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Provides students and readers with an introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 through a collection of the perspectives on British fiction. This book offers comprehensive coverage of a range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the British writing.

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Provides students and readers with an introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 through a collection of the perspectives on British fiction. This book offers comprehensive coverage of a range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the British writing.

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From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. This book focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade.

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This volume details the uniforms, organization and equipment of all those Canadian and British units that defended British North America during the tense years in the run up to war with the United States.

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Part of the "Elite" series, this history covers the deployment, the battles, the organization, the arms and the equipment of the British forces in Zululand in 1879.

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When the Romans left Britain around AD 410, the unconquered native peoples of modern Scotland, Ireland and Wales were presented with the opportunity to pillage what remained of Roman Britain. The Post-Roman Britons did their best to defend themselves by using fortifications.

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Featuring specially commissioned artwork and offering expert analysis, this study provides an account of the bloody combats fought by the romantic warship of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era - the frigate.

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Among them are the decline in the authority of many ministers, the undermining of the constitutional position and consequent effectiveness of the civil service, the fragmentation of government and the public sector into a mass of bodies with complex but ill-defined relations between them.

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In the years after World War II, new guided missile technology offered surface ships the chance to destroy airborne threats from afar, thereby preserving their role in naval warfare. This book examines the technology and combat performance of Britain's guided missile destroyers over half a century.

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The idea of a heavy cruiser emerged in the aftermath of World War I, and was closely linked to the limits set by the inter-war Washington Naval Treaty. These impressive cruisers were high-sided, spacious and stately - perfect peacetime ambassadors for British power. In war they also packed a considerable punch. This book deals with these cruisers.

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Taking a close look at the array of defences that Britain instituted in the course of the war and the way that these were adapted to meet the changing threat, this book covers the sites that still remain and considers the effectiveness of the defences.

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The author discusses the social, economic, and political problems of British Honduras as they are affected by the variety of racial, religious, and linguistic components in its small population. These problems are looked at in their historical context as well.

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This revised edition of a Men-At-Arms title covers the history of British Infantry Equipment from the landing of Wellesley's army in Spain in 1808 to the introduction of the first equipment set of wholly cotton webbing in 1908.

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This work covers the key period of the wars against the Zulu and Boers - the dramatic battles of Rorke's Drift, Isandlwana, Ulundi, Laing's Nek and Majuba are some of the most famous engagements in the history of the British Army.