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This text charts 1000 years of Spanish history, from the 10th century BC to the Roman conquest. In recent years, the archaeological data on the first millenium BC in Spain...

The Pacific Ocean was the setting for the last great chapter in the convergence of humankind from across the globe. Driven by Enlightenment ideals, Europeans sought to extend control to...

This atlas draws together crucial social and economic data on England, Scotland and Wales between 1780 and 1914, and gives a clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain...

This book explores a new way for students of International Relations to look at war, peace and world orders throughout European history. The contributors argue that the predominant 'realist' paradigm...

The Wayneflete Lectures, given under the auspices of Magdalen College, Oxford, delivered in 1983 by Professor Francis, and published here under the title Image and Idea in Fifth Century Greece...

Sister to Queen Anne Boleyn, she was seduced by two kings and was an intimate player in one of history's most gripping dramas. Yet much of what we know about...

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on 20th-century history cannot be underestimated. This biography makes use of archive material to piece together his private as well as public life...

Charles Williams' major biography of Philippe Petain (1856-1951) tells of a peasant who became a Marshal of France and the Head of the Vichy State. A slow climb up the...

A wry, compelling look at the mania surrounding the sensational case of the "Monster" who terrorized eighteenth-century London. "Entirely fascinating"--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post. "The facts in this case are so...

The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created...

When King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England in 1603 he had ruled his native land almost as long as had Queen Elizabeth. He showed both vision...

The definitive modern biography of Napoleon - now in paperback Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives, transforming France and Europe in the space of...

One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary...

'History, reportage, travel writing, wisdom and recipes - entertaining and enlightening' Sunday Times The Basques are Europe's oldest people, their origins a mystery, their language related to no other on...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." - Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke...

A gripping narrative history of Spain's most brilliant and troubled literary family--a tale about the making of art, myth, and legacy--set against the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War and...

There have been many attempts to explain the purpose of Stonehenge. Using archaelogical detail and a knowledge of the heavens as they were many millennia ago, North establishes the function...

The Duke of Wellington, the most successful of British commanders, set a standard by which all subsequent British generals have been measured. His defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815...

Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000...

The Tudor period is regarded by many as England A|s golden age, and still casts a spell over the public imagination. Whether it A|s the glittering rule of Elizabeth, the...

Author: Magnus MagnussonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head; British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMagnus Magnusson's Vikings! chronicles the dramatic sagas and far-reaching influence of the Norse...

Author: Cecil PriceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Blackwell, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the vibrant theatrical scene of 18th-century...

Author: George L. MosseBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Single tear...

Author: Marketa Goetz-StankiewiczBinding: PaperbackPublished: Performing Arts Journal PublicationsCondition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, foxing and tanning on coverThis academic volume presents a...

In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews-pillars of an embattled community-invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed...

At last Horne's great trilogy of works on French history are published together. The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact - on Paris, on France and on...

An extraordinary first-hand story of leading the wartime resistance in France. One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector...

Author: A. GoodwinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson University Library, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA. Goodwin's The French Revolution chronicles the tumultuous period that reshaped European history, presenting...

Author: J. S. ConwayBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Library mark on front pages, faded/worn binding, yellowed top of blockThe Nazi...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann LTD -60, London, 1955Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsBoswell On The Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica And...

Author: C. H. WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly compilation presents a comprehensive collection of primary source materials from a pivotal era...

Author: Frederick A. PottleBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1952Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Library markingsThis biographical work chronicles James Boswell's formative year in Holland between...

Author: John WillettBinding: HardbackPublished: Holmes & Meier, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ spine under clear cover. Light discolouration to black spine of...

Author: Mikhail BulgakovBinding: PaperbackPublished: New Directions, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Life Of Monsieur De Molière chronicles the tumultuous...

Author: Jan MorrisBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJan Morris's The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage chronicles the remarkable history of Venice's maritime dominance,...

Author: Sidney SheldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The Huguenots:...

Author: Annemarie SelinkoBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical romance chronicles the extraordinary life of a...

Author: Paul Raabe And J. M. RitchieBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Calder, Riverrun Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Theatre Of Bertolt Brecht:...

Author: Paul R. WilsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical narrative chronicles the devastating impact...

Author: Claude-Anne LopezBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical biography, Mon Cher Papa: Franklin And The Ladies...

Author: V. J. ScattergoodBinding: PaperbackPublished: Blandford Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work uncovers the intricate connections between the political...

Author: John GuntherBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: mild chipping on spine dust jacket, tanning and foxing...

Author: Betty RolandBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ discoloured with light chipping to top. Black mark...

Author: Un Resident Anglais - HENNINGSEN, Charles-Frederick Binding: HardbackPublished: JULES LABITTE, 1845Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FRENCH...

Author: Dymphna CusackBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning to DJ under clear cover. Board spine lightly dented. Tanning to block, pastedown...