New releases from University of Hertfordshire Press
Books to explore
Bricks of Victorian London
Author: Peter Hounsell
Format: Paperback
The companies that made the bricks employed many thousands of men, women and children and their working lives, homes and culture are looked at here, as well as the journey towards better working conditions and wages.
Moseley 1850–1900
Author: Janet Berry
Format: Paperback
By the first decades of the twentieth century Moseley had become part of the metropolis of Birmingham. This engaging account of the process from village to fully integrated suburb will be of particular interest to urban historians.
Sevenoaks 1790–1914
Author: Iain Taylor , David Killingray
Format: Paperback
This book offers a fresh perspective on British history in the long nineteenth century through the lens of a study of Sevenoaks and the surrounding area of West Kent.
St Albans: A history
Author: Mark Freeman
Format: Paperback
Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history.