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In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a...

John Van der Kiste's book takes in the principal monarchies of Scandinavia going back to the beginning of the 19th century. He uses unpublished sources and photographs to show how...

The Republic of Ireland, described variously as "The Emerald Tiger", "The Celtic Tiger" and "The Tiger Economy of Europe", is apparently one of the great success stories of 20th-century Europe....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 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: 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: 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: C. Fitzgerald MatierBinding: HardbackPublished: Spencer & Co., 1910Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Minor marks and...

Author: John NunnBinding: PaperbackPublished: Gambit Publications Ltd, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageGambit International Theatre Review: Political Theatre In Europe (2) presents...

Author: James K. LyonBinding: PaperbackPublished: PRINCETON, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly biography chronicles the tumultuous years Bertolt Brecht spent in...

Author: Tatiana TchernavinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 1972Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Cut on title page. Clean text. This...

Author: André SoubiranBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAndré Soubiran's Bedlam chronicles the harrowing realities within a notorious 18th-century Parisian asylum, vividly portraying...

Author: H.H. Kirst; Translated by J Maxwell BrownjohnBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, London, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical novel plunges into the treacherous...

Author: Christine HotchkissBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsChristine Hotchkiss presents Home To Poland: A Vivid Eye-Witness Account Of The New Poland,...

Author: Julius HayBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ worn and faded with some rips. Light...

Author: Donald McleanBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The World Turned Upside Down chronicles a pivotal era of profound societal transformation, presenting a...

Author: Bruce CookBinding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis biographical account chronicles the tumultuous period of Bertolt...

Author: Donald ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking Press, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical thriller The Flight Of The Eagle chronicles a gripping tale of espionage and daring escapes set...

Author: Henri TroyatBinding: PaperbackPublished: MERIDIAN PRESSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, Pushkin, chronicles the tumultuous life and enduring literary legacy...

Author: Stephen GreenblattBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis work of historical scholarship illuminates a pivotal era in European history, spanning from the late...

Based on documents discovered concealed within a simple chair for seventy years, this gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer during World War Two encapsulates the tragic...

Author: Ghislain De DiesbachBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman & Hall London, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsHappy Families presents a sharp and satirical portrait of European aristocracy in...

This is a collection of colour photographs of the Nazi hierarchy at the peak of its power, just before the outbreak of World War II. Many are images shot by...

Author: Robin CrossBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the momentous events leading up to and immediately following the Allied victory...

Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe historical work The Cardinal & The Secretary chronicles a pivotal era in European...

Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical biography, Elizabeth: Queen Of England chronicles the remarkable life and reign of one...

Author: Marvin T. HerrickBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Illinois Press, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageComic Theory In The Sixteenth Century...

Author: S. Harrison ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: London : R. Hart-Davis, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the profound transformations that reshaped the European continent during the...

Author: Alec WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: RU, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Year To Remember: A Reminiscence Of 1931 chronicles a pivotal year through the eyes of a keen...

Author: Walter UllmannBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerWalter Ullmann's Medieval Papalism: The Political Theories...

A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyonce . The picture...

Magisterial in its scope, beautifully written and literally unputdownable.I cannot recommend Keegan's book too highly.'Julian Critchley, Scotsman 'Nobody describes a battle as Keegan does, vividly relating the unfolding events to...

Author: Michael SidnellBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDances Of Death: The Group Theatre Of London In The Thirties chronicles the influential and...

Author: Norman F. CantorBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2016Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the intellectual history behind...

In 1924 Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, died and, at Stalin s instigation, his body was mummified and put on display. Ilya Zbarsky s father Boris was one...

The 1590s were black years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a...

A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's...

Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...

Robert Kaplan first visited Romania in the 1970s, when he was a young journalist and the country was a bleak Communist backwater. What ensued was a lifelong fascination with a...

Author: Alan PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the fascinating lineage of England's rulers, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon kings to...

Author: William Linn Westermann And A. Arthur SchillerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, New York, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly...

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the truth...