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26 produkter
Great Fire of London
Häftad, 2009
125 kr
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The Great Fire of London was the greatest catastrophe of its kind in Western Europe. Although detailed fire precautions and fire-fighting arrangements were in place, the fire raged for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches and 44 of the City of London's great livery halls. The 'great …
Shakespeare's London
Everyday Life in London 1580-1616
Häftad, 2011
144 kr
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Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion. From contemporary letters, journals and …
Bull Pen Chronicles
I-Witnessed Brouhaha of a Stony Mountain Game Warden
Inbunden, 2020
287 kr
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Damn You, Ricky Gervais! The Only Weight Loss Program Built On Anger, Humiliation And Jealousy
E-bok
45 kr
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London and the Civil War
E-bok, 2015
321 kr
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`The book has a freshness of viewpoint which makes most enjoyable reading.'' - Joan Thirsk As the country''s largest city, the focus of its trade and cultural life and the possessor of sizeable militia forces and the national capital, London''s influence on the country''s history has always been …
Black Death
A New History of the Bubonic Plagues of London
Häftad, 2021
167 kr
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Evidence of the foulness and cruelty of the greatest catastrophe ever to hit London is still being unearthed under the streets of the capital today. The fresh plague pits containing thousands of skeletons uncovered during the construction of Crossrail are a reminder of the painful, drawn-out death …
Everyday Life in Tudor London
Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn
Häftad, 2024
127 kr
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Tudor London was a vibrant capital city, the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell and St James’s, built by Henry VIII to host …
Sweating Sickness Epidemic
Henry VIII's Great Fear
Inbunden, 2023
220 kr
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Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic when it was identified. The sweating …
Sweating Sickness Epidemic
Henry VIII''s Great Fear
E-bok, 2023
154 kr
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Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic when it was identified. The sweating …
Sweating Sickness Epidemic
Henry VIII''s Great Fear
E-bok, 2023
154 kr
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Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic when it was identified. The sweating …
Battle for London
Av Simon Marsh, Stephen Porter
E-bok, 2010
140 kr
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The story of the battle of Turnham Green and how ''the sack of London'' was prevented by Londoners. As Charles I''s army marched on the capital in the autumn of 1642, Nehemiah Wallington, a wood-turner living near London Bridge, wrote in his journal, ''those cruel cavilers doe so plonder & pillage …
Tower of London
The Biography
Häftad, 2015
149 kr
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The Tower of London is an icon of England’s history. William the Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in 1066 to dominate London, and it has become infamous as a place of torture, execution and murder.The deaths of royals attracted most attention: the murder of the …
Ex Natu: Dikaio Book 3
Dikaio Series, #3
Av Stephen Porter, Gayle Porter
E-bok, 2025
33 kr
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London's Plague Years
Lord Have Mercy Upon Us
Häftad, 2005
187 kr
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Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than four hundred years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long …
Plagues of London
Häftad, 2008
129 kr
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Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than four hundred years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long …
Blast of War
Destruction in the English Civil Wars
Häftad, 2011
160 kr
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The destruction caused by the English Civil Wars was widespread and devastating. Towns, villages, churches, and country houses were destroyed, and by the end of the Second Civil War at least 150 towns and 50 villages had suffered some damage, 200 country houses were ruined, and more than 50,000 …
Story of London
From its Earliest Origins to the Present Day
Häftad, 2016
181 kr
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From its foundation by the Romans in the middle of the first century and its revival under Alfred the Great in the late ninth century, London grew and flourished. It prospered as a trading city, as well as the centre of government and the foremost economic and cultural force within Britain, and …
