Books with author Tony Allan

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Allan Todd provides a lucid exploration of the main features of revolutions: the economic, social, political and ideological developments prior to revolution, and the roles and actions of crowds, parties, women and counter-revolutionaries. Particular attention is paid to the French Revolution of 1789, the 1848 Revolutions, the 1871 Paris Commune and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Revolutions contains a selection of primary and secondary sources.

According to Japanese mythology, the cosmos took form spontaneously from chaos. Lighter elements formed the abode of the gods. while heavier ones became the shapeless earth. Many divinities emerged in these two realms, but the seventh celestial couple consisted of Izanagi and Izanami, a god and goddess whose destiny was to establish the sea-kissed islands of Japan in the unruly waters far below. Many other tales can be found in realm of the Rising Sun: Japanese Myth, one volume in an exciting series called Myth and Mankind, a culture-by-culture examination of world myth and its historical roots.

What was it like to be a Protestant living in Northern Ireland and at war with your Catholic neighbor? What was it like to be a British soldier sent in to sort it out? What was it like to be a witness to history? Step back to the latter part of the 20th century and see the history of Northern Ireland through the eyes of those who lived it. Discover what it was like to be a victim of the violence and terrorism resulting from the Troubles. Find out about Ireland’s past and the longstanding tensions between the different communities. Read how the civil rights movement changed the course of Irish history.