Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, class-conscious, but always patriotic and on the side of the underdog, it held a mirror to the audiences hopes and fears, and sometimes the general absurdity of life.
Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, class-conscious, but always patriotic and on the side of the underdog, it held a mirror to the audiences hopes and fears, and sometimes the general absurdity of life.
'Battle Castles' brings to life a cavalcade of medieval fortifications; experience the clashes that turned empires to dust and transformed mortals into legends.
Six programmes, six castles. The book will have a chapter on each castle detailing the specifics of the castle in question, its history and an account of how it was built and the battles it faced. The book will include cutting edge CGI used in the television series. 1. Dover Cas…
Six programmes, six castles. The book will have a chapter on each castle detailing the specifics of the castle in question, its history and an account of how it was built and the battles it faced. The book will include cutting edge CGI used in the television series. 1. Dover Cas…
Following on from his epic and bestselling '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow' Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna [1813-15], which was to bring about the political reshaping of Europe and whose legacy affected international relations for …
Following on from his epic and bestselling '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow' Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna [1813-15], which was to bring about the political reshaping of Europe and whose legacy affected international relations for …
"Hitler's Foreign Executioners' reveals for the first time Heinrich Himmler's masterplan for Europe: an SS empire that would have no place for either the Nazi Party or Adolf Hitler. Instead, Himmler planned to recruit tens of thousands of 'Germanic' peoples to build an 'SS Europ…