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A fascinating reappraisal of Britains `oldest ally, the House of Braganza.

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An illustrated history of Palestine from 1850 to 1948, drawing heavily on vivid oral accounts and using photographs of the period never previously published.

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Originally published in 1994; published 2016 with a new preface by the author.

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Secret Histories of the Cairngorms is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It looks at a unique British landscape, its last great wilderness, with new eyes.

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This book explores the local history of Argyll in depth and brings a radically different perspective to the 'romantic' episode of the second Jacobite Rebellion, the '45.

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A fascinating portrait of the Crinan Canal, one of the most significant monuments of British civil engineering

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Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. -- .

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A powerful warrior in the Christian reconquest of medieval Spain, a formidable strategist, and a charismatic leader, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the 'Cid' deeply impressed his contemporaries, both Christian and Muslim. This title records the deeds of the 'Cid' of history and legend.

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In The Europe Illusion

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Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.

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This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. -- .

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On the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were Clyde-built ships known the world over, Scotland produced half of Britain's total production of railway equipment, and the cotton and jute industries flourished in Paisley and Dundee.

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The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Acute famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands at the same time, causing misery, hardship and distress. The story of that lesser known human disaster is told in this prize-winning and internationally acclaimed book.

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A lavish, large format hardback featuring the artwork of The Great Tapestry of Scotland, an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history.

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This is part of a five volume set on the history of Gwent from prehistory to the end of the 20th century. This first volume spans the time from the Palaeolithic to the coming of the Normans.

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The Hebrides of Scotland - around 500 diverse islands - form the north-western Atlantic fringe of Europe. This book surveys the cultural landscape of this dramatically beautiful, complex and conflicted area, with emphasis on what may be interpreted through aerial photography.

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Features Valerie Warrior's translation of the first five books of Livy's History; a general introduction to Livy and his work; foot-of-the-page notes offering contextual information; a chronology of events; and three appendices offering additional insight into Livy and the History.

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Documenting manifestations of Hitler's far-reaching influence, which the author termed the Hitler virus, this title states that its carriers were not merely to be found among the older generation but an alarming number of outbreaks of the virus are among the young adults.

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"First published in Germany as Das Heilige Reomische Reich Deutscher Nation: Vom Ende des Mittelalters bis 1806; Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, 2013"--Title page verso.