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  • av Simon Webb
    197,-

    At a time when the subject of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seldom out of the news, this book provides a challenge to the popularly accepted view of the matter.

  • av Simon Webb
    201,-

    A humble tailor and apple-grower from New Jersey, John Woolman became one of the leading voices against the transatlantic slave trade in the eighteenth century. Simon Webb's highly accessible new biography takes a fresh look at the life of this inspirational figure.

  • - Thomas Wright of Durham
    av Simon Webb
    201,-

    'Despite the efforts of ancient, medieval and renaissance astronomers, and the labours of Newton, Halley and the Herschels, it was a carpenter's son from a tiny village in the north of England who first began to glimpse the true nature of the Milky Way'. Simon Webb's new book is the first stand-alone biography of Thomas Wright (1711-86), astronomer, garden-designer and architect of Byers Green, County Durham.

  • av Simon Webb
    201,-

    Vera Zasulich, would-be assassin who later worked with Lenin. Alexandra Kollontai, the only woman in Russia's cabinet after the revolution of 1917. Louise Bryant, American reporter and 'Queen of Bohemia' who was thereon the spot and covered the Russian revolution and its aftermath.

  • av Simon Webb
    119,-

    Chaucer's Legend of Good Women re-tells the stories of some of the most fascinating women in history and mythology, including Cleopatra, Medea and Dido, Queen of Carthage. This edition includes Simon Webb's highly accessible prose translation, and an introduction which examines how this neglected work has been rediscovered as a key text for understanding the medieval view of women.

  • av Simon Webb
    221,-

    A combined guidebook to, and history of, Roman London.

  • av Simon Webb
    194,-

    The father of Marxism spent roughly half his life in the English capital. Simon Webb's new book takes a fresh look at where and how he lived, who he knew and the effect the Victorian city had on himself and his family.

  • av Simon Webb
    284,-

    At a time when the subject of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seldom out of the news, this book provides a challenge to the popularly accepted view of the matter.

  • av Simon Webb
    201,-

  • av Simon Webb
    299,-

    Explores the history of Europe and the earliest legends about magic and religion.

  • - US Soldiers Court-Martialled in WWII
    av Simon Webb
    294,-

    Explores a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War. The first book ever published to contain a detailed account of every American military execution carried out in Britain.

  • av Simon Webb
    224,-

    This would be the first collection of true criminal cases that took place in Britain during World War I. It offers a fresh perspective on the Home Front during the First World War, and blends wartime history with popular crime.

  • - Britain's Forgotten Terrorists
    av Simon Webb
    224,-

    In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the suffragettes. The targets for their attacks ranged from St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England in London to theatres and churches in Ireland. The violence, which included several attempted assassinations, culminated in June 1914 with an explosion in Westminster Abbey. Simon Webb explores the way in which the suffragette bombers have been airbrushed from history, leaving us with a distorted view of the struggle for female suffrage. Not only were the suffragettes far more aggressive than is generally known, but there exists the very real and surprising possibility that their militant activities actually delayed, rather than hastened, the granting of the parliamentary vote to British women. AUTHOR: Simon Webb is the author of many non-fiction books, ranging from academic works on education to popular history. He has also written dozens of westerns under both his own name and a variety of pseudonyms, such as Harriet Cade, Fenton Sadler and Jay Clanton. He works as a consultant on the subject of capital punishment to television companies and filmmakers and also writes fro various magazines and newspapers, including the Times educational Supplement, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. 16 b/w illustrations

  • - Emmeline Pankhurst and Her Right-Wing Followers
    av Simon Webb
    224,-

    Reveals the shocking anti-Semitism which underpinned and permeated the ideology of the suffragette movement. Examines the reasons why the ferocious campaign of bombing and arson conducted by the suffragettes appeared to be directed almost exclusively against working-class men and women.

  • - Uncovering the Civilian Deaths from Friendly Fire
    av Simon Webb
    274,-

    The London Blitz and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour are iconic myths for Britain and America.

  • av Simon & Webb
    194,-

    The first book ever devoted solely to torture as practiced in Britain and its empire.

  • av Simon Webb
    142,-

    Taking you through the year day by day, The Colchester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of Britain's oldest recorded town. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Colchester's archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

  • - School Life in Post-War Britain
    av Simon Webb
    205,-

    Following the disruption, hardship and challenges of the Second World War, the post-war years brought a sense of optimism and excitement, with families at last enjoying peacetime.

  • av Simon Webb
    114,-

    This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kingston upon Thames. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic borough. Best places - worst places. Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction. Written by a local who knows what makes Kingston upon Thames tick.

  • - The Ancient World Beneath the Metropolis
    av Simon Webb
    205,-

    Unearthing London

  • av Simon Webb
    267,-

    Life in Roman London approaches the history of Roman London in an entirely new way. Rather than focusing upon a handful of important figures such as procurators and statesmen, this book explores the lives and concerns of the ordinary citizens.

  • - A History of Capital Punishment in Britain
    av Simon Webb
    230,-

    Execution

  • av Simon Webb
    124,-

    This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kensington & Chelsea. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic royal borough. Best places - worst places. Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction. Written by a local who knows what makes KENSINGTON & CHELSEA tick.

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