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Somme: Into the Breach
The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on the greatest battle of World War One - with groundbreaking new material on the soldiers' experiences No conflict better encapsulates all that went...
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 11 and the Final Solution in
Ordinary Men has been admired all over the world and is now published in the UK for the first time. It takes as its basis the detailed records of one...
The Secret History
This edition contains a revision of the existing translation, revision of chronology and genealogy, and a new introduction of 4-6000 words, new notes and a new selection of further reading...
Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His...
On Sparta
A vivid and richly anecdotal portrait of Spartan society. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise...
The History of Alexander
A compelling narrative of the life of the greatest conqueror of all time- Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt,...
The Makers of Rome
An intriguing document giving insight into the founders of the Roman republic These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives...
The Letters of the Younger Pliny
Pliny's letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents...
The Annals of Imperial Rome
Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity...
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Burke's seminal work on the French Revolution, and a fine example of conservative political thought Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it...
Bloodlands: THE book to help you understand today's Eastern Europe
A magisterial history of the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - where 14 million civilians were murdered during the years 1933-1944 Under Hitler and Stalin the...
London
A wonderful, epic story that tells the history of the greatest city in the world, from Roman times to the present day. A grand, epic story that tells the history...
The Narrative of Trajan's Column
When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished Taken from his Collection of Sand, these marvelous essays are not great ideas in themselves but commentaries on great...
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
This astoundingly successful, superbly reviewed book vividly recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire. Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, EMPIRE is a major reinterpretation of the...
The Russian Revolution, 1917
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London at War
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Zoo Station: Adventures in East and West Berlin
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The Children of Henry VIII
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The Alhambra
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Undercover Agent: How one of SOE's youngest agents helped defeat the
Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe...
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived
FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the...
Royal Hospital Chelsea: A Year in Pictures
***SPECIAL PRICE down from $90.00 while stocks last*** Founded by Charles II 'for the succour and relief of veterans broken by age and war', designed by Sir Christopher Wren and...
Guide to British Military History: The Subject and the Sources
What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professionals and was used to support...
The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis
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Spies and Commissars: The Early Years of the Russian Revolution
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Cote d'Azur: Inventing the French Riviera
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
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The Wars of the Roses
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The Last Days: Steven Spielberg and the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
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Napoleon
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Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling authorSince the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked...
Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The...
Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife 49
'I've met such interesting people, and always heard unbelievable stories about people's lives. If I could put all in written language and sequence, I could write books, I'm sure.' -...
Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler
The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story.'Astonishing' Daily Telegraph'The last of its kind ... celebrates a long-since vanished generation...
Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El
A "rollicking," "vividly re-created," and "enticing romp" that tells the true story of an obsessive quest to find El Dorado, set against the backdrop of Elizabethan political intrigue and a...
Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global
In one painting, a Dutch military officer leans toward a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs pieces of silver. In a third, fruit spills from a...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the
Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen...
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania
"[An] incredibly moving collection of oral histories . . . important enough to be added to the history curriculum" Telegraph"A moving evocation of the 'everyday terror' systematically perpetrated over 41...
Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades
Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian...
The Renaissance
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Author: Paul JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Ltd., 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Renaissance', Paul Johnson explores the cultural and intellectual awakening that took place...
Vlaanderen = La Flandre = Flanders = Flandern = Flandes
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Author: J. Van Remoortere / F. van den BremtBinding: HardbackPublished: Meddens, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLanguage: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. This book offers a...
The Kingdom of Fife & Kinross-shire : The King's Scotland
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Author: Theo LangBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the Kingdom of Fife and Kinross-shire, detailing its...
North East Lowlands of Scotland
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Author: John R. AllanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, 1974, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the geography, culture, and history of the North East Lowlands of Scotland....
A Short History of the Italian People from the Barbarian Invasions to the Present Day
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Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan; D Mack SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin, 1967, Fourth Impression Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides a comprehensive...
A History of the Middle Ages
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Author: Joseph DahmusBinding: HardbackPublished: Barnes & Noble, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages, exploring the social, political,...
Catherine the Great
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Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life of Catherine the Great, a German princess who ascended to the...
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (SIGNED)
From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and...
Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets: Life in the village hardware (SIGNED)
'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say...