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Medieval Queenship by John Carmi Parsons (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton History Paperbacks Ser.
In the SUTTON ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACKS series and originally published in 1994, a collection of essays on the subject of the queens of mediaeval Europe.
Northumberland - Strange but True by Robert Woodhouse
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Sutton Ser.
A series of unusual and curious buildings, incidents and people from various parts of the county. It includes the achievements of Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine and a range of optical instruments, as well as the eccentric exploits of Ned Coulson from Haydon Bridge and the an ...Show more
OUTBACK THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIAS INTE by PARKER DEREK
Category: Australiana | Series: Sutton Ser.
In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent, and routes across its deserts and mountains from north to south and east to west lay all undiscovered. By 1874, its lands had been all but won. Derek Parkers new and exciting book gathers together the sto ...Show more
Pacific Victory by Derrick Wright
Category: Military | Series: Sutton Ser.
The American 'island-hopping' campaign in the Pacific during the Second World War was a crucial factor in the eventual defeat of Japan in 1945. Employing archive colour and black & white photographs, maps and first-hand accounts, the author relates these pivotal battles to the wider struggle against ...Show more
Romano-Byzantine Infantry Equipment by Ian Stephenson
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Ser.
This sequel to the author's authoritative survey Roman Infantry Equipment covers the long period from the accession of Diocletian (284) to the death of Heraclius (641), of which the central event is the end of the Western Empire in favour of Byzantium. Systematically he looks at the evolution of the dif ...Show more
Shakespeare the Player - A Life in the Theatre by John V. Southworth
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Sutton Ser.
Man of the Millennium he may be but William Shakespeare is a shadowy historical figure. His writings have been analyzed exhaustively but much of his life remains a mystery. This controversial biography aims to redress the balance. To his contemporaries, Shakespeare was known not as a playwright but as a ...Show more
The Berlin Airlift by John Tusa; Ann Tusa
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Ser.
Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Berlin airlift, this book describes how, from June 1948 to midsummer 1949, Berlin was blockaded by the Russians and relied on the massive Allied airlift to su rvive.
The Brontes by Kathryn White
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Biographies Ser.
This short biography covers the Bronte's childhood at Haworth parsonage, set on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, their trials as teachers and governesses, the sad decline of their only brother Branwell, and their tragic early deaths. They are also set within the context of 19th-century society, and the ...Show more
The Crusades by Bernard Hamilton; Asa Briggs (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Histories Ser.
This history of the crusades investigates why the crusading movement, launched in 1095 to liberate the Holy Places, became so popular and successful, and goes on to describe the cosmopolitan society of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem and the challenges it faced. It also assesses the long-term effects ...Show more
The End of the House of Lancaster by R. L. Storey
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton History Paperbacks Ser.
The Wars of the Roses were central to 15th-century English history. Their cause lay both deep in the constitution of the Lancastrian kingship and closer to the surface in Henry VI's personal weaknesses.
The European Reformation by Vivian Green; Asa Briggs (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Sutton Pocket Histories Ser.
Initiated in 1517 by the radical German monk Martin Luther, the Reformation would reshape Europe not only religiously but also politically. In this account, Vivian Green looks at the main personalities, events and ideas of this ferment of change, revealing the medieval background to many of the leading ...Show more
The Gods of the Celts by Miranda Green
Category: History | Series: Sutton Ser.
This fascinating overview of Celts and their religion covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects, and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples Covering 500 BC to AD 400, and embracing the whole of the Celtic world from Ireland to Australia, this rewarding overview of the evidence fo ...Show more