European History

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of Victorian historiography, History of Civilization in England presents a sweeping and ambitious argument that the progress...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative history, The Enterprise of England: The Spanish Armada chronicles one of the most dramatic confrontations of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of literary biography, Ronald Hingley's A New Life of Anton Chekhov chronicles the life of...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markings"The Glories of Ancient History" is a historical survey that chronicles the great...

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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA rigorous work of Reformation history, Luther's Earliest Opponents: Catholic Controversialists, 1518–1525 presents a meticulously researched examination...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA taut Cold War thriller, The Leipzig Affair chronicles the dangerous world of espionage...

In the spring of 1926, the writer Vita Sackville-West travelled to Persia to visit her husband, Harold Nicolson, who was at the British Legation. Her journey took her through Egypt,...

The book titled The Romans, The by the author Lesley Adkins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Britannia traces Britain's history - from Roman province to global superpower to post imperial 21st-century European nation state - through one hundred historic documents. From the eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels to...

This superb illustrated series charts the rise and fall of the German Air Force from 1939 to 1945. Each volume makes use of over a hundred rare and valuable photographs,...

The Local takes us through the pubs of London on the eve of the Second World War. With Edward Ardizzone and Maurice Gorham as our guides, we experience a vanished...

The book titled Warfare in the Middle Ages by the author Richard Humble. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Focusing on the first meetings of Maoris and Europeans from 1642 to 1722, this book reassesses accounts of early meetings between these two worlds, which have been told almost exclusively...

How did early European artists of Australia and New Zealand perceive the Maori? What sort of images of Maori society and culture did they create? What ethnic preconceptions lay behind...

This comprises specially-commissioned new translations from Bede's historical writings: "Life of Cuthbert", "Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow" and his "Ecclesiastical History" - telling of the land and...

Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers and tourists, London is one of the world's most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic...

With a foreword by the Rt Hon Sir John Major, The Queen: The Diamond Jubilee is a beautifully illustrated commemoration of the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, from...

After his crushing defeat of Prussia in 1806, Napoleon marched into Poland to forestall any Russian attempts to come to the aid of their ally. There then followed the bloody...

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Edition: 1st english translation Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA work of mid-twentieth-century French literary fiction, The Neon Halo by Jean-Louis...

In January 1937, the Spanish Republican government asked Picasso to paint a mural for the Spanish pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. At first unsure of how to tackle...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in the history of chemical warfare and international strategy, The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and...

The Tudor period (1485 to 1603) marks in the minds of many the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the totemic figure of the virgin queen - Elizabeth...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of biographical literature, Madame Curie chronicles the extraordinary life of Marie Curie — the pioneering physicist and chemist who...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing, "Illyria Reborn" records Australian novelist Dymphna Cusack's 1964 journey through...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly personal work of travel writing and memoir, From Odessa to Odessa: The Journey of an Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the idealistic and turbulent backdrop of interwar Geneva, Grand Days is a sweeping work of literary historical fiction...

The book titled Crowns in Conflict: Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy, by the author Theo Aronson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Chapter OneUnbeknown to Mary Berry, two days before she wrote to her confidant Bertie Greatheed in Go ttingen, Admiral Nelson's fleet had destroyed Napoleon Bonaparte's army in the battle of...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Osprey's Battles of World War II: Caen 1944; Montgomery's Break-Out Attempt chronicles one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Centre chronicles one of...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Normandy 1944: Allied Landings and Breakout chronicles one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Osprey's Battles of World War II: Sevastopol 1942 – Von Manstein's Triumph chronicles one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Gazala 1942; Rommel's Greatest Victory chronicles one of the most decisive...