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Haunted West End Theatres - Becky Walsh - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Haunted West End Theatres - Becky Walsh - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In researching these theatrical ghost stories the authors have held vigil in dark auditoriums, lonely stairwells and melancholy boxes, behind the scenery and underneath the stages in the search of the theatrical phantoms. From the Lyceum to the Lyric, the astounding results demonstrate the historical links between spirits and the stage. It will captivate anyone who is interested in the shadowy past of London''s haunted West End theatres.

DKK 136.00
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Unseen Isle of Wight - Jan Toms - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Unseen Isle of Wight - Jan Toms - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Isle of Wight has a fiercely proud history with monarchs, merchants, militiamen, smugglers, soldiers and sons of the plough all leaving their indelible mark. Rescued from skips and found in boxes in attics, these pictures bring the Isle of Wight to life in a special way. With the majority of them never having been published before, these archive photographs with informative captions will be of great interest to all who know this fascinating island.

DKK 161.00
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The Country House Kitchen 1650-1900 - Pamela A Sambrook - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Country House Kitchen 1650-1900 - Pamela A Sambrook - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The kitchen was very much the heart of the home in country houses the length and breadth of Britain. Although this hive of activity was kept behind closed doors and often hidden away in the bowels of vast mansions, these rooms ensured that the house and those who lived in it were provisioned. Country houses were formerly self-sufficient to an incredible degree, requiring a range of purpose-built accommodation for food storage and a hierarchy of servants with unique skills. From brewing and baking through to distilling, working in the dairy and even ice-storage, this book offers an intimate look at the ingenuity and creativity that kept these kitchens running smoothly. It also explores the evolution of the kitchen range, cooking techniques, vessels and gadgets and the kitchen staff who used them, as well as the relationship between kitchen, servery and dining room. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in food, history and country houses, revealing how, above and below stairs, good food was always on the table.

DKK 198.00
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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 - Andrew Rawson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 - Andrew Rawson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read this battle story. Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Nine specially commissioned maps track the progress of the battle and the shifting frontlines. Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action. Diary extracts and quotes give you a soldier’s eye-view of the battle. Orders of Battle reveal the composition of the opposing forces’ armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this important battle.

DKK 125.00
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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 - Andrew Rawson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 - Andrew Rawson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read this battle story. Detailed profiles explore the leaders, tactics and equipment of the US and Japanese armies. Nine specially commissioned maps track the progress of the battle and the shifting frontlines. Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action. Diary extracts and quotes give you a soldier’s eye-view of the battle. Orders of Battle reveal the composition of the opposing forces’ armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this important battle.

DKK 125.00
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Napoleon's Greatest Triumph - Gregory Fremont Barnes - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Napoleon's Greatest Triumph - Gregory Fremont Barnes - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In August 1805, Napoleon abandoned his plans for the invasion of Britain and diverted his army to the Danube Valley to confront Austrian and Russian forces in a bid for control of central Europe. The campaign culminated with the Battle of Austerlitz, regarded by many as Napoleon’s greatest triumph, whose far-reaching effects paved the way for French hegemony on the Continent for the next decade. In this concise volume, acclaimed military historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes uses detailed profiles to explore the leaders, tactics and weaponry of the clashing French, Austrian and Russian forces. Packed with fact boxes, maps and more, Napoleon’s Greatest Triumph is the perfect way to explore this important battle and the rise of Napoleon’s reputation as a supreme military leader.

DKK 127.00
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Battle Story: Singapore 1942 - Dr Chris Brown - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Battle Story: Singapore 1942 - Dr Chris Brown - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The fall of Singapore 1942 was one of the most decisive defeats of British and Commonwealth troops in the Second World War, driven primarily by Allied complacency. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story : - - Detailed profiles explore the military backgrounds of the Allied and Japanese leaders - - Comprehensive maps bring you close to the action with informative details of tactical layout of Singapore Island - - Photographs allow you to get to know the faces, equipment and terrain behind the battle - - Primary accounts of the misguided British perspective of the war in the Far East appear throughout - - Orders of battle reveal the composition of the British, Commonwealth and Japanese armies - Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this crucial battle.

DKK 127.00
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Battle Story: Tobruk 1941 - Pier Paolo Battistelli - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Battle Story: Tobruk 1941 - Pier Paolo Battistelli - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The siege of Tobruk lasted 240 days during which the ‘gallant garrison’ of Allied soldiers, including the famous ‘Desert Rats’ held out against constant attacks from Rommel’s Afrika Korps. The battle became one of the longest sieges in British military history and a potent symbol of British resistance. To understand what happened and why – read Battle Story . Diary extracts and quotes offer a real insight into what it was like for the Allied soldiers to live under siege. Maps highlight the adversities of the terrain and the strategic importance of the Tobruk fortress. Rare photographs place you on the frontline of the unfolding action. Orders of battle reveal the composition of the opposing forces’ armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this important battle.

