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74934 AS IF AN ENEMY’S COUNTRY: The British


Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution by Richard Archer


Tracing the events of the Boston Massacre and its aftermath, including the trial of the British troops involved, this illuminating book offers an unforgettable account of what turned the city, and with it the colonies as a whole,


irrevocably towards revolution. No event did more to foment patriotic sentiment among colonists in pre- revolutionary Boston than its armed occupation by British soldiers between October 1768 and the winter of 1770. For 17 months the occupants of the city seethed. One in five men wore a red coat and was armed. Inevitably, tempers flared and violent conflicts broke out between the citizens and soldiers. The author’s gripping narrative of those crucial months moves between the governor’s mansion and cobble-stoned back-alleys as he traces the origins of the colonists’ conflict with Great Britain. He reveals the manoeuvring of colonial political leaders such as Governor Francis Bernard, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson and James Otis Jr as they responded to London’s new policies, and captures the popular mobilisation under the leadership of John Hancock and Samuel Adams that met the oppressive imperial measures, such as the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act, with demonstrations and violence. 284 paperback pages illustrated in b/w. £10.99 NOW £6


74672 OLD REGIME AND


THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by Alexis de Tocqueville Facsimile reprint of the 1856 original here translated by John Bonner, unabridged and with original typography. One of the most important books ever written about the French Revolution, this treatise is the work of a celebrated political thinker and historian. Alexis de Tocqueville reveals the rebellion’s origins and consequences


by examining France’s political and cultural environment. His view of the Revolution as part of a gradual and ongoing social process offers timeless insights into the pursuits of individual and political freedom. The survey begins with a consideration of the contradictory opinions surrounding the Revolution’s outbreak. It looks at the old regime including its administration, tribunals, official manners and customs, internecine quarrels and class divisions. Tocqueville explores a range of influences on the rebellion’s development including the political rise of the nation’s literary figures, the growth of anti-religious attitudes and the widespread desire for reform and liberty. For all interested in political philosophy, Enlightenment history and the French Revolution. 344pp in paperback. $10.95 NOW £5


74821 A HISTORY OF THE


WORLD by Andrew Marr Marr revisits the traditional epic stories, from Classical times to the rise of Napoleon, but frames, contrasts and compares them with less familiar tales from across the globe from Peru to China, to the Caribbean and across the ages finds some astounding echoes and parallels. A book about the people who have changed the course of world history - rulers, warlords,


scientists, artists, philosophers, visionaries, revolutionaries, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Galileo and Mao, how rulers lose touch with reality and why revolutions produce dictators - this is also a book about ourselves and how history has brought us to the point where we are today, and how by taking careful note of it we can get some idea of the future. Fresh, exciting and vivid in the extreme, his narrative and control of the immense amount of material he is making sense of is quite breath-taking at times - he seems incapable of writing a dull sentence! Popular history at its very best, this deserves to be a modern classic and required reading for all students. 614pp paperback, 24 pages of colour and b/w photos. First time discounted. £8.99 NOW £6.99


72537 ONE IN THE EYE FOR HAROLD: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about History is Wrong by Phil Mason


Once and for all, King Harold was not killed by an arrow in the eye - he was in fact beheaded, disembowelled and emasculated on the battlefield by four Norman knights. Neanderthals, Philistines and Vikings have been badly misrepresented. Here Phil Mason thrillingly romps through the centuries, expertly debunking fictions which have coloured our view of religion, politics, war and society for aeons. 251pp paperback. £9.99 NOW £4


72789 STORY OF ENGLAND: A Village and its People Through the Whole of English History by Michael Wood


For an island country of modest dimensions situated on the fringes of Europe, England’s influence on world history, culture, literature and politics has been disproportionately great. Broadcaster Michael Wood explores the national narrative from Roman times to the present day through the eyes of one place - Kibworth, a village in Leicestershire. What swung it for Wood though was the astonishing treasure trove of documents from the village held at Merton College, Oxford for the medieval period. Departing Romans, Viking and Saxon immigrants, Norman conquerors, the Black Death and famine, religious and political conflict, the Industrial Revolution, the Empire and two World Wars. 440pp, photos.


