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1066 The Conquest
Grosvenor House Publishing 2011; US$ 8.74ENGLAND'S DEFINING MOMENT IN HISTORY ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DATES IN ENGLISH HISTORY A NORMAN DUKE LED THE LAST INVASION OF ENGLAND TO BECOME KING OF ENGLAND APPOINTED DUKE OF NORMANDYAT THE AGE OF EIGHT ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER HE SURVIVED ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE AND GREW UP IN A MEDIEVAL WORLD FULL OF INTRIGUE, TREACHERY... more...
A 1960s East End Childhood
The History Press 2011; US$ 11.65Do you remember playing in streets free of traffic? Dancing to the Beatles? Watching a man land on the Moon on TV? Waking up to ice on the inside of the windows? If the answer is yes, then the chances are that you were a child in the 1960s. This delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in the East End during the Swinging Sixties.... more...
52 Favourite West Sussex Walks
Summersdale 2012; US$ 12.99Richard Williamson?s weekly walking column has long been one of the most popular features in the Chichester Observer , Worthing Observer , and West Sussex Gazette . Now, following the format that has proved such a hit over the years, for the first time he has compiled his favorite walks one for every week of the year?with hand-drawn route maps.... more...
Age, Narrative and Migration
Bloomsbury Publishing 2002; US$ 109.95Whilst the vast majority of recent research on identity and ethnicity amongst South Asians in Britain has focused upon younger people, this book deals with Bengali elders, the first generation of migrants from Sylhet, in Bangladesh. The book describe s how many of these elders face the processes of ageing, sickness and finally death, in a country... more...
All the King's Cooks
Souvenir Press 2011; US$ 21.99Highlighting the world’s first professional kitchen, this volume showcases the massive galleys at Hampton Court Palace. Illustrating how kitchens originally built to supply the entire household of King Henry VIII were run, this guide dispells many of the misconceptions about the table manners, quality of cooking, and serving of meals in Tudor... more...
Anglo-Saxon Somerset
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 35.00The county of Somerset cannot lay claim to have been an Anglo-Saxon kingdom like Kent or Sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the seventh century and there are hints of an earlier entity in the post-Roman period. Although the detail of this society is difficult to recover, there is no doubt that it was... more...
The Anglo-Irish Experience, 1680-1730
Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 115.00Through a series of case studies of different kinds of Anglo-Irish families, the book discusses how the Anglo-Irish saw themselves as predominantly Irish, and how they strove for constitutional autonomy, social reform and economic progress. more...
Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland
Oxbow Books 2012; US$ 40.00Eventful, influential and absorbing, the early history of Northumberland is a fascinating story that has rarely been brought together under one cover. In this authoritative historical account, the authors bring to bear a huge quantity of old and new data and craft it into an in-depth synthesis. The authors deliver this history in chronological order... more...
The Archaeology of the East Anglian Conversion
Boydell & Brewer 2010; US$ 90.00The huge changes in the landscape as a result of the Christian conversion of East Anglia are examined in this multi-disciplinary study. more...
The Archaeology of the West Midlands
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 25.00The West Midlands is a region of geographical, topographical and geological contrasts, forming disparate landscapes that are reflected in the nature and diversity of its rich archaeology. This ranges from evidence of its prehistory to the important industrial heritage of its major conurbations. This book represents an attempt by the region's archaeologists... more...