DKK 120.00
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British Railway Standard Steam Locomotives - - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

British Railway Standard Steam Locomotives - - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The twelve British Railways Standard Locomotive Classes were all constructed incorporating Belpaire fireboxes, rocking grates, self-emptying ash pans and self-cleaning smoke boxes to allow easy access for both daily maintenance and running needs. The first to enter service during January 1951 from Crewe Works was Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 Britannia, with the last coming out of Swindon Works in March 1960, a Class 9 2-10-0 No. 92220 suitably named Evening Star. Working for British Railways in Derby, Ron Buckley was fortunate to be able to witness and photograph the many Standard locomotives that were constructed in or passed through Derby works for repair and maintenance. British Railway Standard Steam Locomotives is a compilation of some of the best images from this time, as well as from his many travels with enthusiast groups throughout the country.

DKK 190.00
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Britain's Lost Lines - Anthony Poulton Smith - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Britain's Lost Lines - Anthony Poulton Smith - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In 1963 the infamous Beeching Report saw the closure of more than 2,500 railway stations and the lifting of 5,000 miles of track. This released a large amount of land that has since been put to an amazing array of uses. The gentle gradients that were once perfect for trains are in turn perfect as footpaths and cycleways. Stations have become refreshment stops or cycle hire premises on new leisure routes. Yards now serve as recreation sites, grassland, retail parks or housing developments. And there are the unusual and quirky: signal boxes used as greenhouses, hen coops and art studios; railway sheds housing mechanics; youth groups and dance studios; and, of course, much has simply become overgrown. This delightful book explores the many surprising uses for what was once a part of the busy railway network of the British Isles.

DKK 161.00
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She Who Dares - Lyndsy Spence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

She Who Dares - Lyndsy Spence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

History has seen many women make their mark by defying the limits set against them, stepping out of the boxes they had been put in and forging their own path. She Who Dares is a collection of pen portraits of ten extraordinary women who dared to defy the norm: Mariga Guinness, Enid Lindeman, Sylvia Ashley, Joan Wyndham, Venetia Montagu, Irene Curzon, Sylvia Brooke, Sydney Redesdale, Hazel Lavery and Jean Massereene. They were often witnesses to or participants in key events in the last 100 years, including abdications, the rise of fascism and two world wars. Their lives were dramatic and vibrant, usually involving tangled webs of relationships, heartbreak and scandal. From influencing politics to being accused of witchcraft, from glamorous society beauties to nonconformist tom-boys, each of these women deserves to be described as trailblazing.

DKK 168.00
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Shadows in the Steam - David Brandon - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Shadows in the Steam - David Brandon - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ghosts traditionally make their presence felt in many ways, from unexplained footfalls and chills to odours and apparitions. This fascinating volume takes a look at some of the strange and unexplained hauntings across the length and breadth of Britain’s railway network: signals and messages sent from empty boxes; trains that went into tunnels and never left; ghostly passengers and spectral crew; the wires whizzing to signal the arrival of trains on lines that have been closed for years… Based on hundreds of first-person and historical accounts, Shadows in the Steam is a unique collection of mysterious happenings, inexplicable events and spine-chilling tales, all related to the railways. Compiled by David Brandon and Alan Brooke, acknowledged experts on railways and the supernatural, and including sections on the London Underground and railway ghosts in literature and film, this book will delight lovers of railways and spooky stories alike.

DKK 147.00
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Running the Roman Home - Alexandra Croom - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Running the Roman Home - Alexandra Croom - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Running of the Roman Home explores the real ''every-day'' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It considers the three elements of housework - supply, maintenance and disposal. It is divided into sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour and produced thread; how they cleaned the house, illuminated it, did the washing up, cleaned their clothes, got rid of waste water and sewage, and threw out their rubbish. The evidence is taken from literary, archaeological and artistic sources, and often compared to historical or modern parallels from communities using the same methods.

DKK 214.00
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Battle Story: Goose Green 1982 - Gregory Fremont Barnes - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Battle Story: Goose Green 1982 - Gregory Fremont Barnes - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Battle of Goose Green was the first and longest land conflict of the Falklands War, which was fought between British and Argentine forces in 1982. The British forces, attacking over featureless, wind-swept and boggy ground, were heavily outnumbered and lacked fire support, but brilliantly defeated the Argentine garrison in a fourteen-hour struggle. If you want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story . Detailed profiles examine the personalities of the British and Argentine commanders, including that of Victoria Cross winner Lt Col ‘H’ Jones. First-hand accounts offer an insight into this remarkable fourteen-hour struggle against the odds. Detailed maps explore the area of Darwin Hill and Goose Green , and the advance of the British forces. Photographs place you at the centre of this pivotal battle. Orders of battle show the composition of the opposing forces’ armies. Packed with fact boxes, this short introduction is the perfect way to explore this crucial battle.

