This biography of Edward the Confessor, first published in 1970, aims to rescue the image of the King from what the author sees as myth and bogus scholarship. Disentangling fact from legend, the text recreates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Normans.

Manufacturer: University of California Press
Written By: Frank Barlow

A colorful account of the princesses and consort queens of the Georgian era. These include Sophia the mother of George.

Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing
Written By: John Van der Kiste

This book examines the extraordinary personality of Claus Count Stauffenberg, a key figure in the 1944 coup attempt against Hitler. Stauffenberg's personality is thrown into relief by a study of his two brothers and other family members and friends. The three Stauffenberg brothers, Berthold, Alexander, and Claus, were inseparable both emotionally and intellectually. Their view of human existence ...

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Written By: Peter Hoffmann

From Abbott to Zuill, this expansive and helpful resource categorizes the origins of, relationships between, and affiliations of all major traditional Scottish clans and names. Information is provided on which surnames are associated with each clan, as well as the history behind each major clan. A fold-out color map of Scotland showing the homelands of the clans ...

Manufacturer: HarperCollins UK
Written By: Clan House of Edinburgh

This book reproduces a selection of 150 fine photographs of Brighton and Hove that portray the changing face and character of this colorful seaside town and its residents over nearly a century and a half. The book includes historic daguerreotypes from the 1840s by William Constables and a remarkable series of paper negatives and albumen prints by Edward Fox from the 1850s and 1860s. The book ...

Manufacturer: Philip Wilson Publishers
Written By: Philippe Garner

Parish registers are a vast, important but widely scattered archive. They are essential to the family historian, providing the only written record of the vast majority of our ancestors who left but three brief mentions - a baptism, a marriage and a burial. This guide to parish registers, now in its third edition, and covering England, Scotland and Wales, is a vital, time-saving tool that has ...

Manufacturer: Phillimore & Co.
Written By: Cecil Humphery-Smith

Manufacturer: Phillimore & Co Ltd
Written By: John Barrett

This text contains a comprehensive history of the slate industry in the west of Scotland, complete with a detailed and vivid account of the communities on the Atlantic bound islands of Easdale, Seil, Luing and Belnahua. The author is the Easdale Island Folk Museum archivist.

Manufacturer: Luath Press Limited
Written By: Mary Whithall

Manufacturer: Kiltartan Gregory Cultural Society
Written By: Mary De Lourdes Fahy

Mount Sion is that part of Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, often called 'the old village', between the Grove and Cumberland Walk, with Claremont Road at the top and the High Street at the bottom. The history of the area is quite fascinating and has been very thoroughly researched by Roger Farthing from a wealth of surviving records - and, indeed, buildings. For many years he gave regular talks on the ...

Manufacturer: Phillimore & Co.
Written By: Roger Farthing