European History

Author: Laurence OliphantBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Boards...

Author: Magnus MagnussonBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMagnus Magnusson's Vikings! chronicles the dramatic sagas and far-reaching influence of the Norse seafarers. This compelling...

Author: Eugène MüntzBinding: HardbackPublished: Parkstone Press, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase: good. This richly produced art history set presents Leonardo da Vinci as both visionary...

Author: F. H. SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, University of London, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume, Survey Of London...

Author: Montagu H. Cox And Philip NormanBinding: HardbackPublished: AMS, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerSurvey Of London Volume X: The Parish...

Author: F. H. W. SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, University of London, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsUnknown

Author: Philip Temple; Colin Thom Binding: HardbackPublished: Yale , 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative work of architectural history presents South-East Marylebone through a meticulous survey of its...

Author: Donald SassoonBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperPerennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small chip on right front corner of jacketThis comprehensive historical work...

Author: Philip TempleBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic volume meticulously chronicles the rich architectural and social history of South and East Clerkenwell. It...

Author: Anna ReidBinding: HardbackPublished: BLOOMSBURY, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tears along spine of dust jacketAnna Reid's Leningrad: Tragedy Of A City...

Author: John GreenacombeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Athlone Press, Published for English Heritage, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume, Survey Of London Volume Xlv: Knightsbridge, meticulously chronicles the...

Author: George RudéBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsGeorge Rudé's The History Of London: Hanoverian London 1714-1808 presents a meticulous account of...

Author: Francis SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account, The History Of London London 1808-1870: The Infernal Wen, chronicles the...

Author: Nigel BalchinBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical drama chronicles the tumultuous era of the Borgia family through the eyes of a man intimately...

Author: William H. PrescottBinding: HardbackPublished: The Modern LibraryCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHistory Of The Conquest Of Mexico & History Of...

Author: William EmbodenBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, New York, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of the legendary French actress, Sarah Bernhardt. It uncovers her...

Author: Liubov FaensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers - Leningrad, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded boards. This scholarly volume...

Author: Marilyn Aronberg LavinBinding: HardbackPublished: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPiero Della Francesca And His Legacy: Studies In...

Author: Joel CarmichaelBinding: HardbackPublished: NELSON, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCarmichael chronicles the social unrest, political maneuvering, and ideological battles that transformed Russia in the early...

Author: William L. ShirerBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsWilliam L. Shirer's monumental work, The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History Of Nazi...

Author: Kenneth Clark, David FinnBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive examination of the iconic bronze doors of the...

Author: Cyril CumminsBinding: HardbackPublished: Heidelberg Historical Society, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerHeidelberg Since 1836: A Pictorial History chronicles the rich tapestry of a renowned German city through...

Author: Giancarlo GasponiBinding: HardbackPublished: Editoria - Trento, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ITALIAN TEXT ONLY. Slipcase: Good. Unknown

Author: John HeringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, 1963Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsAustralia In The War Of 1939-1945: Series...

The Holy Alliance, later 'The Entity', a secret spy service, has been used by the Vatican for over five centuries to carry out its will. Forty popes have relied on...

Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its...

Ian Mortimer considers some of the key questions in Medieval history and rethinks the nature of historical evidence. In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most...

The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War may be commemorated by some as a great moment of national history. But the standard history of Britain's choice for...

John Darwin's After Tamerlane , a sweeping six-hundred-year history of empires around the globe, marked him as a historian of massive erudition and narrative mastery. In Unfinished Empire , he...

THE HOLLOW CROWN brilliantly brings to life for the reader a world we have long lost - a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually...

Arcturus Military Classics discuss the strategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and vividly bring to life how these were employed on the battlefields of Europe, North Africa...

The seventies are probably the most important and fascinating period in modern British political history. They encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret...

Everyone has their own family recipe for spaghetti al ragu, pasta carbonara, and pasta pesto. Professional chef and culinary journalist Giovanni D'Apice is an expert on the real cucina povera...

'Incisive but comprehensive, entertaining and well-illustrated, this is the perfect introduction to what was once a huge empire and is now a small but (undeservedly) very lucky country' - TIM...

The second book in a series celebrating the phenomenon of street art in the world's greatest cities. A photographer's view of Berlin's transient street art scene shot over a two...

A history of Russia from its beginnings in the 6th century AD to the 1917 Revolution and the birth of the Soviet State, the era of Stalin and the dawning...

"A journey across centuries of religious conflict "Toby Green's incredible new book brings a vast panorama to life by focusing on the untold stories of individuals from all walks of...

This book will guide you around Belgium's breweries, large and small. Wherever you travel on Belgian roads, you will come across brewers. Often invisible - lurking behind abbey walls, or...

A memorable journey to one of the most picturesque places on earth. This volume transports readers to the legendary region in France that is home to more than 300 remarkable...

A land rich in history, culture and geographical diversity, Spain offers one of the most alluring travel destinations in modern Europe. With her old villages and busy cities, sun-baked countryside...

Denmark is a small and enchanted country whose hills and plains, woods, long beaches and heathery moors mark the point where Northern Europe ends and Scandinavia begins. Traditionally known as...

Golden Prague's thousands of literary allusions are unmistakable in the alleys of Mala Strana and Stare Mesto, and throughout the halls of the massive castle that overlooks the Vltava from...

Sea, mountains, and plains: these are breathtaking landscapes. Croatia offers an abundance of places of interest both for those seeking to explore the outdoors and those wanting to experience history...

As the Allies struggled inland from Normandy in August of 1944, the fate of Paris hung in the balance. Other jewels of Europe,sites like Warsaw, Antwerp, and Monte Cassino,were, or...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his...

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as...

In 1375, Sir William Cantilupe was found murdered in a field outside of a village in Lincolnshire. As the case progressed, fifteen members of his household were indicted for murder,...

The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national...