European History

Three of Europe's greatest rivers begin in the same geological cradle: one fertile patch of high Alpine ice in the jagged heights of central Switzerland. The consequences of this small...

The book titled Experiences of War: The British Airman by the author Roger A. Freeman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Mary Lindell, the Comtesse de Milleville was British-born but a largely forgotten agent. She combined a passion for adventure with blunt speech and persistently displayed the greatest personal bravery. The...

The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the earth is flat. Yet it is a sad testament to our time that those who make...

'The best single-volume history of the war ever written' DOMINIC SANDBOOK, SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterly account of that epic conflict' ROBERT HARRIS The anniversary edition of multi-million copy bestselling author...

Small men, with big egos and moustaches, the hussars of Napoleon's army wore some of the most flamboyant and stylish uniforms of the epoch. The uniforms of the seventeen regiments...

From incredible scenery to dramatic panoramas, these carefully selected tours of the most beautiful places to pedal throughout Europe will delight both seasoned and novice cyclists and feature the groundbreaking...

Over the past 15, Sabine de Milliano has driven through all the countries of Europe, covering a distance of over 150,000 km. As a photographer she is constantly in search...

With this third volume John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on...

A brilliant new history of the city, told through the lens of its popes. In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in...

Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and...

In this elegant and affecting companion to her "extraordinary" memoir, Borrowed Finery, a young writer flings herself into a Europe ravaged by the Second World War (The Boston Globe) In...

In 1942, with a black-market chicken under his arm, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went to war. He was twenty-two and a Cryptographer...

The essential companion, fully revised and updated, to the Australian battlefields on the Western Front, this new edition features: - Fully updated tour itineraries, including a new dedicated Villers-Bretonneux tour...

The book titled The Air War, 1939-45 by the author R. J. Overy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Eighth Passenger: A Flight of Recollection and Discovery by the author Miles Tripp. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

A travel book by Mark Twain, published in 1869. A must read.

The book titled Boeve de Haumtone and GUI de Warewic: Two Anglo-Norman Romances: by the author Judith Weiss. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Medieval Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue: The Apparicion by the author Michael Hanly. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were 'the cavalry of the clouds - the knighthood of this war.' This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure...

The book is based on hundreds of oral histories, conducted in Europe and North America, with survivors who were children in the Holocaust, primary documentation uncovered by the author (including...

This is a book for all those who may have wondered what the Borgias did to acquire such infamy, who the Medici were, who were the antipopes, and who was...

The disintegration of Europe's post-Cold War consensus in the face of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression Once the world's bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to...

This comprehensive anthology of newly translated writings presents some of Aron's most important essays in 20th-century intellectual history and political commentary.. In this collection of essays written over a period...

The Future of a Negation is a crucial statement on the Holocaust-and on Holocaust denial-from Alain Finkielkraut, one of the most acclaimed and influential intellectuals in contemporary Europe. The book...

The Renaissance holds an undying place in the human imagination, and its great heroes remain our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Montaigne. This period of profound evolution...

The book titled Borderlands: Nation and Empire by the author Scott Malcolmson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

In Albania, under the long dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, each Albanian citizen had a biografi - literally an account of their suitability as good socialists which was registered by the...

While great leaders may sometimes be born, there are certain traits they share. To be a highly effective leader you must inspire action, be optimistic, have integrity, support your team,...

The book titled D-Day: The Air Battle by the author Ken Delve. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Napoleonic artillery can usually be divided into two types: field, or light artillery which was employed by the armies on campaign and in the field and siege, or heavy artillery,...

The year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty qrmies back to PAris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant rule, the Emperor takes leave of his...

The Jewish story is an extraordinary one: of a 'chosen race' but a 'difficult people', living in all countries but until recently without one to call its own. Over the...

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of...

China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto . 'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in critical good...

The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. By the outbreak of World War II, most of the advanced air forces of...

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family-a world of saints, corrupt popes, and depraved princes and poisoners-set against the golden age of the Italian Renaissance. The Borgia family...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Tremendous and shattering' - The Times 'Powerful and engaging' - Literary Review The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a...

'A fascinating history', Charles Moore, The Spectator A powerful history of the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate. From the...

'Timely, necessary and impeccably researched . . . Required reading for anyone interested in Europe. And even more so for anyone interested in Britain' DAILY TELEGRAPH China's rise and Russian...

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...

The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century - a...

' A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own... What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the...

Thomas Izbicki presents a new examination of the relationship between the adoration of the sacrament and canon law from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. The medieval Church believed Christ's glorified...

Cervical cancer kills almost 350,000 women each year. What's more horrifying, is that millions have died of this disease that's nearly 100% preventable. It's no secret that healthcare is full...

The book titled Fight for the Sky: Stories of Wartime Fighter Pilots by the author Bruce Barrymore Halpenny. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The latest volume in the series covering the final days of the war on the Western Front from the Allied Armies being poised to capture the Hindenburg Line to the...