For many intelligent people, the stuff of history does not consist of the kind of dry-as-dust investigations of diplomatic, economic, or political history that most university historians research and write about, but the famous topics of "history's mysteries"- who was Jack the Ripper? Was there a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy? Did Richard III murder the Princes in the Tower? What are the mysteries of the ancient Pyramids?
Not only have a great many books and articles been written on these and similar topics by so-called "amateur historians," but they have generated societies,...
For many intelligent people, the stuff of history does not consist of the kind of dry-as-dust investigations of diplomatic, economic, or political ...
And he was present when a deserter was shot at dawn. He records all this - and much more - with an unusual humanity.As a bystander living amidst the troops, he often had a special view of the events that unfolded before his eyes. Van Walleghem notes much that mattered to the soldiers there, and to the local people. This includes the influence of bad weather on the mood and morale of both troops and civilians, as well as military events. His comments on the different attitudes of English, Irish, Australian or other Empire troops and divisions are often priceless. But Van Walleghem equally...
And he was present when a deserter was shot at dawn. He records all this - and much more - with an unusual humanity.As a bystander living amidst the t...
This two-volume set brings together the essential and extensive publications by Professor Thompson otherwise scattered in many journals. These pieces form a major supplement to his classic book English Landed Society.Volume 1 Contents: Victorian England: the horse-drawn society. Inaugural lecture as Professor of Modern History, Bedford College, 1970; The end of a great estate, Economic History Review, 2nd ser. 8, (1955); The land market in the nineteenth century, Oxford Economic Review, new. Ser. 9 (1957); English landownership: The Ailesbury Trust, 1832-56, Economic History Review, 2nd ser....
This two-volume set brings together the essential and extensive publications by Professor Thompson otherwise scattered in many journals. These pieces ...
This two-volume set brings together the essential and extensive publications by Professor Thompson otherwise scattered in many journals. These pieces form a major supplement to his classic book English Landed Society.Volume 2Contents: Rural society and agricultural change in nineteenth-century Britain, from George Grantham and Carol S. Leonard (eds.), Agrarian organisation in the century of industrialisation: Europe, Russia, and North America (Greenwich, Conn., JAI Press, 1989); Life after death: how successful nineteenth-century businessmen disposed of their fortunes, Economic History...
This two-volume set brings together the essential and extensive publications by Professor Thompson otherwise scattered in many journals. These pieces ...
The great man's career was riddled with contradictions. This new book highlights these, and shows the difficulties he experienced as well as his ultimate successes. ; Until now, little or nothing has been said about the many contradictory and anomalous positions Churchill took throughout his career.
The great man's career was riddled with contradictions. This new book highlights these, and shows the difficulties he experienced as well as his ultim...
