Bøker av Paul Chrystal

Central Leeds History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this Yorkshire city. Author Paul Chrystal guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years as well as exploring its lesser-known sights and hidden corners. With the help of a handy location map, readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and discover for themselves the changing face of central Leeds.

A look at how warfare affectedand was affected bywomen in ancient times. Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized by men in the Greco-Roman world, there were plenty of exceptions, with women directly involved in its direction and even as combatantsArtemisia, Olympias, Cleopatra, and Agrippina the Elder being famous examples. And both Greeks and Romans encountered women among their barbarian enemies, such as Tomyris, Boudicca, and Zenobia. More commonly, of course, women were directly affected as noncombatant victims of rape and enslavement as spoils of war, and this makes up an important strand of the author's discussion. The portrayal of female warriors and goddesses in classical mythology and literature, and the use of war to justify gender roles and hierarchies, are also considered. Overall, this is a landmark survey of women's role in, and experience of, war in the Classical world.

A guided tour of the historic town of Huddersfield, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.

A fascinating tour of Leeds' pub scene, charting the city's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.

Explore the city of Leeds in this fully illustrated handy A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

A pictorial history of the working life of the town and people of Whitby over the last century and more.

Famous as the birthplace of rugby league and of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson as well as being the childhood home of Herbert Asquith, Huddersfield rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution as a major centre of textile production. Evidence of the town's prosperity during the Victorian era can still be seen in its magnificent railway station and town hall, as well as in the many other fine nineteenth-century buildings that can be found around the centre, and in the fact that Huddersfield boasts the third highest number of listed buildings in the country. This is a town that has witnessed considerable change over the past century and Huddersfield Through Time charts its development through a collection of fascinating photographs, old and new, that help to illustrate its appeal, not only to those wanting to get to know it better, but also to long-time residents who thought they knew all about their native town. Neighbouring villages such as Derby Dale are also included in the book.

Harrogate Through Time is a wonderful collection of old and new photographs of Harrogate. The older images are printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph, which illustrates the same scene. The contrasting illustrations show how the area has changed and developed during the last 100 years. The photographs illustrate shops, schools, garages, churches, houses and street scenes, each photograph is captioned and the book has an introduction which gives a brief overview of the history of the area. As you browse through the photographs, you will notice the increase in the number of vehicles on the roads and the number of residents, how shops and other businesses have evolved and the changes and developments in modes of transportation and the architecture of the area.

A guided tour of the historic city of Hull, showing how it has changed over the past century and more.

The first modern survey of BAOR's role in West Germany, 1945-1993.

The first book to examine Roman record-keeping and communication-one of the key building blocks of civilization and empire. It analyses the role played by these Roman obsessions in what was effectively the Roman equivalent of social media, used to disseminate information, official and private throughout the Roman world.

An illustrated history one of England's finest cities - Leeds.

In a fascinating series of photographs and illustrations, Bradford at Work explores the life of the town and its people.

An illustrated history one of England's most fascinating cities - Hull.

This comprehensive work from original sources answers the need for an evidence-based social history of ancient Rome for the 21st century. It provides hundreds of inscriptions, graffiti, curse tablets, official records and letters both private and official, all translated and with commentaries placing them into a social and historical context.

Harrogate History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous Yorkshire spa town. This new book guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they've changed over the years, as well as exploring its lesser-known sights and hidden corners. With the help of a handy location map, readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and discover for themselves the changing face of Harrogate.

A fascinating tour of Hull's pub scene, charting the city's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.

A Guide to Everyday Life in Ancient Rome from break of day to dead of night

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Central Leeds has changed and developed over the last century.