European History

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsVenice: The Biography Of A City chronicles the captivating history of one of the...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsGossip From The Forest chronicles the tense negotiations that led...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThe Rebello Transcripts: Governor Phillip's Portuguese Prelude by Kenneth Gordon Mcintyre uncovers a crucial, often overlooked period in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsAnother Weeping Woman plunges readers into a gripping historical mystery, chronicling the unsettling disappearance of a young woman in a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsOrdeal By Fire by James M. McPherson presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the American Civil War. This seminal work...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsOther People's Houses chronicles a young woman's experiences navigating various households during wartime, offering...

The 20th century has seen massive changes technologically, socially and in virtually every sphere of life. One of the most marked changes, however, has been the position of women in...

The remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in World War II Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders,...

Sherri Franks Johnson explores the roles of religious women in the changing ecclesiastical and civic structure of late medieval Bologna, demonstrating how convents negotiated a place in their urban context...

Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day. England has long built...

Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius Caesar The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Two thousand years after it occurred,...

The German Spring offensive - or Kaiserschlacht - was a period of great danger for the Allies. Both sides were exhausted after years of bitter fighting and huge losses. While...

"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour "Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson "This fascinating...

The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from...

Author: Norman DaviesBinding: HardbackPublisher: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1983Edition: repr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis two volume historical study...

Author: Pierre De NolhacBinding: HardbackPublisher: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1906Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the opulent history and architectural...

Author: Twenty two authorsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Mas Parrish London, 1949Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA great city reveals itself not in monuments...

Author: Frederick A. PottleBinding: HardbackPublisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: long tears along spineThis compelling biographical account chronicles James Boswell's...

Author: Joanot Martorell & Marti Joan De GalbaBinding: HardbackPublisher: MACMILLAN, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsTirant Lo Blanc stands as a monumental work of chivalric...

Author: Margaret GuidoBinding: HardbackPublisher: Faber and Faber Limited, 1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive archaeological guide, Southern Italy: An Archaeological Guide: The...

Author: Dymphna CusackBinding: HardbackPublisher: Heinemann, London, 1961Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHeat Wave in Berlin chronicles the tense atmosphere...

Author: Lesley LewisBinding: HardbackPublisher: CHATTO & WINDUS, 1961Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Connoisseurs And Secret Agents In Eighteenth Century...

Author: Otto KapfingerBinding: HardbackPublisher: HATJE, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume chronicles the revolutionary spirit of the Vienna Secession, tracing its...

Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublisher: NEWSWEEK, 1981Edition: 8th impr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical account The Colosseum chronicles the monumental construction and enduring legacy of...

Author: Veikko KallioBinding: HardbackPublisher: Veikko Kallio; Edita, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsKirkniemi: An Estate With A Glorious Past chronicles...

Author: Michael MarquseeBinding: HardbackPublisher: CONRAN OCTOPUS, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsVenice: An Illustrated Anthology presents a rich...

Author: Bruno GrimschitzBinding: HardbackPublisher: WIENER VERLAG, 1944Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: ** GERMAN text only**Wiener Barock...

Author: M. Aylwin Cotton And Guy P. R. MetrauxBinding: HardbackPublisher: The British School at Rome and The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust...

Author: Henri Gougaud And Colette GouvionBinding: HardbackPublisher: Bracken Books, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsFrance Observed presents a captivating journey through the diverse landscapes and...

Author: Jock HaswellBinding: HardbackPublisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1969Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on...

Since the mid-1990s, Annette and Caroline Kierulf have practiced what they themselves call "woodcut as cultural critique". Drawing on the medium's rich history as a means of communication and protest,...

At first glance, Anita Albus's artistic practice seems like a welcome anachronism in the midst of the fast pace of contemporary art production: the artist creates detailed images of plants...

While Ukraine holds back Russia's onslaught, Moscow has been working hard at rebuilding its army for the next invasion. But for the past 30 years, Britain and Europe have been...

The design of the Tuscan House has remained virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages, when landowners in the golden hills of Tuscany built country retreats with gardens, porticoes and loggias,...

Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. Native...

A new detailed account of the battle of Poitiers in 1356 which saw one of the most sensational episodes of the Hundred Years War: the capture of the French King...

Recent research into the Duke of Wellington's armies during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign has enhanced our understanding of the men he led, and this new biographical guide...

Through well-researched text, as well as drawings and colour photography, this book captures the magnificence of European cathedrals and the brilliance of the Master Builders and craftsmen who designed and...

The luxury of the ancient world is legendary, but the Athenian reputation is sober because this wealthy, successful city-state spent all its money on the conspicuous consumption of ephemeral things....

Author: Leonard SchapiroBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Turgenev: His Life And Times, chronicles the intricate existence of the...

Author: David ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublisher: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: image torn away on front of dust jacket as shown...

This is the story of two young Welsh cavalry officers who served for much of the Napoleonic Wars with the 15th (King's) Hussars. Major Edwin Griffith and his nephew, Captain...

Emotions are not universal, but are experienced and expressed in diverse ways within different cultures and times. This overview of the history of emotions within nineteenth-century British imperialism focuses on...

This beautifully illustrated book, a companion volume to the best-selling "En passant par la demeure" (published by Verba Volant in 2005), presents three new extraordinary residences decorated by noted French...

Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father's...

Like the author's previous book, The British Army Against Napoleon, Charging Against Wellington draws heavily on primary sources, manuals, memoirs, and regimental histories to bring to life the officers and...

The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting men of the British 4th Army advanced into the teeth of a...

The ship was almost instantly in flames . . . Some jumped overboard immediately, and all was in indescribable confusion. The masts began to fall one after another, and it...