Family history, tracing ancestors

Taking the reader on a journey from the dying embers of Edwardian England, through the trauma of two world wars, the hedonism of London in the 1980s and 'Cool Britannia' in the 1990s right up to the present day, One Hundred Summers is a portrait of a century as it was experienced by one extraordinary family.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

Patsy, what are you going to be when you grow up?

Did you have a spy in the family, an ancestor who was involved in espionage at home or abroad?

**WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Edmund de Waal uncovers the history of a family through a turbulent century through 264 objects.

For anyone looking to create a useful, lasting history of your family: This is a book that should adorn the library or bookshelves of all genealogists!

A comprehensive work about the first families' children, this is the only book available that treats these privileged few at any depth.

The history of the family is a well-researched cross-sectional field in social history and the history of mentalities.

The Coffyn/Coffin Dynasty is a genealogical recapitulation of fifteen generations born in the United States.

'A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir' Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets).

This book is ideal for anyone who reaserching their Caribbean family history The National Archives and beyond.

A couple of years ago, Martin Knight began a quest to delve into his family history.

'Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become synonymous with wealth and power has been much mythologized.

This book is innovative.

This updated, full-colour illustrated book recounts the history of Canada's various national orders, decorations, and medals.

When Gillian Tindall discovered a cache of tightly folded letters in a deserted house in central France, recently emptied of 150 years of a family's possessions, she uncovered the obscure and moving life of one woman, Celestine Chaumette.

Im November 1918 verschwanden alle deutschen Fürstenhäuser von der Bühne der Geschichte.

This is the first truly complete treatment of the history and genealogy of Plymouth Colony.

This book is innovative.

REVISED AND UPDATED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONFamily historians depend upon thousands of people unknown to them.

A practical guide to researching ancestors from Northern Ireland's capital city.

When two Hungarian Jewish refugees landed by accident in Britain in the winter of 1956, they had little idea what the future would hold.

City of Remembering represents a rich testament to the persistence of a passionate form of public history.

'Engrossing' Daniel Beer, Guardian'A beautiful book.

First full-length assessment of the role of the herald in medieval Europe.

Trace and record your family history onlineAre you a descendant of ancient kings?

FOREWORD BY RYAN TUBRIDYThe authoritative and comprehensive guide to tracing your Irish ancestryThere's never been a better time to trace your Irish family history.

The most complete and current guide to successful online genealogyConduct effective genealogical research using the experttechniques and innovative tools in this fully updated, bestselling resource.

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy.

City of Remembering represents a rich testament to the persistence of a passionate form of public history.

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'A wonderfully fluent account of how the strange magic of water and the beings that inhabit it can enchant and intoxicate' Chris YatesGrowing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish.

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard'Superb.

In the absorbing, epic tradition of The Winds of War, author Jack Seward presents a new novel of war, passion, and divided family loyalties.

The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes, is a stranger torn from family, home, and country.

'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold'Powerfully told.

Featuring the Tarver, Rollins, Cook, and Laird Families of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; including their migration north, east, and west.

A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time.

August 29, 1924, somewhere after ten in the evening was the last time that Alexander C.

Pal Otro Lado, a prequel to Mariguano, spans five generations of violence and tragedy in the Cortina family while narrating their forced migration to the United States from Northern Mexico.

This memoir contains a remarkable life's journey of Maria Banfi from her childhood in Communist Yugoslavia, "e;Land of the South Slavs,"e; to marriage, to a failed escape attempt to free Austria.

A Sunday Telegraph and Times Higher Education 'Book of the Week', Deborah Cohen's Family Secrets is a gripping book about what families - Victorian and modern - try to hide, and why.

If your ancestors were American, chances are good that at least one of them was involved in an American war.

A chance encounter with Andrew Lloyd Webber at a summer party sent Josceline Dimbleby on a quest to uncover a mystery in her own family's past.

“A very interesting book tracing the development and service of .

Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories, by Donna Lowery, a Vietnam veteran, chronicles the participation of American military women during the Vietnam War.