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The epic tale of the House of Orange-Nassau, from 1772 to 1890.

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(Paperback, New in Paperback)

This is the first full, modern history of the Jacobite cause in its entirety as it played out in Scotland, England, Ireland, Europe and even America. Based on the latest research,The King over the Waterweaves together all the strands of this gripping saga into a vivid, sweeping narrative.

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This study explores the history of the western seaboard of Scotland in a formative but often neglected era: the central middle ages, from the mightly Somerled to his descendant John MacDonald, the first Lord of the Isles (c. 1336). Drawing on a variety of sources, this very readable narrative deals with three major and closely interrelated themes

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The events of 1000-1130 AD are crucial in terms of the development of the kingdom of the Scots, and yet it remains one of the least researched periods in Scottish history. This book charts in fascinating and bloody detail the political machination of key players and the progression made towards a unified kingdom.

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In 2000 the Labour party celebrates its centenary. The Labour party has been an influential organisation in 20th-century Wales. This collection of essays highlights ideas on its development and operation within Wales and its impact on Welsh society, the Welsh economy and Welsh life.

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Tracing the transformation of Russian society and government that was to lead to Stalinism, this book places its emphasis on the changes stemming from war, revolution, civil war and industrialization. It also examines the political, ideological and cultural developments during the period.

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(Paperback)

By 1300, a Marcher region had been created between England and Wales, consisting of about forty castle-centered lordships extending along the Anglo-Welsh border and also across southern Wales. The March of Wales thus formed a highly distinctive part of the political geography of Britain for much of the Middle Ages.

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By 1300, a Marcher region had been created between England and Wales, consisting of about forty castle-centered lordships extending along the Anglo-Welsh border and also across southern Wales. The March of Wales thus formed a highly distinctive part of the political geography of Britain for much of the Middle Ages.

(Paperback, second edition)

(Hardback, second edition)

(Paperback)

The North Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early medieval Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their part is often neglected or ignored. This book traces the history of this native Celtic people through the troubled centuries.

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(Hardback)

An innovative exploration of German memory, national identity, and modernity embodied in the public spaces of the new capital.

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An innovative exploration of German memory, national identity, and modernity embodied in the public spaces of the new capital.

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Offering an understanding of politics in fifth-century Athens, this title constructs models of Athenian political groupings to explain the rise of the 'new politicians', young men who launched a different kind of democracy by appealing to the citizenry at large.

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Offering an understanding of politics in fifth-century Athens, this title constructs models of Athenian political groupings to explain the rise of the 'new politicians', young men who launched a different kind of democracy by appealing to the citizenry at large.

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries England underwent a series of transformations. The turbulent reigns of the Tudors and Stuarts witnessed the Protestant Reformation, the growth of powerful monarchies, the English Civil War, and the colonization of the new world. The author weaves an insightful narrative of these formative centuries.

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The Norman invasion of Britain, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, is well known, but the later invasion of Ireland is much less well documented. This book describes how Ireland was invaded and settled by the French-speaking Normans from north-west France, whose language and culture had already come to dominate most of Britain.

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(Paperback)

The Ormesby Psalter is perhaps the most magnificent yet enigmatic of the great Gothic psalters produced in East Anglia in the first half of the fourteenth century. This richly illustrated book casts an entirely new light on its history.