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Author: Martyn Taylor
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1445640791
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore Bury St Edmunds’ secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Author: Tom Quinn
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 160765248X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This alternative tour of Britain offers more than 150 fascinating and beautiful, yet obscure and less-visited places that receive little coverage in more conventional guides.
Author: Paddy Heazell
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-10-24
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0752474243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Orford Ness was so secret a place that most people have never heard of it. The role it played in inventing and testing weapons over the course of the twentieth century was far more significant and much longer than that of Bletchley Park. Nestled on a remote part of the Suffolk coast, Orford Ness operated for over eighty years as a highly classified research and testing site for the British military, the Atomic Weapons Reserach Establishment and, at one point, even the US Department of Defence. The work conducted here by some of the greatest 'boffins' of past generations played a cruicial role in winning the three great wars of the twentieth century: the First, Second and the Cold. Hosting dangerous early night flying and parachute testing during the First World War, the ingenious radar trials by Watson Watt and his team in the 1930s, through to the testing of nuclear bombs and the top-secret UK-US COBRA MIST project, the 'Ness' has been at the forefront of military technology from 1913 to the 1990s. Now a unique National Trust property and National Nature Reserve, its secrets have remained buried until recently. This book reveals an incredible history, rich with ingenuity, intrigue and typical British inventiveness.
Author: Howman
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2020-06-15
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0750995505
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories. But production didn't stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved underground, to secret locations staffed by women, children and non-combatant men. With little engineering experience between them, they built a fleet of one of the greatest war planes that has ever existed. This is their story.
Author: Jane Hope
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 1997-11
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780811818612
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This latest in the Secret Language series is an inspiring survey of faith and ritual through the ages, from Native American vision quests to chakras, avatar, and archangels. Original and ancient artworks depict some of the most profound and compelling images ever devised. This richly illustrated volume is an inviting universal guide to the realm of the divine. Over 200 full-color illustrations.
Author: Susan Gardiner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2015-09-15
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1445645149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore Ipswich’s secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Author: Lesley Milner
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2024-05-30
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 900469563X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The medieval treasure house, consisting of sacristy, vestry and treasure rooms was the depository for the ecclesiastical treasure belonging to a church, holy vessels, vestments, altar hangings, candlesticks and priceless liturgical books and reliquaries. It was carefully designed to convey the message of its status and function. A book devoted to these medieval museums which housed such precious materials is long overdue. Ironically, the interest in the objects that they conserved has often resulted in ecclesiastical treasure being removed to new museums, leaving their former places of protection in need of protection themselves.
Author: Brian Haughton
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: 2007-01-15
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1601639686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An archaeologist explores history’s most fascinating enigmas, from the ancient Druids to the mysteries of the Mayan calendar and the lost city of Atlantis. Across thousands of years of history, so-called lost civilizations still speak to us through their artifacts and architecture. In Hidden History, archaeologist Brian Haughton fills the gap between archaeology and alternative history using the latest available data and a common sense, open-minded approach. Divided into three sections, this expertly researched volume shares the secrets of Mysterious Places, Unexplained Artifacts, and Enigmatic People. Haughton introduces readers to the greatest mysteries of the ancient world, from the labyrinthine palace of Knossos on Crete to the pyramids of Egypt, the remote jungle temples of Peru, and the megalithic mystery of Stonehenge. But he also goes further to explore historical puzzles like the Coso Artifact, the possibility of ancient flight, and the Voynich Manuscript, as well as mysterious peoples from the Magi and the Druids to the Knights Templar and the Green Children. With more than 50 photographs and illustrations, this is the ideal reference work for those interested in the archaeology of these great enigmas.
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 818
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 820
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