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75019 THE SPANISH ARMADA: The Great Enterprise Against England


1588 by Angus Konstam In a thrilling account of one of the best known campaigns in history, a former naval officer and museum curator examines in detail the two different types of warship and two very different fighting methods of


England and Spain respectively, which were to transform naval warfare from then on. The Catholic King Philip II of Spain was determined to invade England and conquer the Protestant heretics and their Queen Elizabeth I. He planned to sail with his vast Armada of ships up the English Channel, meet the Spanish Army off Flanders on the French coast, and ferry them across to England. But, he had not reckoned with the tenacity of the British fleet, with its daring Sea Dogs - Drake, Frobisher, Raleigh and Hawkins - who harassed the Armada throughout its progress up the Channel and drove the Spanish from their anchorage at Gravelines, so preventing their rendezvous with the Spanish army and forcing a full retreat. In this exciting volume the author not only details the battle but also describes the background to the proposed invasion, and recounts the Armada’s disastrous return voyage around Scotland and Ireland, which became one of the most tragic episodes in maritime history. 224 pages lavishly illustrated in colour and b/w with photographs, maps, diagrams and artwork.


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73058 A RENEGADE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: From the Founding Fathers


to the Present Day by Thaddeus Russell Tells the story of ‘bad’ Americans - drunkards, prostitutes, ‘shiftless’ slaves and white slackers, criminals, juvenile delinquents, brazen homosexuals and others who operated beneath American society - and shows how they shaped our world, created new pleasures and expanded our freedoms. The book spends as much time in the street, the bedroom, the movie theatre and the saloon as it does listening to speeches. Readers will see inside brothels and gay nightclubs and the secret parties held by slaves, which explain why so many refused to leave the plantation when they were freed. In a highly provocative new perspective, convention is turned on its head. Without organized crime, there would be no Hollywood, Las Vegas, labour unions, legal alcohol, birth control or gay rights. This controversial book will leave everyone arguing until dawn! 382 pages. £20 NOW £7


73750 AGE OF CHIVALRY: Culture and Power


in Medieval Europe 950-1450 by Hywel Williams


The 500 years that separated the mid-10th century from the mid-15th century constituted a critical and formative period in the history of Europe. It was an era of urbanisation and the expansion of trade, of the building of the great Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals, of courtly romance and the art of the troubadour, and of the founding of celebrated seats of learning in Paris, Oxford and Bologna. But it was also a time characterised by brutal military adventure - viz the launching of armed pilgrimages to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control, the savage dynastic conflict of the Hundred Years’ War and the devastating pandemic of the Black Death. 224 pages 28cm x 22.5cm, colour, maps and timelines. £20 NOW £7


73553 FRIAR OF CARCASSONNE: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the


Cathars by Stephen O’Shea Here is the tragic but inspiring story of the Franciscan Friar Bernard Délicieux, who fought against the combined forces of the ruthless Pope Boniface VIII, the Machiavellian French King Philip IV and the grand inquisitor of Toulouse, Bernard Gui -


whom readers may remember as the villain of The Name of the Rose. In 1300, in Languedoc in France, the great orator Délicieux emerged to pull together the various currents of resistance that were growing against the evil trio who were torturing and killing without mercy anyone who dared to question their dictates. At that time, Languedoc was a society controlled by fear. There were secret tribunals, abuses of power, trumped up charges, and the dungeons of Carcassonne housed hundreds of despairing innocents, whose only crime was to believe something slightly different from the established doctrine. They had therefore been branded as heretics. Nearly a century had passed since Languedoc had been put to the sword, but now, once again, any accusation of the heresy called Catharism invited peril. Délicieux, with his oratorical talents roused the populace, with the result that, after three years of struggle, the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. He had become a hero of France. A stirring 280 pages with colour plates, map. £17.99 NOW £8.50


73404 FIFTY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW


ABOUT WORLD HISTORY by Hugh Williams Williams has selected 50 key people, places, battles, objects and events, from which he distils world history into an entertaining and perceptive overview. The Treaty of Versailles is to be found under wealth. Darwin’s On the Origin of Species had a more profound


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effect upon religion than it did as a scientific discovery, unlike the 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA and Newton’s Principia of 1687. A further 46 history-making entries include the Black Death, Model T Ford and the Credit Crunch in wealth, the American, French and Russian Revolutions in freedom, the deaths of Jesus and Mohammed in religion, the Sack of Rome and the Indian Mutiny in conquest and Archimedes, Leonardo, Baird and Apollo XI in discovery. 414pp, colour plates. £20 NOW £6


