Local history

Northumberland is England's most northerly county and one of its most beautiful, with its spectacular countryside and coastline.

In any large city like Bristol there have always been those who are intemperate, resentful, envious, greedy, angry, lovelorn, depressed or sadistic.

A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Times bestsellerA Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Spectator Book of the YearWhat kind of country is England today?

Aylesbury is Buckinghamshire's county town and has a rich history.

Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers.

This local history explores the wartime contributions and sacrifices of a strategically significant English port town during WWII.

Adam writes like nobody else, his fierce poetic power as inescapable as the doom that waits for his charactershis touch is that of a master in the making.

The market town of Barnsley in South Yorkshire has a long, proud history rooted in its industrial past.

Charles Darwin was one of the most influential scientific thinkers of his age and his ideas continue to inform our understanding of the natural world.

Located mainly across Portsea Island on the south coast, the city of Portsmouth is best known for its maritime heritage and association with the Royal Navy.

Winner of the 2022 Ab Imperio Award for the Best Study in New Imperial History and History of Diversity in Northern EurasiaThis first English-language synthesis of the history of Dnipro (until 2016 Dnipropetrovsk, until 1926 Katerynoslav) locates the city in a broader regional, national, and transnational context and explores the interaction between global processes and everyday routines of urban life.

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The history of how North Atlantic America was revealed to the Europeans in the 16th and early 17th centuries is largely forgotten.

Grit, Not Glamour celebrates the contributions of our foremothers who devoted their lives to farming and ranching related pursuits.

En el seno del V centenario de las Germanías valencianas (1519-1522), este libro reúne interesantes y actualizadas reflexiones, así como ambiciosos análisis.

This story of a Scottish lighthouse keeper's years-long quest to build a road and revive a town is "e;an incredible testament to one man's determination"e; (The Sunday Herald).

The story of a Scottish city as seen by its residents and visitors: "e;It's a fine treasure-house-and even Glaswegians may learn something new from it.

A Scottish historian provides an original, fascinating, and comprehensive account of the Isle of Arran from the prehistoric era to the 20th-century.

When the Clyde Ran Red paints a vivid picture of the heady days when revolution was in the air on Clydeside.

This comprehensive account of the southern English county during WWII covers everything from the Dunkirk evacuations to the Battle of Britain and more.

An in-depth look at how Scotland's largest city and its residents were affected by the Second World War, with photos included.

"e;A comprehensive view of the important part Cumbria played in WWII, including a detailed look at the warships built in the Barrow Yard.

A history of the English seaside town during World War I, from its significance to its sacrifices.

A history of the English seaside town during World War I, from its significance to its sacrifices.

A history of life in the southern English town during World War II.

"e;A comprehensive view of the important part Cumbria played in WWII, including a detailed look at the warships built in the Barrow Yard.

An in-depth look at how Scotland's largest city and its residents were affected by the Second World War, with photos included.

This comprehensive account of the southern English county during WWII covers everything from the Dunkirk evacuations to the Battle of Britain and more.

Stories of the residents of Jersey, Guernsey, and other Channel Islands and their service and sacrifice during the First World War.

Stories of the residents of Jersey, Guernsey, and other Channel Islands and their service and sacrifice during the First World War.

A history of life in the southern English town during World War II.

This look at everyday life for women on a small island off the British coast brings the female experience to the forefront of history.

An in-depth history of women's activism and achievements in one English town, with photos included.

An in-depth history of women's activism and achievements in one English town, with photos included.

This look at everyday life for women on a small island off the British coast brings the female experience to the forefront of history.

Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings .

"e;Provides clear and succinct descriptions of the various craft used not only by American forces but those of the French and South Vietnamese Navy.

An in-depth history of the fight for women's rights over a century in one English city.

An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city's history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: "e;Excellent.

Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings .

An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city's history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: "e;Excellent.

An in-depth history of the fight for women's rights over a century in one English city.

A study of the many changes in women's lives in an English town over the course of a century.

Who set the mysterious fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War?

Frome was historically one of the largest towns in Somerset and is rapidly growing today.

Journey back a century and a half back in time to one of the most significant meetings in US history, without which more than half of the American population wouldn't be allowed to vote.

Beneath the surface of the Potteries lies a little-known world that encompasses the history of the six towns that historically make up this area - Stoke, Burslem, Hanley, Fenton, Tunstall and Longton and the conurbation in North Staffordshire that has grown from these towns.

Warrington is an old, established town with a rapidly changing townscape during a transformation from a traditional industrial Lancashire centre to a twenty-first-century Cheshire New Town.

The cathedral city of Lincoln offers a wealth of history dating from the first-century BC settlement of 'Lindon'.

Eyam (pronounced Eem), given the Saxon name Eaham, meaning a well-watered hamlet, is a secluded Peak District village hemmed in by green slopes and majestic hills.