than their wives) behind the drive for smaller families.

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

By Waller, Philip

£30.00 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

Writers, Readers, and Reputations explores the literary world in which the modern best-seller first emerged. Writers were promoted as celebrities, advertising both products and themselves. Philip Waller's detailed and entertaining study is a collective biography of literary figures, some forgotten, some enduring, over half a century.

The Macedonian Question: Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949

By Livanios, Dimitris

£55.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press, USA

The Macedonian Question-the struggle over a territory with historically ill-defined borders and conflicting national identities-is one of the most intractable issues in Balkan history. Dimitris Livanios explores the British dimension to the problem, from the outbreak of the Second World War to the aftermath of the Tito-Stalin split.

Swat State, 1915-1969

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Genesis to Merger: an Analysis of Political, Administrative,

By Sultan-i-Rome

£13.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nicholson, Virginia

£10.41 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press, USA

The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660

By Games, Alison

£18.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press, USA

How did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important work, Alison Games explores the period when England challenged dominion over the American continents, established new long-distance trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean and the East Indies, and emerged in the 17th century as an empire to reckon with.

Mid-Victorian Britain 1851-75

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Geoffrey Best

£11.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

One of the most approachable and useful books on the period.

A Daughter's Love

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Thomas and Margaret More

By John Guy

£25.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

This book will break open a secret. It is a gripping tale of love, loyalty and domestic happiness that came to be overwhelmed by the forces of ambition, deceit and treachery, from the award-winning author of 'My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots'.

Spitfire Pilot

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By David Crook, Richard Overy

£8.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Grub Street

Written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich, this work presents a personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest.

Kilmartin Prehistoric and Early Historic Monuments

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Inventory of the Monuments Extracted from "Argyll, Volume 6"

By Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

£12.50 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland

Legends of British History

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrew Godsell

£4.50 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Andrew Godsell

AQA AS History

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Britain, 1906-1951

By Chris Collier

£11.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback Nelson Thornes Ltd

AQA History is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by, AQA, making them the first choice to support the new AQA specification for AS and A2. By working closely with AQA , Nelson Thornes have produced resources that will give students and teachers all they need to work through the specification with complete confidence.

The Rise of Respectable Society

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Social History of Victorian Britain

By F.M.L. Thompson

£9.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

For the quality of its research and the clarity of its synthesis, The Rise of Respectable Society will gain a reputation as an outstanding reinterpretation of the Victorian period.

Vulcan Units of the Cold War

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jon Lake

£12.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Osprey Publishing

The best of the three RAF jet bombers in the early years of the Cold War, the Vulcan was designed as the Avro 698, and possessed fighter-like manoeuvrability at low level despite its size. This book examines the design of the Vulcan, exploring the improvements made to its engine and its evolving combat role.