DKK 125.00
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Kennedy and Great Britain - Christopher Sandford - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Kennedy and Great Britain - Christopher Sandford - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

John F. Kennedy carried on a lifelong love affair with England and the English. From his speaking style to his tastes in art, architecture, theatre, music and clothes, his personality reflected his deep affinity for a certain kind of idealised Englishness. Setting his work against a backdrop of some of the twentieth century’s most profound events – the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War and its arms race – noted biographer Christopher Sandford tracks Kennedy’s exploits in Great Britain between 1935 and 1963, and looks in depth at the unique way Britain shaped JFK throughout his adult life and how he in turn charmed British society.

DKK 155.00
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The Woman's Book of Household Management - Florence Jack - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Woman's Book of Household Management - Florence Jack - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the dim and distant past, when a Lady had servants to look after her house and there was no Mrs Hinch, she relied on the Edwardian bible for the household: the Woman’s Book, a weighty tome full of useful information, hints and tips on how to run her household. With everything from the price of setting up and furnishing a new home to how to clean, deal with the paperwork, remove stains, wash and iron clothes properly, and generally run a house in the Edwardian period, this book, written in the rather formal style of 1911, is a mine of useful information, much of it still valid today.

DKK 141.00
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Cold War: East Anglia - Jim Wilson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Cold War: East Anglia - Jim Wilson - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as the target of a Soviet strike for the simple reason that it housed the launch pad for not only the British deterrent, but also America’s first line of defence. The book also examines the early development of the UK’s nuclear arsenal, with ballistic and environmental testing of nuclear bombs at Orford Ness and storage and maintenance at one of the country’s most secret sites, Barnham. Cold War: East Anglia reveals the secrets of the years of confrontation, and looks at what life might have been like had the Cold War turned ‘hot’.

DKK 161.00
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Viking Weapons and Warfare - John Kim Siddorn - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Viking Weapons and Warfare - John Kim Siddorn - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Written from the point of view of the Viking warrior and those who had to face him, this book details the design and construction of the weapons used by the Norse peoples we have come to call the Vikings. Twenty-three years of re-enactment experience and research have given the author an unparalleled breadth of experience in the practical recreation of the past. He has smelted iron and forged weapons, fought in battle and commanded others, built Viking ship replicas and sailed them. In this extensively revised edition, Kim Siddorn brings a vanished age to life with over a hundred drawings and photographs detailing the clothes and wargear of both Viking and Saxon.

DKK 183.00
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Woodsmoke and Sage - Amy Licence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Woodsmoke and Sage - Amy Licence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know? Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors’ relationship with the fabric of their existence, from the clothes on their backs, the roofs over their heads and the food on their tables, to the wider questions of how they interpreted and presented themselves, and what they believed about life, death and beyond. Take a journey back 500 years and experience the sixteenth century the way it was lived, through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.

DKK 190.00
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Woodsmoke and Sage - Amy Licence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Woodsmoke and Sage - Amy Licence - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know? Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book. Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors’ relationship with the fabric of their existence, from the clothes on their backs, the roofs over their heads and the food on their tables, to the wider questions of how they interpreted and presented themselves, and what they believed about life, death and beyond. Take a journey back 500 years and experience the sixteenth century the way it was lived, through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.

DKK 175.00
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Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us - Mark O'connell - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us - Mark O'connell - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Mark O''Connell didn''t want to be Luke Skywalker, He wanted to be one of the mop-haired kids on the Star Wars toy commercials. And he would have done it had his parents had better pine furniture and a condo in California. Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman didn''t just change cinema – they made lasting highways into our childhoods, toy boxes and video stores like never before. In Watching Skies , O''Connell pilots a gilded X-Wing flight through that shared universe of bedroom remakes of Return of the Jedi, close encounters with Christopher Reeve, sticker album swaps, the trauma of losing an entire Stars Wars figure collection and honeymooning on Amity Island. From the author of Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Watching Skies is a timely hologram from all our memory systems. It is about how George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbusters and a man of steel jumper a whole generation to hyperspace.

DKK 168.00
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Breadcrumbs and Banana Skins - Jacqueline Percival - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Breadcrumbs and Banana Skins - Jacqueline Percival - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the early twentieth century many housewives had no choice but to make every penny count. Stringent meal-planning, thrifty shopping and careful cooking were second nature in families where money was tight, and vigilant use and re-use of every resource from coal to hot-water bottles ensured that nothing was wasted. Cookery books of the period offered cheap recipes, menu plans and meals made by means of little or no fuel in hay boxes and jam jars. This book surveys the range of thrifty-living advice offered to housewives in the years before the Second World War, from strict budgeting to penny capitalism. Containing hundreds of ideas, from making a cradle from a beer barrel to a tea cosy from a trilby, it is an informative history resulting from extensive research into the literature of the day. As well as demonstrating that the practice of thrift was entrenched in the national consciousness before the war years, it also offers practical advice that can still be followed in today’s households.

DKK 110.00
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