Biography & Autobiography
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William Wyon [Hardback]
Mark Jones(Author)
$70.00ISBN: 9781912667796
Published by : Spink Books
Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint and the leading medallist of his time, William Wyon RA (1795-1851) produced some of the best known and most widely distributed images ever made. His portraits of the young Queen Victoria on the coinage, used throug... .... Learn More -
The Endless Tide [Paperback]
Iain R. Thomson(Author)
$18.95ISBN: 9781912476589
Published by : Origin
In The Endless Tide, Iain R. Thomson turns his attention to the Hebrides, and the collection of stories that permeate the area. Meeting a vast cast of characters, he ranges from personal anecdotes of country life to political and scientific issues... .... Learn More -
The Northern Earldoms: Orkney and Caithness from AD 870 to 1470 [Paperback]
Barbara Crawford(Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9781912476817
Published by : Origin
The medieval earldoms of Orkney and Caithness were positioned between two worlds, the Norwegian and the Scottish. They were a maritime lordship divided, or united, by the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth. This unlikely combination of island ... .... Learn More -
The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455 [Paperback]
Michael Brown(Author)
$39.95ISBN: 9781910900413
Published by : John Donald
During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland’s champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the p... .... Learn More -
Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuhrer: Volume 3 - P–Z [Hardback]
James "Jack" Webb(Author)
$49.95ISBN: 9781952715181
Published by : Casemate Academic
Reference work providing brief, scholarly biographical summaries for senior officers of the Third Reich, covering surnames A–G.
This third volume of a three-volume set offers concise biographical information for generals and admi... .... Learn More -
Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuhrer: Volume 2 - H–O [Hardback]
James "Jack" Webb(Author)
$49.95ISBN: 9781952715167
Published by : Casemate Academic
Reference work providing brief, scholarly biographical summaries for senior officers of the Third Reich, covering surnames A–G.
This second volume of a three-volume set offers concise biographical information for generals and adm... .... Learn More -
The Early Life of James VI: A Long Apprenticeship, 1566–1585 [Hardback]
Steven Reid(Author); Steven J. Reid(Author)
$125.00ISBN: 9781910900185
Published by : John Donald
James VI and I was arguably the most successful ruler of the Stewart Dynasty in Scotland, and the first king of a united Great Britain. His ableness as a monarch, it has been argued, stemmed largely from his Scottish upbringing. This book is the f... .... Learn More -
Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuhrer: Volume 1 [Hardback]
James "Jack" Webb(Author)
$49.95ISBN: 9781952715129
Published by : Casemate Academic
Reference work providing brief, scholarly biographical summaries for senior officers of the Third Reich, covering surnames A–G.
This three-volume set offers concise biographical information for over five thousand generals and adm... .... Learn More -
The History of King Richard the Third: by Sir George Buc, Master of the Revels [Hardback]
Arthur Kincaid(Editor)
$37.00ISBN: 9780854313044
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
Series: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Volume: 83
Sir George Buc (1560–1622), one of the careful antiquarian scholars of the English Renaissance, is famous in literary history as Master of Revels under King James I, a position in which he was responsible for censorship of Shakespeare’... .... Learn More -
Alexander III, 1249-1286: First Among Equals [Paperback]
Norman H. Reid(Author)
$44.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781910900383
Published by : John Donald
Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year 2019
Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexp... .... Learn More
