Oxford is one of the jewels of European architecture, much loved and much visited. The city offers an unparallelled collection of the best of English …
This monograph contains the joint proceedings of the first two conferences organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. It contains 23 p…
Celebrated by Matthew Arnold as the city of the dreaming spires , Oxford has a long and illustrious history as one of Europe's oldest university town…
When novelist Kate Ivory first meets Dr Olivia Blacket, an academic at Leicester College, Oxford, the atmosphere is far from amicable. Olivia refuses …
Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the 'oxen ford' from which it takes its name. It became a centre for trade an…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Leeds during the 20th century. The book…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Ipswich during the 20th century. The bo…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Lancashire during the 20th century. The…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Exeter during the 20th century. The boo…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Edinburgh during the 20th century. This…
New York in the Roaring Twenties - a time for love, secrets and scandal...As the freedom of the Jazz Age transforms New York City, the iridescent Mrs …
In this prize-winning novel, Nahid is a woman determined to go on a journey of self discovery and understanding. As we accompany her in her sometimes …
From the bestselling author of 'Eats Shoots & Leaves', a wonderfully funny collection of twelve monologues. In the tradition of Alan Bennett's 'Talkin…
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Grimsby during the 20th century. The bo…
From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', this is an epic yet subtle family saga about broken trusts a…
