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Devil's Gallop: Trips into Scotland's Dark and Bloody Past in Fact and
Scotland is a fascinating country with a dark and bloody past - filled with characters who thought nothing of using torture, murder and treachery to get what they wanted. Many...
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome. Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and Cicero, walk around temples visited by Roman emperors,...
The Taste Of Fear: A Polish Childhood In Germany 1939-46
$30.00 AUD
Author: Zofia KrukBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on front end-page and minor...
Nights Of Plague
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Author: Orhan PamukBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedNobel laureate Orhan Pamuk presents "Nights of Plague," a sweeping work of historical fiction set in 1901 on the fictional...
Death In The Middle Ages: Mortality, Judgment And Remembrance
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Author: T. S. R. BoaseBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic historical non-fiction work by T. S. R. Boase meticulously chronicles the pervasive presence and...
Maculan's Daughter
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Author: Sarah GainhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSarah Gainham's "Maculan's Daughter" is a compelling work of historical fiction set against the tumultuous backdrop of...
Dido Queen Of Carthage And The Massacre At Paris
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Author: Christopher MarloweBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clipped priceThis volume presents two powerful tragedies by the Elizabethan playwright...
The Life And Times Of Alfred The Great
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Author: Douglas WoodruffBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable reign of Alfred the Great, the Anglo-Saxon king...
Patterns Of Government: The Major Political Systems Of Europe
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Author: Samuel H. Beer, Adam B. Ulam, Harry Eckstein, Herbert J. Spiro, And Nicholas WahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal academic work, 'Patterns...
Bulwer And His Wife: A Panorama 1803-1836
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Author: Michael SadleirBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable & Co Ltd, 1933Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a comprehensive biographical account of Bulwer and his wife. The narrative...
History And Hope: Essays On History And The English Civil War
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Author: C. V. WedgwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Base of book has a remainder markThis collection of essays offers profound...
When Fathers Ruled: Family Life In Reformation Europe
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Author: Steven OzmentBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1983Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small tears to the edges of the dj.This scholarly work examines the intricate dynamics...
Cities Of The Flesh: Or The Story Of Roger De Montbrun
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Author: Zoë OldenbourgBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, 1963Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight damage to the back of the cover.This historical novel transports readers to a...
James Fitzjames Stephen: Portrait Of A Victorian Rationalist
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Author: K. J. M. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2002Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a biographical account of James Fitzjames Stephen. It examines his intellectual contributions and...
Marie Antoinette And The Last Garden At Versailles
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Author: Christian DuvernoisBinding: HardbackPublished: Rizzoli, 2008Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Scuffed dj.The book details the life of Marie Antoinette and her connection to the gardens...
The Road To The Dictated Peace
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Author: László BotosBinding: HardbackPublished: Árpád Publishing Company, 1999Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn "The Road to the Dictated Peace," László Botos presents a profound and meticulously researched challenge...
Statesman And Saint: Cardinal Wolsey Sir Thomas More And The Politics Of Henry Viii
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Author: Jasper RidleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fold to the back of the DJThis historical account scrutinizes the intertwined lives...
Elizabeth I
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Author: Jasper RidleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1987Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a comprehensive account of the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It chronicles her journey...
Henry Viii
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Author: Jasper RidleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1985Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a comprehensive account of King Henry VIII's life and reign. It examines the political landscape...
An Exposition On The Epistle Of James
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Author: Thomas MantonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1968Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Book in excellent condition with damage to DJ.The book presents a comprehensive theological analysis...
The Genius Figure In Antiquity And The Middle Ages
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Author: Jane Chance NitzscheBinding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1975Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic work examines the concept of the genius figure across two pivotal historical...
Garibaldi And The Thousand (May 1860)
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Author: George Macaulay TrevelyanBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green and Co., 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight foxing to extremities and tiny tear to DJThis historical account chronicles the pivotal...
Victoria's Italians 1900-45: An Exhibition Of Photographs And Documents
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Author: Maria Ercole, Ivano & TenceBinding: SoftbackPublished: Italian Historical Society, Carlton, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded cover. This book presents an exhibition of photographs and...
Library Looking-Glass: A Personal Anthology
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Author: David CecilBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1966Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume compiles a diverse array of writings. It provides a unique lens through which to view literary...
The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life Of The Society
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Author: A. L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1971Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book examines the social fabric of the Elizabethan era. It details the daily lives, customs, and societal structures...
Essays Presented To Sir Lewis Namier
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Author: Richard Pares And A. J. P. TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1966Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume compiles a series of scholarly essays. The...
The Expansion Of England
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Author: J.R. SeeleyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a seminal work on the historical development of England. It examines the...
The Terrible Secret: Suppression Of The Truth About Hitler's 'Final Solution'
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Author: Walter LaqueurBinding: HardbackPublished: Little Brown & Co, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small cut on FEP. This book investigates the deliberate concealment of information surrounding...
Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling author Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women...
The Fighting Nation: Lord Kitchener and His Armies
The British Army was not highly regarded before World War I; the Kaiser was said to have called it "contemptible"; the French regarded it as a colonial police force with...
Who's Who in Tudor England
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Stackpole is pleased to introduce the final two installments in the Who's Who in British History series. Chronologically arranged and extensively indexed, these eight volumes are an indispensable guide to...
Wellington and the Arbuthnots: A Triangular Friendship
Reform or Revolution?: A Diary of Reform in England, 1830-32
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
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A great deal of Holocaust survival stories revolve around disguise--many Jews were forced into impersonation by the desperateness of their plight. Imagine if a person, by the accident of birth,...
Please, Mister Postman
Alan Johnson's moving sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy The award-winning autobiography from the British politician and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy. In July 1969,...
Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British
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Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-old...
A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
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The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for
** Eastern Eye 's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 ** ** Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2024** The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and...
How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic
Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed,...
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb
Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An
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How did people make sense of the end of one era and the start of another? The Year 1000 plunges readers into the past in colorful detail and provides them...
The Histories
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One of the masterpieces of classical literature, the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But...
Somme
This book looks at the Battle of the Somme, which was planned as "The Big Push" that would at last break the long stalemate on the Western Front in World...