E-Books → The Lion and the Dragon Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839–1860

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Free Download Mark Simner, "The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839-1860"
English | ISBN: 1781557179 | 2019 | 304 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade-due to the serious social and economic problems it caused-the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict soon ensued.

E-Books → Meteorological Disasters in Medieval Britain (AD 1000‒1500)

Published by: voska89 on 2-01-2024, 00:59 | 0

Free Download Meteorological Disasters in Medieval Britain (AD 1000‒1500): Archaeological, Historical and Climatological Perspectives within a Wider European Context by Peter J. Brown
English | EPUB | 2023 | 293 Pages | ISBN : 3110719576 | 50.5 MB
When high-magnitude meteorological hazards impact vulnerable human populations, disasters are the inevitable consequence. Through archaeological and historical evidence, this book investigates how these sudden and unpredictable events affected British medieval populations (AD 1000-1500).

E-Books → Boudica Warrior Woman of Roman Britain

Published by: voska89 on 1-01-2024, 20:00 | 0

Free Download Caitlin C. Gillespie, "Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain "
English | ISBN: 0190609079 | 2018 | 216 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
In AD 60/61, Rome almost lost the province of Britain to a woman. Boudica, wife of the client king Prasutagus, fomented a rebellion that proved catastrophic for Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans), destroyed part of a Roman legion, and caused the deaths of an untold number of veterans, families, soldiers, and Britons. Yet with one decisive defeat, her vision of freedom was destroyed, and the Iceni never rose again. Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain introduces readers to the life and literary importance of Boudica through juxtaposing her different literary characterizations with those of other women and rebel leaders. This study focuses on our earliest literary evidence, the accounts of Tacitus and Cassius Dio, and investigates their narratives alongside material evidence of late Iron Age and early Roman Britain. Throughout the book, Caitlin Gillespie draws comparative sketches between Boudica and the positive and negative examples with which readers associate her, including the prophetess Veleda, the client queen Cartimandua, and the rebel Caratacus. Literary comparisons assist in the understanding of Boudica as a barbarian, queen, mother, commander in war, and leader of revolt. Within the ancient texts, Boudica is also used as an internal commentator on the failures of the emperor Nero, and her revolt epitomizes ongoing conflicts of gender and power at the end of the Juilio-Claudian era. Both literary and archaeological sources point towards broader issues inherent in the clash between Roman and native cultures. Boudica's unique ability to unify disparate groups of Britons cemented her place in the history of Roman Britain. While details of her life remain elusive, her literary character still has more to say.

E-Books → A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain Trade Networks and the Importation of a Southern Scandinavian Silver Bul

Published by: voska89 on 1-01-2024, 18:55 | 0

Free Download Tom Horne, "A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain: Trade Networks and the Importation of a Southern Scandinavian Silver Bul"
English | ISBN: 0367357844 | 2021 | 294 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Viking-Age trade, network theory, silver economies, kingdom formation, and the Scandinavian raiding and settlement of Ireland and Britain are all popular subjects. However, few have looked for possible connections between these phenomena, something this book suggests were closely related.

E-Books → Maritime Heritage of Great Britain

Published by: voska89 on 29-12-2023, 08:06 | 0

Free Download Laurie Jonas, "Maritime Heritage of Great Britain"
English | 2004 | pages: 98 | ISBN: 1904877052 | PDF | 1,1 mb

E-Books → Empire of the Clouds When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

Published by: voska89 on 29-12-2023, 05:03 | 0

Free Download James Hamilton-Paterson, "Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World"
English | 2011 | pages: 400 | ISBN: 0571247954, 0571247946 | EPUB | 1,5 mb
In 1945 Britain was the world's leading builder of jet aircraft and in the decade that followed, produced planes such as the Comet, Vulcan, Hawker Hunter and Lightning; but by the early 1960s aviation companies such as Avro and Vickers were either gone or struggling. This book fuses the author's memories of British aviation's heyday with tales of the legendary aircraft and test pilots and a rueful history of Britain's loss of self-confidence and power. Special illustrated edition.