73749 KINGS AND QUEENS


OF ENGLAND by Ian Crofton


This reliable and entertaining popular history is beautifully designed and illustrated, covering major historical events together with a spicing of gossip for each reign from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II, and also including


dynastic doubtfuls such as Oliver Cromwell and Edward VIII. It brings welcome clarity to such grey areas as the two Matildas in 12th century King Stephen’s life, one his loyal wife and the other his sworn enemy and rival claimant to the throne. The many mistresses of playboy kings such as Charles II and Edward VII make an appearance alongside the long-suffering consorts like Nell Gwyn. Religious questions are clearly dealt with, from the complexities of the Reformation to the Catholic emancipation. Many kings and queens had strong views on politics and Queen Victoria’s violent objections to women’s suffrage are entertainingly quoted. Each reign includes a timeline, a highlighted biography, a contemporary portrait. 256pp, colour, genealogies. £14.99 NOW £6.50


74189 LONDON LIGHTS by James Hamilton


Subtitled ‘The Minds that Moved the City That Shook the World’, from an electric spark to the Great Exhibition, here is how London took centre stage on the world map. In the 50 years between Nelson’s death and the Great Exhibition, London came of age. This newly sprawling metropolis may have been foul and dangerous, but it was also a burgeoning hotbed of art, technology and science. Hamilton gallops through London’s finest years, her luck and misfortune, anger and charm, taking a fresh look. St. Martin-in-the-Fields sits at an ungainly angle to the top of Trafalgar Square. Nelson’s Column destroys the view of the National Gallery from Whitehall. The British Museum is a breathing dragon in a cage. Useful map with key to where these leading lights lived from Rudolph Ackerman to J. M. W. Turner and the Duke of Wellington. 400 page paperback with photos. £10.99 NOW £4


74192 MASTERS OF THE WORD: How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the


Internet by William Bernstein At the most basic level, the words ‘politics’ and ‘communication’ are nearly synonymous. In this enlightening book, starting with the birth of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia, the author chronicles the technology of human communication. When Phoenician traders took their alphabet to Greece, literacy’s first boom led to the birth of drama and democracy. Medieval scriptoria and vernacular bibles may have given rise to religious dissent, but it was only when the combination of cheaper paper and Gutenberg’s printing press drove down the cost of books by some 97% that the fuse of the Reformation was lit. The Industrial Revolution allowed information to move faster and farther than ever before. The boom of the Internet and cell phones in the 21st century, access to technology has again spread, and the world is both more connected and more free than ever before. 420 pages, photos and diagrams.


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74631 MEMORY OF THE WORLD: The Treasures That Record Our History From 1700 BC To The Present Day


by UNESCO Publishing The UNESCO Memory of the World programme is a register of 245 collections of documents which have outstanding historical and humanitarian significance. This


beautifully produced and illustrated book lists all the entries with colour photos, details of the archive, and reasons for the listing. All human life is here: the Warsaw Ghetto and the Battle of the Somme are listed, as are the films of Ingmar Bergman and the negatives and soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz. The Hittite cuneiform tablets of Bogazkoy is in two locations, Istanbul and Ankara, and is the only record of a civilization that was unusually advanced for the 2nd millennium B.C. and had a profound influence on later empires. The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnomh Penh, Cambodia, documents the barbaric events of the Khmer Rouge regime in the late seventies. The registry of slaves of the British Caribbean between 1817 and 1834 is spread across the Caribbean Islands and the UK, giving details of the continuing transatlantic slave trade which had officially been outlawed by Britain. The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry is both a historical document and a work of art, the autograph score of Beethoven’s ninth symphony preserves details of one of the world’s greatest musical compositions, and the St Petersburg Phonogram Archive amounts to over 500 hours recording languages, culture and rites. The collection also includes Bibles, Korans, and


philosophical writings such as those of Soren Kierkegaard. 607 pp, photos on every page, most in colour.


