European History

Seventy Five at Seventy Five is about the visual working life of US photographer Abe Frajndlich, starting from the 1970s to the present. The book covers his myriad themes and...

On the 17th May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bomber crews gathered at a remote RAF station in Lincolnshire for a mission of extraordinary daring and high risk a night raid on...

John Vandeleur's letters home to his parents are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting everything from day-to-day life on campaign to the experience...

The secret history of London, as told by some of its less familiar sights- from Aeroville, Hendon to the zodiacal clock of Bracken House, and from Alexander Pope's grotto to...

1527. Gregorio 'The Cavalier' Casali is Henry VIII's man in Rome. An Italian freelance diplomat, he charmed his way into the English service before he was twenty. But now he...

The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish culture and the epitome of Irish romanticism, they have...

In 1914 the world changed forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author Kate Adie shows how women emerged from...

A highly readable review of some 700 years of avian exploitation. The way wild birds have been exploited over the centuries forms the focus of this remarkable new book by...

This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalised...

In February 1782, England opened their newspapers to read the details of Sir Richard Worsley vs. George Maurice Bisset, a Criminal Conversation trial in which the aggrieved Sir Richard attempted...

Published to tie in with the seven part Channel Four series, this is an exploration of the lives of the ordinary inhabitants of Britain, starting when Britain first became an...

THE BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS is a five part series, each programme 50 minutes long, fronted by Julian (Meet The Ancestors) Richards, which was shown on BBC 2, last November....

Traces Berlin's evolution from a thirteenth-century village to divided city to its modern incarnation and examines its institutions, architecture, social welfare, and arts.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, artists and travellers were lured to Rome, the home of civilized values and artistic beauty. But the history of visiting Rome had a pathological...

This illustrated account reveals how the exhibition was conceived and planned, why it was a success, what it meant to the millions of visitors, challenges the common view that it...

This biography of King George IV provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. It examines his important contributions to the cultural enhancement of his capital and his...

How much do the British really care about their stately homes? In this wide-ranging account of the changing fortunes and status of the stately homes of England over the past...

During much of the sixteenth century, Rome was the artistic centre of the known world, and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the wealthy and powerful grandson of Pope Paul III, was the...

The book titled The Fall of the Roman Empire by the author Michael Grant. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Country House: A Wartime History, 1939-45 by the author Caroline Seebohm. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In 1840, conflict within the Ottoman Empire gave rise to a serious all-European crisis which led to a diplomatic rupture between France and other Great Powers. The crisis was given...

A #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism,...

April 2005 is the 90th anniversay of the Gallipoli landings and this special hardback commemorative edition to mark the occasion. This book brings an epic tragedy to life, the account...

Theodosius II (AD 408-450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its...

'The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this history; they are its victims and...

The Giulio Romano exhibition in Mantua in 1989 was the occasion for the publication, for the first time, of a full and thorough account of Giulio's art. This hugely successful...

Here is the Rome of the Popes, of a poet who loathed priests - Shelley, his wife and their son - in happiness and in tragedy. Here too are the...

11-15 am, 3 September 1939. The nation gathers around their radios to hear Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain make the announcement they have feared for months- Britain is at war with...

From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of...

Pellegrino Artusi, the great gastronome and amateur detective, is back. It is 1900 and Pellegrino's famed cookbook is in its fifth edition. Flushed from his fortune and success, our hero...

From bestselling cookery author, Gino D'Acampo, comes a brand-new cookbook inspired by a culinary journey along Italy's most famous rail journeys. GINO'S ITALIAN EXPRESS is a celebration of the delicious...

Late medieval church courts frequently excommunicated debtors at the request of their creditors. Tyler Lange analyzes over 11,000 excommunications between 1380 and 1530 in order to explore the forms, rhythms,...

The book titled Scottish History by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This hugely praised and bestselling book is Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work. EMPIRE is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces....

On March 27, 2003, President George W. Bush said, aAmerica has learned a lot about Tony Blair over the last weeks . . . and weare proud to have him...

A fascinating life of the father of the New Germany In an astonishing political career that spanned six decades including fourteen years as chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer (1876...

Author: John J. MurrayBinding: HardbackPublished: David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAmsterdam: In The Age Of Rembrandt chronicles the vibrant history of...

Author: A. H. Farrar-HockleyBinding: HardbackPublished: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA. H. Farrar-Hockley's The Somme chronicles one of the most devastating battles in human...

Author: Manfredo TafuriBinding: HardbackPublished: The MIT Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in very good condition. Clean and bright text. This scholarly work chronicles the...

Author: Kate MosseBinding: HardbackPublished: Phoenix, 2005Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet in the medieval Languedoc region of France, Labyrinth weaves a gripping historical...

Author: J.C.H. AvelingBinding: HardbackPublished: Blond & Briggs, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsJ.C.H. Aveling's The Jesuits chronicles the intricate and often controversial history of the Society...

Author: Andrew C. JanosBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work chronicles Hungary's political and economic trajectory from the reform era to the...

Author: Rubinstein, Hilary LBinding: HardbackPublished: Scottish Academic Press Limited, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis political biography presents the turbulent life of James, first Duke of Hamilton, a...

Author: Paul AvrichBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson., 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed DJ with marking to front, tanned page edges, FEP clipped.Paul Avrich's The Anarchists...

"This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him" - Amazon reader review "Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggerio's...

"I never really think of anyone as models, even the models," Juergen Teller has said, and "Everything I choose to photograph, I think is beautiful." It was with these liberating...

This text explores the conflict that began in 1756 and ended in 1763, generally known as the Seven Years War, which the author believes laid the foundations of the British...