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  • EXPLORING ROMAN LONDON
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    EXPLORING ROMAN LONDON
    SIMON WEBB
    Much more than a simple guidebook, Exploring Roman London is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the early history of England's capital city. In addition to containing information on every site in London where Roman remains can be seen, the history of the foundation of the city and its subsequent development is meticulously chronicled. Each chapter deals with a diff...

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  • THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA
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    THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA
    SIMON WEBB
    Is it true that the trans-Atlantic slave trade, about which so much has been heard in recent years, would have been impossible without the willing and enthusiastic cooperation of African leaders? Slavery was a common practice in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans, with the trade in black slaves, who were transported from Africa to America and the islands of the Caribbe...

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  • THE ORIGINS OF WIZARDS, WITCHES AND FAIRIES
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    THE ORIGINS OF WIZARDS, WITCHES AND FAIRIES
    SIMON WEBB
    “Webb takes what we know about these magical beings via pop culture and explores their origins and how their respective images have changed over time.” —The Portalist   This book tells the fascinating story of the origin of our ideas about wizards, witches, and fairies. We all have a clear mental image of the pointed hats worn by such individuals, which are based upon actual he...

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  • FIGHTING FOR THE UNITED STATES, EXECUTED IN BRITAIN
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    FIGHTING FOR THE UNITED STATES, EXECUTED IN BRITAIN
    SIMON WEBB
    This book relates a chapter of American military history which many people would rather forget. When the United States came to the aid of Britain in 1942, the arrival of American troops was greeted with unreserved enthusiasm, but unfortunately, wartime sometimes brings out the worst, as well as the best, in people. A small number of the soldiers abused the hospitality they rece...

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  • FIRST WORLD WAR TRIALS & EXECUTIONS
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    FIRST WORLD WAR TRIALS & EXECUTIONS
    SIMON WEBB
    Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, but in addition to this, 11 men were shot by firing squad at the Tower of London. One traitor and one spy were also hanged. First World War Trials and Executions tells the story of the most interesti...

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  • MYTHS THAT SHAPED OUR HISTORY
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    MYTHS THAT SHAPED OUR HISTORY
    SIMON WEBB
    “Simon Webb’s eminently readable book may draw gasps of horror, disbelief, or disdain . . . a mind-blowing and fascinating journey through history.” —On: Yorkshire Magazine   All nations and peoples have a body of legendary tales and semi-historical episodes which explain who they are and help to define their place in the world. The British are no exception, and in this book, S...

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  • THE SUFFRAGETTE BOMBERS
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    THE SUFFRAGETTE BOMBERS
    SIMON WEBB
    In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the suffragettes. The targets for their attacks ranged from St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England in London to theatres and churches ...

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  • BRITISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS
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    BRITISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS
    SIMON WEBB
    This revealing history explores Britain’s use of concentration camps from the Boer War to WWII and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The term concentration camp will forever be associated with the horrors of Nazi Germany. But the British were the true driving force behind the development of these notorious facilities. During the Boer War, British concentration camps caused the ...

    $279.00

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  • COMMUTERS
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    COMMUTERS
    SIMON WEBB
    Before the Industrial Revolution, everyone lived within short walking distance of their workplace. However, all of this has now changed and many people commute large distances to work, often taking around one hour in each direction. We are now used to being stuck in traffic, crammed onto a train, rushing for connecting trains and searching for parking spaces close to the statio...

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  • A HISTORY OF TORTURE IN BRITAIN
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    A HISTORY OF TORTURE IN BRITAIN
    SIMON WEBB
    There is an ancient and quite baseless myth that the use of torture has never been legal in Britain. This old wives' tale arose because torture had been neither endorsed nor forbidden by either statute or common law. In other words; the law has, until the late twentieth century, never had anything to say on the subject. In fact, torture, inflicted both as punishment and as an a...

    $214.55

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