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No other group of animals has had such a complex and lengthy relationship with humankind as birds. They have been kept in cages as pets, taught to speak and displayed as trophies. More practically, they have been used to tell the time, predict the weather, foretell marriages, provide unlikely cures for ailments, convey messages and warn of poisonous gases. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections...

Birds are a joy and solace in troubled times, as well as a reminder of past experiences and a symbol of hope for the future. For centuries, they were also seen as a source of food, feathers and even fuel, and being so numerous, many were persecuted as pests. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes,...

The fascinating true story of the race to decipher the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, which was eventually won by French Egyptologist, Jean-Francois Champollion. A superbly written account of the painstaking unravelling of one of history's great intellectual mysteries, set against the backdrop of Napoleonic Europe. 16 b/w plates.

A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain's Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France-an overlooked key to the British loss in the American RevolutionFor more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar ...

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A combination of eyewitness accounts and careful research characterises this story of the three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, during which the tiny island of Gibraltar was besieged. The experiences of soldiers, sailors and civilians entwine to provide intricate human detail.

An account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors.

A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England.

Roy Adkins, with his wife, Lesley, returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon's seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812.

Roy Adkins, with his wife, Lesley, returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon's seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812.

Praise for the previous edition: ...succeeds in making an original contribution to this much-studied civilization...a welcome addition to any library's reference collection...recommended for all libraries.-American Reference Books Annual An ideal and readable resource for students of Roman history and the classics.-School Library Journal Explanations are clear and concise and present a wealth of information. High school students should...

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As France emerged from revolution, a young general named Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt, hoping next to march overland to India. It would not happen. Britain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all international trade. The Battle of the Nile and then at Acre were the first sallies in what would be fifteen years of bitter fighting. It was a war won at sea, and by the time of Waterloo Britain ha...

This volume, originally published in 1989, is intended as a practical guide to archaeological illustration.

A brutal, action-packed account of the sea battles of the Napoleonic War by the author of the bestselling Nelson's Trafalgar and co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018)As he did with his much lauded Nelson's Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure s...