Matthews: 1354 books

A book dedicated to the Battle of Lincoln that marked a turning point in the Wars of Anarchy during the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century. A civil war between King Stephen and his rival Empress Matilda broke out in 1136. By 1141 England had fallen in to anarchy with nobles using the unrest...

At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, such was the build-up of men and materials in the RAF that Lincolnshire was already known as ‘Bomber Country’. Its four main airfields—Hemswell, Scampton, Waddington and Cottesmore—were home to eight squadrons of Bomber Command under...

A book dedicated to the four sieges of Newark during the English Civil War, the last of which marked the collapse of Royalist power in the Midlands. In 1642 King Charles I summoned Newark to support him, which it did with men, money and munitions. The city and castle where thereafter a loyal bastion...

Today the rivalry between St. Andrew and St. George may be fierce but at least it is limited to the sporting field. This was by no means always the case, before the Act of Settlement in the Eighteenth Century (400th Anniversary in March 2003). Author Rupert Matthews has researched more than twenty...

This book is a quick and easy way to learn the second 100 basic Chinese traditional characters. The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. A working knowledge of characters is essential for any student...

Social World of the Hebrew Prophets is an introduction to the Hebrew Prophets and the social world of which they spoke. Matthews examines ancient Israel's prophets chronologically, providing sketches of their historical contexts. He explains pertinent aspects of historical geography, economic conditions,...

This book presents a historically situated explanation of the rise of global water governance and the contemporary challenges that global water governance seeks to address. It is particularly concerned with connecting what are often technical issues in water management with the social and political...

Introduction. In placing before my readers in the following pages the results of my twenty-five years’ experience of Rat-catching, Ferreting, etc., I may say that I have always done my best to accomplish every task that I have undertaken, and I have in consequence received excellent testimonials...

Based on a true story. My first job that didn't involve a hairnet. My first partner who took all that he wanted from me.

Deep down Stacy Adams knows she's a plain Jane sort of girl with no luck at love. Then a night of desire throws Stacy's world into a state of beautiful chaos. The magnetic attraction she has for this mysterious stranger is undeniable, but frightens Stacy when she discovers who he is and what he wants...

Was Caroline Carruthers a meek companion to the Dowager Hartville, or the determined young woman Lord Hartville occasionally glimpsed? In either case, he avoided her, because he was sure his mother intended her as his wife. But when a child appeared at his estate--and called him "papa," his denials...

Gareth Rushton wants to build a hunting box in Leicestershire. Selina Easterly-Cummings owns the perfect piece of land. But the vale is a reminder for Selina of the difficult time shes had nursing her young cousin back to health. When Rushton intrudes on the cousins relationship, a merry romp ensues. Regency Romance by Laura Matthews; originally published by Fawcett

Widowed Vanessa Damery had two young children to raise, a deteriorating estate to improve, and a household full of pseudo-relatives and dependents to placate. She did not need the advent of her late husbands cousin (and her co-trustee in his estate). And if Lord Alvescot expected gratitude for his...

Elspeth Parkstone was 26 and determined not to marry. Viscount Greywell had lost his beloved wife in childbirth and his heir was a sickly infant. Greywell was desperate for a solution to his torn allegiances--his diplomatic skills needed in Vienna, but his dread of what might befall his son if he...