20th Century History

The startling story of the French struggle for identity and unity in the bloody aftermath of the Revolution Nineteenth-century France was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for...

The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. The entertaining biography...

The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the vast Soviet Empire have led to an unexpected revival of nationalism in Europe. Long-forgotten claims, minority conflicts, and nationalist...

The Enlightenment had dislodged Christianity from its central position in the life of European societies. Man's quest for ecstasy and trancendance flooded into areas such as the arts, spawning the...

Biography of Queen Victoria's eldest child,who married the German emperor, Frederick III and whose eldest child became Kaiser Wilhelm II and took his country to war against his mother's native...

As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of...

The book titled Damn' Rebel Bitches: Women of the '45 by the author Maggie Craig. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But to young British officers in India in the nineteenth century there was only one thing more exciting than shooting wild game...

This truly unique volume brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts. To the analysis of developments in selected Eastern European regions...

Mining newspaper files and the deep archives and journalistic expertise of the Newseum, an interactive museum of news located in Washington, D.C., Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense examines decisive issues...

Children's writer and Carnegie medallist Jan Mark has selected 44 stories which include moral tales, fairy tales, ghost stories, adventure stories, and school stories; they are inhabited by good and...

With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, the next two centuries for France would be tumultuous. Bestselling historian and political commentator Jonathan Fenby...

For the first time ever, in one indispensable book-and-DVD package, "The New York Times" presents its complete front pages. The book reproduces a selection of 300 front pages covering the...

This unique work of reference provides a comprehensive record-from Tangier in 1662 to Bosnia in 1994-of every country in which each regiment has served. It includes details of all campaigns,...

Follow the combined forces of England and India through sixty-four years of campaigns. Faced with unfavorable and unfamiliar fighting conditions and untraditional warfare techniques, the Queen's fighting forces managed to...

From America's fight for independence to the Paris Commune - an exotic collection of fanatics, adventurers, poets and thinkers are brought vividly to life. HOLY MADNESS probes into the psyche...

Rather than simply celebrating the 'triumph of liberty', Jack Rakove's new history of the American Revolution will stress the ambiguous legacy of the revolution, a legacy that ranges from liberty...

There is little available on the dramatic and colourful history of the Spanish monarchy. Experienced author and historian John Van der Kiste provides a readable and anecdotal look at one...

One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an eclectic revolutionary government that held power in Paris across eight weeks between...

Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue - she presided over some of the most momentous events in...

The book titled Yamato Dynasty: the Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family by the author Sterling Seagrave. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

A major new political history of the French Revolution In 1786, France's ancien regime was functioning as usual. Its alliance with the victorious American colonies had restored its diplomatic prestige,...

An intimate new portrait of one of history's most controversial figures: heroic revolutionary or the first terrorist? For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr...

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of...

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India....

A dramatic reevaluation of Thomas Jefferson's thinking on foreign policy and his record as a statesman This book, the first in decades to closely examine Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy, offers...

Real wages, the result of a simple division of wages by prices, are at the centre of historical and socio-economic research. In a time of growing commercial and industrial internationalism,...

In this work, the author investigates what the working-class cafe reveals about the formation of urban life in 19th-century France. Cafe society was not the product of a small elite...

A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for...

This text explores the conflict that began in 1756 and ended in 1763, generally known as the Seven Years War, which the author believes laid the foundations of the British...

A dazzling account of London at its height when it was the largest, richest and most rapidly changing city on earth. There is no period in London's history in which...

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and...

This is a study of the political, social, and economic history of Britain during the period 1815-1906. The nineteenth century saw the building of one of the world's greatest empires,...

'People can only be free in relation to one another.' Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without...

Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China. Through telling the lives of one hundred significant individuals, this...

The British Left has developed a long way since the early days of electoral reform signalled by the Great Reform Act of 1832. In this book, Kenneth O. Morgan, one...

This volume focuses on the history of the United States through stories of human freedom aspired to and won, beginning with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and culminating in...

This book defines war, rather than liberty, as the primary means by which peoples of North America have defined social, cultural, and political boundaries for the last half-millennium. From the...

In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of...

An evaluation of the racial policies of 42 American presidents. This book argues that American presidents have used their power of office to impede racial equality. It shows how many...

How many people know what lies on the other side of the door to 10 Downing Street, or indeed, who built the building? Providing a portrait of the centre of...

First published in 2002.The aim of this book is to analyse and dispute a widely-held theory of Britain's 'economic decline' since the mid-nineteenth century, and to offer an alternative view...

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the most significant natural history expeditions. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the...

The book titled Change at King's Cross: From 1800 to the Present by the author Michael Hunter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Modern-day London abounds with a multitude of gardens, enclosed by railings and surrounded by houses, which attest to the English love of nature. These green enclaves, known as squares, are...

Exploring a wide range of design experience, this publication is an investigation of design issues spanning almost 100 years of Australian history. The author draws on poets, painters, educators, critics,...