Beautifully written, his book is majestic, awe-inspiring, a kaleidoscopic history of a place with a story like no other.In fifteenth-century Constantinople, Prince Constantine saves the life of a broken-hearted girl. The human story here is a million years old, and counting. Social restrictions on women were revolutionised, from jobs and the vote to new freedoms in dress, behaviour and sexuality. * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. But the tolerant, easygoing peace we enjoy has been hard won. Neil Oliver is already well-known from his regular appearances as a presenter of the BBC/Open University programme Coast, which charts the land- and sea-scape around Britain and beyond. Accompanying the major "Channel Four" series, "Not Forgotten" is a revealing look at the untold stories that lie behind these lists of names - stories of the impact of World War One on British society, the echoes of which can still be felt today.

The countryside becomes a pattern; the coast becomes an edge.

Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. In fact, as a boy and young man he was considered small, frail and shy. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the west and as far as Baghdad in the east.

We have made and known the best and worst of times. The British Isles, this archipelago of islands, is to Neil Oliver the best place in the world. Neil Oliver has 23 books on Goodreads with 14403 ratings. As they uncover artefacts abandoned in the heat and chaos of battle they closely follow the progress of each engagement and answer key historical questions, sometimes totally revising the accepted version of events.

Each chapter is a fully framed investigation and follows an episode of the BBC television series. And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1000 years ago? By using archaeology to unlock the secrets of the past, Tony and Neil prove that soldiers do not pass through fields of conflict like shadows, and in the process they show that battlefields are some of our most important national monuments. He lives in Stirling with his wife and three children. It was a period which accounts for more than ninety-nine per cent of humankind's presence on these islands. In addition to the TV series, Oliver co-wrote the two accompanying books. We have made and known the best and worst of times. Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings.

From north to south, east to west it cradles astonishing beauty. It is the real story of Britain and of her people.Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. In A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival.

Where did they emerge from?

The last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago brought a new and warmer age and with it, one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain, devastating the population and flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea.

From north to south, east to west it cradles astonishing beauty.

The human story here is a million years old, and counting.

"Two Men in a Trench 2" provides an examination of six major battles: Bannockburn, Sedgemoor, Edgehill, Killiecrankie, RAF Hornchurch (The Battle of Britain 1940) and the Big Guns of World War II at Dover and Calais. Books . From small harbours to expansive bridges, towering cliffs to seaside resorts - Coast from the Air gives an incredible new perspective on our green and pleasant land, and how beautiful and fragile that land can be.In 20 chapters - each one focusing on a specific coastal region of the British Isles - over 200 outstanding aerial photographs portray the beauty and diversity of our coastline.

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