European History

The first paperback edition of Simon Schama's acclaimed and bestselling Power of Art. * 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of...

This book features over 150 mouth-watering recipes and stunning full-color photographs. Everyone loves Mediterranean food, but few can put their finger on exactly what makes the understated peasant food of...

A stimulating series of journeys through the 'back country' behind the fabled French Riviera taking the visitor to unexplored mountain landscapes, perched villages, wayside chapels and the pathways taken by...

A celebration of William Guilfoyle-botanist, landscape designer, tourist and writer Explore the grand gardens and forests of Europe and Britain with esteemed landscape designer William Guilfoyle, as he did with...

One of the few survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, Holocaust scholar Gutman draws on dairies, personal letters, and underground press reports in this compelling, authoratative account of a...

The book titled The Devil's Birthday: Bridges to Arnhem, 1944 by the author Geoffrey Powell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Fifty years after his seminal Tate gallery London exhibition, 'The Elizabethan Image', leading authority Roy Strong returns with fresh eyes to the subject closest to his heart, The Virgin Queen,...

In a new addition to the Pelican History of Art series, leading architectural historian Eric Fernie presents a fascinating survey of Romanesque architecture and the political systems that gave rise...

In this fascinating book, one of the foremost art historians in the world traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. E.H. Gombrich points out...

'An endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book' Neil MacGregor 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An extraordinary exploration of the medieval world - the most beguiling history book of the year This...

The Midi, between the Massif Central and the Mediterranean, is the region of France that is richest in archaeological treasures, and these are described in the OAG to South France....

Medieval architecture comprises more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings - synagogues, halls, and barns - testifies to the...

The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became...

"The Balkan Kitchen is a treasure trove of delicious recipes, history and personal stories. A book to cook and learn from, to get lost in the beauty of a colourful...

An epic history of the birth of news in Europe 'Highly ambitious and impressive ... a rich, multifaceted and thought-provoking book' Noel Malcolm, Times Literary Supplement News moves. It is...

This book traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. It covers various areas including works...

We all know what 'the political landscape' is, and politicians and journalists never tire of referring to it. But in this ingenious and original book, Martin Warnke takes that well-worn...

This is a composite biography of the queens and royal bedfellows of these centuries, and provides a fascinating picture of their political importance and the many factors that affected their...

The children of survivors of the Holocaust, the second generation, are in middle life, their own children already independent. This volume contains a collection of personal reflections of the child...

Towns have been a place of evolution and development throughout British history, growing from royal 'wics' between the seventh and ninth centuries, to characteristic Viking towns in the later nineth...

While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book's appearance on the threshold of the modernist...

One of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. 'A madness without parallel since Don Quixote,' said a future French president. This is history's...

Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign policy.

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...

King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contented kingdom. Those who accept his...

For students, researchers, and history lovers, a look at day-to-day life in a rarely explored era. "About life and death, midwives and funerals, business, books and authors, and town government."--...

"The authors allow medieval man and woman to speak for themselves through selections from past journals, songs, even account books."--Time

An emotional and inspiring World War Two time-slip novel of danger and courage. This is a story inspired by true events and stories of Irena Sendler and the women of...

In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium? Until recently, not Black women. Kimberly McIntosh...

How to be treated like shite in 15 different countries...and still quite like it! Stung by a ten-hour delay and a not-so-bargain fare to Spain on his native 'low fares'...

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...

Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world. But...

This title helps you discover the dramatic world of the Celts and Vikings. You can find out about every aspect of the lives of the Vikings and the Celts, their...

Rule your kitchen with fire and blood! This regal collection of 60 recipes will bring Westerosi cuisine to your table, with dishes like sweet pumpkin soup, royal boar ribs, and...

From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores...

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you...

This, the fourth volume to be published in the series Theatre in Europe: A Documentary History, charts the development of theatrical presentation at a time of great cultural and political...

The winner of a 1988 Somerset Maugham Award, this is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits from an era of tumultuous change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by...

Age range 3 to 8 Enter a world of friendship, honour, and duty to your King in 17th century France with this beautifully illustrated adaptation of the classic French novel...

This volume contains speeches from great works of European drama that have either been translated or adapted by Robert David MacDonald, awarded the Goethe Medal for Services to German literature'

This book is a major history of the dramatic and enduring changes in the daily lives of poor European women and men in the nineteenth century. Rachel G. Fuchs conveys...

This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other...