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Cumberland and Westmorland (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson OBE (1914Ð1987) was an English poet associated with the Cumbrian town of Millom. His poetry is noted for local concerns, straightforward language, and elements of common speech. Although known chiefly for poetry, Nicholson wrote much in other forms: novels, plays, essays, topography and criticism. This book of…
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Cunegonde’s Kidnapping: A story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
- £20.00
- How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment. In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When…
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DDR!
- £15.00
- A travel guide to a country that no longer exists, the Ddr. What could be more useful than that? Find out where and what you should have been drinking in Thringen and East Berlin almost thirty years ago.
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Dickens (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Based upon an examination of original sources, this is a biography in which the figure of Charles Dickens and the moving spirit of his age are combined. Dickens the novelist, Dickens the radical and the actor, Dickens the prematurely exhausted middle-aged man whose own unquiet fictions seem to shape his…
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Did Jesus Rise From The Dead? The Resurrection Debate
- £18.00
- [This] is the most important question regarding the claims of the Christian faith. Certainly no question in modern religious history demands more attention or interest, as witnessed by the vast body of literature dealing with the Resurrection. James I. Packer says it well in his response to this debate: 'When…
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Dolphin of the Sepulchre: a tale of the times of Becket
- £30.00
- An account of the martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, under Henry II. Colour frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, w tissue guard.
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Double-Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
- £16.00
- From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat , comes a thrilling new true story of Second World War deception.D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation:…
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Downton Abbey: A Celebration
- £35.00
- Since the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912, we have been swept away by Julian Fellowes' evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama and tradition. Now, in 1925, as Downton Abbey prepares to close its doors for the final time, Jessica Fellowes leads us through the house and estate,…
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Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it…
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Early Christianity and Society
- £10.00
- An original and scholarly book that challenged and countered cherished assumptions about the early Christian Church and its adherents.
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Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
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Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince, a biography
- £16.00
- A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I. 'We are a prince from a line of princes.' Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of Elizabeth I, 'The Virgin Queen', provides vibrant new insights on a monarch who continues to compel and enthral readers. It…
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Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland
- £100.00
- The forerunner of Burke's Peerage. Full title: Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland, comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grants by the College of Arms. Third Edition, with a supplement.
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England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become England's first media superstar. Nothing could stand in the way…
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (excluding drama)
- £75.00
- The Completion of The Clark Lectures Trinity College Cambridge, 1944. Part of the Oxford History of English Literature
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Cumberland and Westmorland (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson OBE (1914Ð1987) was an English poet associated with the Cumbrian town of Millom. His poetry is noted for local concerns, straightforward language, and elements of common speech. Although known chiefly for poetry, Nicholson wrote much in other forms: novels, plays, essays, topography and criticism. This book of…
- Add to basket
-
Cunegonde’s Kidnapping: A story of Religious Conflict in the Age of Enlightenment
- £20.00
- How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment. In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When…
- Add to basket
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DDR!
- £15.00
- A travel guide to a country that no longer exists, the Ddr. What could be more useful than that? Find out where and what you should have been drinking in Thringen and East Berlin almost thirty years ago.
- Add to basket
-
Dickens (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- Based upon an examination of original sources, this is a biography in which the figure of Charles Dickens and the moving spirit of his age are combined. Dickens the novelist, Dickens the radical and the actor, Dickens the prematurely exhausted middle-aged man whose own unquiet fictions seem to shape his…
- Add to basket
-
Did Jesus Rise From The Dead? The Resurrection Debate
- £18.00
- [This] is the most important question regarding the claims of the Christian faith. Certainly no question in modern religious history demands more attention or interest, as witnessed by the vast body of literature dealing with the Resurrection. James I. Packer says it well in his response to this debate: 'When…
- Add to basket
-
Dolphin of the Sepulchre: a tale of the times of Becket
- £30.00
- An account of the martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, under Henry II. Colour frontispiece by W. S. Stacey, w tissue guard.
- Add to basket
-
Double-Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
- £16.00
- From the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat , comes a thrilling new true story of Second World War deception.D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation:…
- Add to basket
-
Downton Abbey: A Celebration
- £35.00
- Since the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912, we have been swept away by Julian Fellowes' evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama and tradition. Now, in 1925, as Downton Abbey prepares to close its doors for the final time, Jessica Fellowes leads us through the house and estate,…
- Add to basket
-
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it…
- Add to basket
-
Early Christianity and Society
- £10.00
- An original and scholarly book that challenged and countered cherished assumptions about the early Christian Church and its adherents.
- Add to basket
-
Eighteenth Century Vignettes (vol I & II)
- £25.00
- The first two series of Dobson's very popular vignettes (from 1894).
- Add to basket
-
Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince, a biography
- £16.00
- A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I. 'We are a prince from a line of princes.' Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of Elizabeth I, 'The Virgin Queen', provides vibrant new insights on a monarch who continues to compel and enthral readers. It…
- Add to basket
-


Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland
- £100.00
- The forerunner of Burke's Peerage. Full title: Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland, comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grants by the College of Arms. Third Edition, with a supplement.
- Add to basket
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England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become England's first media superstar. Nothing could stand in the way…
- Add to basket
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (excluding drama)
- £75.00
- The Completion of The Clark Lectures Trinity College Cambridge, 1944. Part of the Oxford History of English Literature
- Add to basket
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