European History

Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force s battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid...

He became king before his first birthday, inheriting a vast empire from his military hero father; she was the daughter of a king without power, who made an unexpected marriage...

These are the diaries of Gerald Achilles Burgoyne, wrote from the trenches just south of Ypres while he was with the Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War. The author's...

This book explores the liturgical experience of emotions in Byzantium through the hymns of Romanos the Melodist, Andrew of Crete and Kassia. It reimagines the performance of their hymns during...

From the time of the Crimean War through the fall of the Tsar, the question of what to do about the Russian empire's large Muslim population was a highly contested...

***SPECIAL PRICE down from $90.00 while stocks last*** Founded by Charles II 'for the succour and relief of veterans broken by age and war', designed by Sir Christopher Wren and...

After the Napoleonic War British artists red iscovered Italy. The heat of the South lured chilly Northene rs to discover passion amongst its pagan idylls, an allure w hich was...

The Walking the Western Front series started in 2012 with the release of two films on the Ypres Salient. Directed by acclaimed film maker Ed Skelding with guest historian Nigel...

Author: Alan MayneBinding: HardbackPublished: Dante Alighieri Society., 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the intricate journey of Italian identity and cultural preservation within Melbourne, Australia....

Author: H.J. Dyos And Michael WolffBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge and Kegan Paul., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading to DJ, top-edge discoloured due to...

Author: Milton GrundyBinding: HardbackPublished: Lund Humphries., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markings-

Author: Rolf TomanBinding: HardbackPublished: KÖNEMANN., 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsProvence: Art · Architecture · Landscape presents a comprehensive visual and cultural journey through one of France's most enchanting...

Author: Gertrude HimmelfarbBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Idea Of Poverty: England In The Early Industrial Age presents a...

Author: M. M. Checksfield, B.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, 1966Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the vibrant tapestry...

Author: Pedro De PalolBinding: HardbackPublished: EDICIONES POLIGRAFA, S. A., 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: **Text in Spanish, English, French and German.**Arte Hispánico De La Época Visigoda...

Author: André BarretBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBarrett’s travel writing presents a vivid portrait of Greece as a modern nation shaped by its ancient...

Author: Christopher Sinclair-StevensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, England, 1979Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Blood Royal: The Illustrious House Of Hanover, chronicles the...

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth...

Author: Susan Weber SorosBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: HEAVYJames Athenian Stuart: The Rediscovery Of Antiquity by Susan Weber Soros chronicles the...

Author: Donald J. Macdonald Of CastletonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald Publishers, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing on book block. Glue stains on endpapers, otherwise...

The huge stone circles built in the British Isles and northwest France from 6,500 to 3,500 years ago are among civilization's strangest monuments. Ignored or plundered for centuries, they have...

An absorbing picture of turn-of-the-century Florence and those who traveled there to experience its cultural riches By the end of the nineteenth century, Florence was a key destination for cultured...

Author: Peter Lauritzen And Alexander ZielckeBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chipping to corner of DJ, some...

Author: John HaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerJohn Hale's Italian Renaissance Painting presents a comprehensive overview of one of art history's most vibrant periods....

Author: Rudolf WittkowerBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic work, Gothic Versus Classic: Architectural Projects In Seventeenth-Century...

Author: Grant AllenBinding: HardbackPublished: Grant Richards, 1899Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis captivating Victorian narrative, The European Tour, chronicles the adventures...

Author: H.G. Koenigsberger, G.L. MosseBinding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some tears and discolouration...

Author: Hilda D. Spear And Abdel Moneim AlyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cecil Woolf London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work illuminates E.M. Forster's profound connection to Egypt, specifically...

Author: Joan CampbellBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the influential German Werkbund, an early 20th-century movement...

Author: Denys HayBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Church In Italy In The Fifteenth Century presents a meticulous examination of the ecclesiastical landscape...

Author: Robert KatzBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markings-

Author: J. W. FranklinBinding: HardbackPublished: B.T. Batsford, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chipping to DJ, tanning and foxing to page...

Author: Harold P. ClunnBinding: HardbackPublished: Spring Books, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Face of Paris presents a meticulous topographical...

Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography, Catherine De' Medici, chronicles the...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: James Barrie., 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FEP detaching from binding.This captivating historical account chronicles the...

Author: Alan HaynesBinding: HardbackPublished: Peter Owen., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to edge of DJ, light foxing.-

Author: Adam NicolsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling travelogue, Frontiers: From The Arctic Circle To The Aegean, One Man's Journey...

Author: J. AdolphiBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRobert Branner’s *Chartres Cathedral* offers a clear, insightful exploration of one of the great monuments of...

Author: Edward GibbonBinding: HardbackPublished: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES - LONDON, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerEdward Gibbon's monumental work, The Decline And Fall Of The...

In this text, Dorothy Rowe demonstrates how the sexualized image of Berlin in Weimar Germany arose at the same time as radical social changes in the history and position of...

An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia...

Real wages, the result of a simple division of wages by prices, are at the centre of historical and socio-economic research. In a time of growing commercial and industrial internationalism,...

Biographer of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Stanley Wientraub employs previously little-used or unknown diaries, letters, memoirs and reportage from both sides of the Atlantic to throw fresh light...

This illustrated guide to the 1000-year-old city of Prague covers its history, cultural heritage, architecture, literature, art, folk traditions and people. Despite a turbulent history of invasions and rebellions, conquests...

Author: Brendan CassidyBinding: HardbackPublished: HARVEY MILLER PUBLISHERS, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography The Life & Letters Of Gavin Hamilton: Artist & Art Dealer In Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Frederick PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 1917Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and dull spine. Hinges cracked....

Author: Sarah BradfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Penguin, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous existence of one of history's most enigmatic figures against the vibrant and often brutal...

Author: A.J. Berry, With Appendices By David FrewBinding: HardbackPublished: Blackie and Son Limited, 1911Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLands...