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This edited collection addresses the issue of radicalism by focusing on the media that contributed to its diffusion in the early modern era, using innovative interdisciplinary research that draws on a wide range of primary material. -- .

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The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, combined with the threat of significant cuts to the current RAF. This title describes the lack of funding and attention which it received during the interwar period.

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The P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt were the finest American fighters of World War 2, and both saw service with the RAF in substantial numbers. The RAF began flying the Mustang in 1944, using it to fly bomber escort missions, and deploying to support the ground campaigns in Italy and the Balkans.

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Supported by full-color illustrations, this study explores in startling new detail the "musket and tomahawk" forest warfare by which the French colonists and their allies battled to ensure the survival of "New France."

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An accessible, authoritative illustrated history of the huge railway guns that bombarded the Western Front in World War I.

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The nineteenth-century's steam railway epitomised modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. In Railways and culture in Britain Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of train technology, and how this was represented in British society. -- .

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Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend This book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant builder and the father of scores of children. His monuments and image were to be found in every corner of the empire.

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Tells the story of one of the great battles which forged the reputation of the Duke of Marlborough as one of history's greatest captains. This title presents consideration of the disposition, strength and plans of the opposing forces, examines the context and consequences of the battle.

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In the early hours of D-Day, 1944, a group from the US Army 2nd Rangers Battalion were sent on one of the legendary raids of World War II. The mission was to scale the cliffs overlooking Omaha beach and assault the German coastal artillery at Pointe-du-Hoc. This book analyses various details of this assault.

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From the bestselling author of Elizabeth and Mary, the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England.

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Make history come alive! This book helps librarians and teachers as well as readers themselves find books they will enjoy-titles that will animate and explain the past, entertain, and expand their minds.

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This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society. -- .

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This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. The findings of the study challenge a historical determinism which removes Catholics from the mainstream of early-modern society. -- .

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An innovative book revealing the impact of print on social change in early modern Ireland -- .

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An innovative book revealing the impact of print on social change in early modern Ireland

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Shawn Levy, brings alive London in the swinging sixties with a story of those who created the scene that changed the world.

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Controversial and revisionist history of America's first civil war.

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Provides a chronicle of the the Irish revolution - by the people who were there In 1947 the Bureau of Military History was established by the Irish government to record the experiences of those who took part in the fight for independence.

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A remarkable number of British, French and German two-seater teams managed to attain or exceed the five victories needed to achieve the acedom popularly associated with their single-seat nemeses. This book comes with rich illustrations and first-hand accounts of the veterans themselves.

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The reconstruction of post-war Germany is a major research focus for historians. This book offers insights into Allied occupation policy in the late 1940s, showing the painful adjustment which German industry, institutions and citizens had to make in the post-1945 world.