1919; Britain's Year of Revolution tells the story of an almost unknown passage in British history. On the August Bank Holiday that year, the government in London dispatched warships to the northern city of Liverpool in an overwhelming show of force. Thousands of troops, backed by tanks, had been trying without success to suppress disorder on the streets. Earlier that year in London, 1000 soldiers had marched on Downing Street, before being disarmed by a battalion of the Grenadier Guards loyal to the government. In Luton that summer, the town hall was burned down by rioters, before the army...
1919; Britain's Year of Revolution tells the story of an almost unknown passage in British history. On the August Bank Holiday that year, the governme...
'It was revealed to Eadmar, a devout monk, that Durham was to be Cuthbert's final resting-place.' Robert Hegge's 1624 book tells the story of St Cuthbert with humour, insight and accuracy. Simon Webb's highly accessible modern English version draws back the curtain on a masterpiece that has remained unpublished for 200 years.
'It was revealed to Eadmar, a devout monk, that Durham was to be Cuthbert's final resting-place.' Robert Hegge's 1624 book tells the story of St Cuthb...
This book combines the complete contents of all three of the Langley Press Brief Lives books into one volume. It includes all the Lives published as Aubrey's Brief Lives: A Selection, Aubrey's Brief Lives: The Elizabethans and Aubrey's Brief Lives: Thomas Hobbes. The introductions of all three books are published here in full, as are the explanatory introductions to each Life. This volume also includes William Duggan's translation of Thomas Hobbes' Latin prose autobiography, which Aubrey included among his Brief Lives.
This book combines the complete contents of all three of the Langley Press Brief Lives books into one volume. It includes all the Lives published as A...
In October 1346 the Scottish king David II invaded England with as many as thirty-two thousand men at his back. The outcome of the battle he was soon forced to fight at Neville's Cross outside Durham was to influence English, Scottish and Continental power-politics for centuries. This volume includes Simon Webb's 2016 account of the battle, its causes and its aftermath. It also includes a generous selection of the most important historical sources on the battle, some in modern English versions by Simon Webb and William Duggan. Previously published by the Langley Press as 'The Battle of...
In October 1346 the Scottish king David II invaded England with as many as thirty-two thousand men at his back. The outcome of the battle he was soon ...