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Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, the book is a study of race and community relations ¿ political, social, economic and personal.

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A history of the most celebrated and important battle in English history.

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Rex's biography of Edward the Confessor reveals a wilier, more calculating figure than popular assessments have presented.

Often blamed for the crisis that prompted the invasions of 1066, Edward's alleged nomination of William 'the Conqueror' can finally be exposed as Norman propaganda, and the patron saint from the English Royal Family's reputation as a warrior, statesman and diplomat adequately restored.

A biography of England's 'lost king' Harold Godwinson, an astute political operator who as Earl of Wessex won the affection of the English people and the death-bed nomination from Edward the Confessor (king of England 1041-1066) to succeed him. It tells the story of the formidable warrior-king killed in battle in defence of his kingdom.

In 1066, the English were conquered by the infamous invader, William the Conqueror. However, the English did not roll over and die before their oppressors. For over five years, the English violently rebelled against the invading Norman people. This book tells the story of each rebellion, their often colourful leaders and the rebels themselves.

After the Norman victory in Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror's oppression of the English led to widespread famine, death and destruction. Returning from Flanders to find his country taken over by the Normans, Hereward, embarked on a path of resistance. This work rescues Hereward from the myths associated with his life and career.

In 1066, the English were conquered by the infamous invader, William the Conqueror. For over five years, the English violently rebelled against the invading Norman people, murdering quislings, burning towns and sacking cathedrals. This book tells the story of each rebellion, their often colourful leaders, and the rebels themselves.

The story of William the Conqueror's first five turbulent years in England and how the English violently rebelled against the invading Norman people.

The first scholarly biography of the 'lost' Anglo-Saxon king of England.

Hereward was a thorn in William the Conqueror's side, the man who led the last stand against the king and engaged his personal hatred. In this book Peter Rex brings the historical figure of Hereward out of the realms of fiction and folklore.

When Harold, King England, fell to William the Conqueror's army at Hastings in 1066 it changed the course of British history forever. This is the life of Harold, Anglo-Saxon England's last king.

For the first time in paperback, this is the definitive history of Saint Edward the Confessor, King of England.

Nur wenige Gegenden in der Welt können sich mit der landschaftlichen Schönheit und Gastfreundschaft des Kaplandes messen. Dieses Buch behandelt die Gegend um Kapstadt im Umkreis von 160 km. Mit einem Leihwagen lassen sich Autotouren unternehmen, doch noch besser erkundet man das Kapland auf Wanderungen - von den unzähligen Pfaden am Tafelberg bis zur Landspitze am Cap Point und den anspruchsvollen Gipfeln des Bolandes.

Peter Rex tells the whole story of the conquest of England by the Normans from its genesis in the deathbed decision of Edward the Confessor in January 1066 to recommend Harold Godwinson as his successor, to the crushing of the last flickers of English Resistance in June 1076.