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Cakes and Ale

Cakes and Ale

by Judy Spours

Discover Edwardian and Victorian Britain through their sheer enjoyment of feasting. Once upon a time there was a Britain where cakes and ale were considered nutritious and healthy.

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My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman

by Christopher and Michael Watts

The new and heavily revised edition is some two thirds bigger than the first edition and is sure to become one of the `bibles` for family historians wanting to research merchant seamen.

£37.95
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Copyright for Archivists and Record Managers 3rd edition

by Tim Padfield

This text has been revised to take account of changes in the law through secondary legislation and court judgments, and makes extensive use of case law to clarify the meaning of statutes.

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Books which are published by The National Archives are now dispatched by our distributor: Grantham Book Services.

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