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By: Simon Schama
ISBN: 9781847920140
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2010
UK Publication Date: 5th November 2009
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Asks crucial questions about the nature of empire, journeying from celebrations of industrial and imperialist power at the Great Exhibition, to the catastrophic Irish potato famine and the Indian Mutiny. Alongside flamboyant heroes, like Nelson and Churchill, the author also recalls unsung heroines and virtually unknown enemies.
(Paperback)
By: Jenni Murray
ISBN: 9781786071583
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2017
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The history of Britain, presented as youve never seen it before, through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire
(Hardback)
By: Terry Deary
ISBN: 9780857506351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Paul Ginsborg
ISBN: 9780140124965
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1990
UK Publication Date: 27th September 1990
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. This book presents an account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past decades. It is suitable for those who wish to understand contemporary Italy.
(Paperback)
By: Professor Kerstin S. Jobst
ISBN: 9781350327993
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 9781848546097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2012
UK Publication Date: 10th May 2012
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Our nation's story told through 100 of the most important sites - from Stonehenge to the Gherkin
(Paperback)
By: John Burrow
ISBN: 9780140283792
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2009
UK Publication Date: 29th January 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the cultural history of Europe and America.
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By: Frank Welsh
ISBN: 9780006388715
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This is a one-volume history of Hong Kong, revised and updated in time for the handover to China in June 1997. It evokes the place and the characters of those who shaped it, from its buccaneering origins to its post-war growth.
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By: Andrew Marr
ISBN: 9781509839667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Andrew Marr's acclaimed Sunday Times number one bestseller, updated with an extensive new chapter taking readers from Blair to Brexit
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By: Frank Welsh
ISBN: 9780006384212
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2000
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2000
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A one-volume history of one of the world's most troubled, controversial and important nations.
(Hardback)
By: Eric Hazan
ISBN: 9781784781255
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Verso Books
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How the French invented the barricade and its symbolic impact on popular protests throughout history
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By: Steven Runciman
ISBN: 9780241298770
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 24th November 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9781474614184
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 28th November 2019
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century - 'Magnificently provoking' New Statesman
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By: Howard M. Sachar
ISBN: 9781400030972
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Paul Dukes
ISBN: 9781472573773
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback, Unabridged edition)
By: Andrew Marr
ISBN: 9781447236825
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2013
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century, Andrew Marr's A History of the World is a compelling global journey through human history.
(Hardback)
By: Jonn Elledge
ISBN: 9781472298508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 25th April 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming and outstandingly nerdish' author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything.
(Hardback)
By: Edna Bonhomme
ISBN: 9780349704364
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
UK Publication Date: 13th March 2025
Publisher: John Murray Press
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(Paperback)
By: David Gibbins
ISBN: 9781399603492
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins
(Hardback)
By: David Gibbins
ISBN: 9781399603485
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 8th February 2024
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins
(Hardback)
By: The National Archives
ISBN: 9781789466300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 10th November 2022
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The only complete study of treason in Britain from the introduction of the Treason Act in 1352, to the last execution for treason in this country after the Second World War.
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By: John Davies
ISBN: 9780140284751
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2007
UK Publication Date: 25th January 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Strarting from the Ice Ages, this account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. It spans prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in the late twentieth century, offering a history of an enduring people.
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By: John Keegan
ISBN: 9781844137497
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2004
UK Publication Date: 7th October 2004
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The definitive history of warfare told by Britain's foremost military historian.
John Keegans masterpiece is a work of breath-taking scope that not only chronicles the history of warfare, but unearths lessons on the nature of humanity.
(Paperback, 9th Revised edition)
By: John P. McKay
ISBN: 9780230394391
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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This volume introduces students to the global past (from 1775 to the present) through social history, and provides insights into the stories and voices of the people who lived it. Thoroughly revised, the ninth edition now contains more global comparisons, documents, features and activities to aid and reinforce students' learning.
