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EMPTY CRADLES is a powerful testament to an ordinary woman's astonishing dedication, compassion and stubborn courage.

In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker and mother of two, investigated the case of a woman who claimed that, at the age of four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government.

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The first comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to this dark, but critical, period in the history of Western civilization.

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The Hundred Years War is the name historians have given to a series of bloody but intermittent conflicts between France and England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This encyclopedia provides descriptions and definitions of people, events, and terms relating in some significant way to these conflicts.

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This authoritative A-Z encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses provides accurate and concise descriptions of the major battles and events and the principal historical figures and issues involved.

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This work is a revealing combination of biographies and topical essays that describe the outstanding and often-overlooked contributions of women to the science, politics, and culture of the Renaissance.

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Charts the growth of the German community in Britain, and details the story of its destruction under the intolerance which gripped the country during World War I.

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What and where and who is Europe This collection contends that Europe cannot be defined as simply a particular geographic location or a group of citizens who inhabit the same place and share a culture. Instead, Europe is a question to be answered by the teachers and students who study it.

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A collection of essays, in honour of Pierre Chaplais, which examine England's policies towards her neighbours between 1066 and 1453.

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This new text offers one of the first overviews of the 'three hundred years' war' between England and Scotland, from the Scottish succession crisis in 1286, to the Union of the Crowns in 1603. It is an ideal introduction for students approaching Anglo-Scottish relations within this period for the first time.

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Reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power. This title tells the story of aeronautical England, from its politics to its industry and culture.

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Presented chronologically, this title offers a portrait of England and the English - and the unique place of both in world history. Through the words of those who saw it and made it, it covers: the Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, the Peasants' Revolt, Henry VIII's break with Rome, the Great Fire of London, Nelson at Trafalgar, and the world wars.

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'An erudite, extremely entertaining work' Jan Morris, Independent
In the style of Longitude and Fermats Last Theorem, acclaimed novelist Maureen Duffy has written a page-turning narrative history of the making of the myth of the English.

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In the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination. This book asks why Alfred was so important in Victorian Britain, examines the ways in which he was rewritten by authors and artists of the time, and investigates how Alfred is no longer a national icon. -- .

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Provides the first detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of the English Benedictine communities in exile during the seventeenth century, looking at their lived experiences, emotions and senses in religious life. -- .

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The simple castles raised after the Norman conquest had been developed throughout 11th and 12th centuries, whilst the introduction of Islamic and Byzantine fortification techniques from the late 12th century led to further developments in castle architecture.

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A study of the fortifications used in England during the Civil War. It covers the defences of London and Oxford, as well as looking at castles, earthworks and field fortifications. The author also traces the development of new defence systems that were developed by engineers such as De Gomme.

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The 14th-century knight lived in a time of change, in terms of both recruitment methods and the appearance of fighting men. This title describes all aspects of the knight's life, including his training in the castle yard and the hard knocks of the tournament.

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The first of a three-part study of the English mediaeval knight through three centuries. This volume covers the 15th-century knight, following a hypothetical knight and showing how he fared on campaign with the Normans at the loss of Normandy. It covers recruitment, training and active service.

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In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. Newspaper headlines introduced him as a twentieth-century Judas.

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This collection examines the historical development of societys relationship to the environment in Central and Southeastern Europe. The contributors analyze the growth of environmental consciousness since the eighteenth century, the inception of environmental history as an academic discipline, and the rise of environmental movements in the region.

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The origins of the First World War continue to be a matter of controversy. This volume broadly approaches this topic, and will be useful to those teaching and writing on pre-1914 Europe.