European History

Published to mark the 1200th anniversary of the first Viking raid, on Lindisfarne in 793 AD, this book sets out to reveal the Viking onslaught from the viewpoint of those...

Responding to the decline of the monarchy and the church in post-revolutionary France, theorists representing a wide spectrum of leftist ideologies proposed comprehensive blueprints for society that assigned a crucial...

Sexual politics is far from being a recent subject of debate. In the 1880s it occupied a position of central importance in certain radical circles in London, where intellectuals such...

World War I has long been acknowledged as one of the great traumas of modern history. In this conflict the Western Front - for the British, the French, the Americans...

Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of...

Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner's Sanctuary is...

From the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 to the Downing Street Declaration of 1993, Britain and Ireland have been in mortal conflict over the sovereignty of the Emerald Isle....

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark work of classical scholarship, The Murder of Herodes: And Other Trials from...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA witty and satirical novel from the early twentieth century, The Man Who Made Gold chronicles the misadventures that unfold when a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary biography and political criticism, Giovanni Grazzini's Solzhenitsyn presents a sweeping portrait of one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of Victorian historical biography, The Life of Queen Elizabeth chronicles the reign of England's most iconic monarch with meticulous...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA work of mid-twentieth-century transatlantic intellectual history, America and the Mind of...

The modern and contemporary furnishing industry of Italy represents a unique paradigm, on account of its industrial design production created by the most important international architects and designers of the...

At least thirty-seven per cent of male convicts and fifteen per cent of female convicts were tattooed by the time they arrived in the penal colonies, making Australians quite possibly...

A joint operation between Britain and France in 1916, the battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory and dent Germany's military strength. By the end of the...

That man ever managed to develop a 'scientific' attitude to the natural world is one of the true wonders of human thought. And answering the question of where and how...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii AD 79 chronicles the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of maritime and Scandinavian history, The Vasa Saga chronicles the dramatic story of the Vasa warship — the...

Zoom in to discover what life was like for Ancient Romans in this innovative and interactive illustrated title that takes you right into their fascinating world! Learn how the Romans...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of social history, Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth-Century Germany examines the complex relationship between...

Jonathan Swift was internationally acclaimed in his own time for "Gulliver's Travels" and other satires in verse and prose. In his native Ireland, however, he was most fervently admired as...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of narrative history, A Nervous Splendour chronicles the final days of January 1889 in Vienna, weaving together the city's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterful work of European history, The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire chronicles the rise and enduring dominance of one of history's most...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of historical biography, Saint Joan of Arc chronicles the extraordinary life of the fifteenth-century French heroine who, guided by...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of cultural history, The Waning of the Middle Ages presents a richly textured portrait of life, thought, and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. A richly detailed work of art biography, Rosa Bonheur:...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of sixteenth-century Scottish historical literature, The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill chronicles the remarkable diplomatic career...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: rips along folds of jacket - otherwise fine. A landmark volume in art history, Peter Paul Rubens: Paintings...

Edition: 4th ed, expandedCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in architectural history and theory, Space, Time...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of military history, The Rise of Modern Warfare: 1618-1815 chronicles the dramatic transformation of armed conflict across...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly informative work on horology, European Clocks: An Illustrated History Of Clocks And Watches by Libuše Urešová chronicles the...

The Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. With it the French scored a streak of historic victories that...

Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very height of the English Civil...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA compelling work of biographical non-fiction, Louis Renault: A Biography chronicles the dramatic rise and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright.Binding tight.Usual aging.Faded spine.A masterwork of military history, Marlborough As Military Commander chronicles the brilliant...

Edition: repr., 12th thousandCondition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Boards - fair; light bumping on...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - moderate marks and specks. Binding...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - chipped along the spine; otherwise clean and tight copy. A landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly illustrated cultural history, this volume chronicles the legendary Folies Bergère — Paris's iconic music hall — from its...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe fourth volume of C. M. H. Clark's monumental multi-volume series, A History of Australia IV: The Earth Abideth...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good; light rubbing on edges. Binding - tight. Francis Steegmuller's authoritative biography chronicles the dazzling and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Faded spine. A landmark work of Australian economic history, The British Empire...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA monumental work of narrative history, The Collapse of the Third Republic chronicles the catastrophic fall of France in 1940, tracing the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Usual aging. Shelf wear. Good copyA landmark work of American political history, The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the...