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73752 CHRONICLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: 3500 BC-AD476 by John Haywood


Here is a graphically written, indispensable, clear, chronological account of the events and ideas, great men and empires, that set the foundations of our own civilisation. Interweaving Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Roman history, this compelling volume follows these burgeoning empires over 4,000 years, examining the delicate balance of power as they vied for territory, conquest and glory. From Alexander the Great’s 22,000 mile march on Persia, to Attila the Hun’s plunder of the Roman empire, the author brings the most crucial battles and decisive campaigns to life, and examines the extraordinary cultural achievements of these civilisations. Here, in a fascinating account of how symbols were inscribed on wet clay tablets, are the first written words, the oldest royal inscription yet known, and the hieroglyphic script used by the Minoans. 336 pages 28cm x 24cm. Colour, timeline. £25 NOW £9.50


74061 TERRACOTTA ARMY by John Mann


Subtitled ‘China’s First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation’ the book weaves together history and first- hand experience from the author’s travels in China telling the story of how and why these astonishing artefacts were created. The Terracotta Army was a total surprise - some 8,000 life-size clay warriors and horses buried in 210BC as a ‘Spirit Army’ to guard


the tomb of the First Emperor. He was the brilliant and ruthless ruler who united China and built the first Great Wall, was beset by paranoia and a desire to dominate in the afterlife, as he had in this one. Around his giant tomb-mound, as yet unopened, other pits concealed a whole spirit world of officials, entertainers, armour and bronze chariots. 1,000 of the warriors now stand with many other finds in a site tand more are yet to be discovered. 380pp in paperback, colour photos and diagrams.


£9.99 NOW £3.50 73753 THE TUDOR CHRONICLES:


1485-1603 by Susan Doran For many people, the Tudor period marks the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the iconic figure of the ‘virgin queen’, Elizabeth I, it witnessed the end of the dynastic uncertainties of the Wars of the Roses, the creation and triumph of the Protestant Church, and the successful repulsion of a foreign invader - in the person of King Philip of Spain. It also hailed the blossoming of a sublimely gifted generation of musical composers, including Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, as well as the flowering of English poetry and drama, culminating in the incomparable writings of Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. However, it was also a period wracked by rebellion, invasion scares, sectarian strife, and - increasingly, as the Queen rejected one suitor after another - by worries about the dynastic succession. A compelling, year-by-year chronology. Portraits, maps, illuminations, royal seals, tapestries. 416 pages 28.5cm x 23.5cm. Colour. £25 NOW £8.50


74146 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN by Joanna Bourke


Victorian regulations prohibit cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. Now historian and professor Joanna Bourke provides reveals the extent to which the term ‘human’ has been politically loaded, historically complex and theoretically ambivalent. The book traces not only shifts in the boundaries of how being human has been conceived in the past, but looks at the bewildering implications of medical science. 369pp in paperback, photos. £10.99 NOW £3.50


74357 A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIFE IN


VICTORIAN BRITAIN by Michael Paterson By the end of Victoria’s reign, Britain stood at the centre of an empire on which the sun never set, boasting a society driven by technology and self confidence. Paterson describes the main figures, key events and popular movements that made up the crucible from which our modern world emerged. From the Imperial Wars far from home to the changing nature of work, the innovations in the role of women, architecture, development of mass media to the popularisation of sport, Paterson investigates the claims that this was a Golden Age. 358pp in paperback, b/w photos. £9.99 NOW £5


74372 ENEMIES OF ROME: From Hannibal to


Attila the Hun by Philip Matyszak If the Romans had not trampled over the rival powers so completely, there might never have been a Dark Age. When Rome finally collapsed, there was no other major civilisation ready to take over. Here are some of the people who dared to take on the challenge, people such as Hannibal, Boudicca, Arminius, Cleopatra and Spartacus, their stories excitingly told. What would have happened if they had succeeded in wrecking that mighty force? ‘The Roman Empire in the West ended in AD 476. It finished not with a bang, but a whimper.’ 296pp. Paperback with 72 b/w illus. £12.95 NOW £5


74373 ENGLAND: A Concise History by F. E. Halliday


Here are the key events: the construction of Stonehenge, the Norman Conquest and its aftermath, the signing of Magna Carta by the tyrant King John, the resolution of the Wars of the Roses, the defeat by Drake of the Spanish Armada, the Civil Wars, the Crimean War, as well as the personalities that shaped those events: Nelson, Disraeli, Churchill, Thatcher, Harold Wilson, brought together in the perfect introduction to a fascinating subject. 240 paperback pages 23cm x 18cm with 230 illus. £9.95 NOW £5


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