The Rowntree family, especially Henry and the younger Joseph Rowntree are, along with the Fry's, Cadbury's, Mars and Terry's, synonymous with the birth and growth of the chocolate industry in Britain. Between them, they were the chocolate industry in Britain.
This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history - all through the lens of today's ongoing global experience of COVID 19\.
This book is different from other books on York. Contained within its pages are hugely appealing photographic glimpses of how people lived, worked and played in the city a century ago, images full of human history, and so much more than the usual street scenes.
War is a very common theme in Greek myth and central to the Greeks' understanding of their mythic past. Paul Chrystal describes the wars between Olympians, Titans, giants, centaurs, lapiths and explains their significance and symbolism.
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Richmond and the villages Swaledale have changed and developed over the last century.
The first full treatment of women and warfare in Classical Greece and Rome. Addresses the neglected subject of the role of women in war in the Classical world.