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100 Local Heroes by Adam Hart-Davis; Paul Bader
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Ser.
Adam Hart-Davis here presents the best of British heroes: brilliant and often eccentric pioneers of science, invention and technology
A History of British Trade Unionism by Keith Laybourn
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton History Paperbacks Ser.
This work offers an examination of the emergence and decline of the British trade union movement. From small and ineffectual beginnings to a force to be reckoned with, Laybourn presents a timely history of a movement linked inherently to the social and political strata of the UK.
Abraham Lincoln by H. G. Pitt
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Biographies Ser.
Abraham Lincoln confronted the great questions of his age: slavery, democracy and nationalism. This biography explains the national and international factors that shaped the life of an ambitious, brilliant man who rose to power as the modern world was taking shape.
Age of the Picts by W. A. Cummins
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Illustrated History Paperbacks Ser.
Alfred Warrior King by John Peddie
Category: History | Series: Sutton Ser.
King Alfred of Wessex (871-901) is the only king in British history to have been honoured with the epithet 'great', yet he is usually remembered only for the story of the burnt cakes, his finer achievements being forgotten. These accomplishments, however, make the title well deserved. unflagging energy ...Show more
Amazing Grace - The Great Days of Dukes by E. S. Turner
Category: History | Series: Sutton History Classics Ser.
Amazing Grace surveys the dukes of Great Britain in their prime, chiefly in the 18th and 19th centuries. The author provides an anecdote-packed study of godhead, eccentricity, noblesse oblige, self-indulgence and landlordism.
Aztecs by Brenda Ralph Lewis
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Histories Ser.
The Aztec empire centred on Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) embraced nearly all the peoples of central America during the 15th and early 16th centuries. Renowned for their architecture, agriculture, jewellry and textiles, the Aztecs also developed a form of pictographic writing and a complex calendar ...Show more
Barney Barnfather - Life on a Spitfire Squadron by Angus Mansfield
Category: Military | Series: Sutton Ser.
Riversdale Robert 'Barney' Barnfather was an RAF fighter pilot who flew Spitfires in action almost continuously from November 1941 until the end of the war in Europe. Barney was often in the thick of the fighting and saw action in the offensive sweeps over France, in the desperate air battle for Malta, ...Show more
Beethoven by Anne P. Baker
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Biographies Ser.
Examines the composer's contributions to classical music, describing the difficulties he faced as a musician.
Black Death by Philip Ziegler
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Illustrated History Paperbacks Ser.
Between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death killed at least one third of Europe's population. Philip Ziegler's classic account traces the course of the virulent epidemic through Europe and its dramatic effect on the lives of those whom it afflicted. First published nearly forty years ago, it remains definit ...Show more
Britain on the Breadline - A Social and Political History of Britain, 1918-1939 by Keith Laybourn
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton History Paperbacks Ser.
A social and political history of Britain 1918-1939. Includes the General Strike, the collapse of the 1931 Labour government, the rise of British Fascism and the Spanish Civil War.
Britain's Best Kept Secret - Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park by Ted Enever
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Ser.
In 1938 the British Government's Code and Cypher School moved to Bletchley Park and began to lay the foundations of an organization which was to have a profound impact on the course of the impending Second World War. From this quiet backwater, a dedicated team began to unpick Germany's Enigma codes, bel ...Show more