European History

THE SILVER SPOON was the first English edition of the bestselling Italian cookbook of the last fifty years, IL CUCCHIAIO D'ARGENTO . With over 2,000 recipes, its simple style and...

Italy is formed of 20 regions, each with its own distinctive history, culture, landscape, and recipes. Organized geographically, The Regional Italian Cookbook: Recipes from The Silver Spoon celebrates the astonishing...

This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant...

Author: Aidan CrawleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Literary Guild, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear to cloth cover; outside of spine...

Author: Andrea C. Mezi, Valerio Ciani Aliani, Guglielmo B. Matthiae, Landro Pirov, Guglielmo TagliacarneBinding: HardbackPublished: Electa EditriceCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. Lazio presents...

The years between the Revolution of 1848 and the end of World War II were characterised by profound social, intellectual and political change in France. The art world, centred in...

Author: Sidney AsterBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, 1939: The Making Of The Second World War, chronicles the pivotal events...

Author: David ArkellBinding: HardbackPublished: Carcanet Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis engaging non-fiction work chronicles the intriguing relationship between French culture and London's vibrant landscape. David Arkell's...

Author: Alan BorgBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some foxing on blockThis scholarly volume chronicles the intricate world...

Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Waanders Publishers, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg: Observe, Reflect, Act presents a...

Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Jewish Cultural Quarter / Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg:...

Author: Gianfranco PertotBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Holberton publishing, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the intricate physical evolution of Venice...

Author: Donald S. GardenBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Heidelberg: The Land And Its People 1838-1900, chronicles a pivotal era...

Author: Leon BernardBinding: HardbackPublished: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: small neat tears on top of jacket,...

Author: Donald GarstangBinding: HardbackPublished: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume chronicles the artistic legacy of Giacomo Serpotta and the influential stuccatori of Palermo,...

Author: Derek Fraser (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Manchester University Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: mesasge to previous owner on FEPA History Of Modern Leeds presents a comprehensive...

Since Franco's death, Spain has managed the considerable achievement of a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. Spaniards are recovering a tradition of tolerance lost in 1492, when Granada, the...

Fighting was raging on the other side of the Channel, but in London, in the warmth of a drowsy late-September afternoon, the war seemed a long way away. The roads...

World War II stung Britain like a wasp. It was a stimulus and an endurance. The Blitz concentrated the mind wonderfully. The arts flowered - poetry and painting, cinema and...

Join Marcus Wareing on a culinary journey through France and bring French cooking to your home kitchen. In his 40 years as a chef, Marcus Wareing has immersed himself in...

This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant...

'Ingenious... a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a...

The very idea of photography is to imitate its motifs as precise as possible. Today's digital images have a preciseness of millions of pixels. But in photography's infancy the act...

Andre Marfaing (1925-87) was a French non-figurative painter and printmaker associated with abstract art and informalism. This catalogue raisonne of is a complete repertory of his painted work, from his...

On 3 September 1650 Oliver Cromwell won a decisive victory over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar - a victory that is often regarded as his finest hour...

'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...

Author: Sidney Bloch And Peter ReddawayBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work, Soviet Psychiatric Abuse: The Shadow Over World Psychiatry, meticulously chronicles...

Author: Gustav KünstlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive overview presents the artistic achievements during the Romanesque period across the continent. The...

Author: Mary MccarthyBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work presents a profound examination of Florence, illuminating its artistic and historical grandeur through...

Author: Paul IgnotusBinding: HardbackPublished: ERNEST BENN LIMITED, 1972Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis compelling historical account, Hungary, by Paul Ignotus, chronicles the tumultuous journey of...

Author: Rose MacaulayBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsFabled Shore: From The Pyrenees To Portugal chronicles an enchanting journey...

Author: Peter BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: TEMPLE SMITH, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical analysis, Venice & Amsterdam: A Study Of Seventeenth-Century Elites, presents...

Author: Graham BushBinding: HardbackPublished: ACADEMY EDITIONS LONDON; ST MARTIN'S PRESS NEW YORK, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerOld London presents a vivid historical panorama of England's...

Author: John Henry Parker, C.B.Binding: HardbackPublished: JAMES PARKER AND CO., JOHN MURRAY, 1876Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Presentation copy ‘with...

The fascinating narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure...

Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Her accession, in the summer of 1553, took place against the odds and it was, in many ways,...

Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley?the love affair immortalized in Philippa Gregory's "The Virgin's Lover"?but nearly fifty years have...

The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of history The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of...

"The wealth of facts and erudition bring magic to Dirk Velghe's Paris. A place where even tragedy seems less sombre. Anyone who does not already love Paris will fall for...

Borders within Europe are far from absolute. They have been blurring steadily ever since the Schengen agreements of 1985. Twenty-six countries with a total border diameter of 16,500 kilometres can...

An extensive monograph on this architect and designer's oeuvre Gianni Arnaudo is an architect and designer with a powerful creative drive. After graduating from the Polytechnic of Turin in 1971,...

In winter 2006, under the stewardship of philosopher Wolfgang Scheppe, a collective of students from the IUAV University in Venice fanned out to subject their city to a forensic structural...

This book is an introduction to the topic of sculptural friezes ranging from England to Normandy, the Loire Valley and Northern Italy. Among the most important of all the surviving...

Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography Lorenzo The Magnificent chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the Renaissance's...

This book encapsulates, through the business and social connections of Charles Roe of Macclesfield and his son, William, the hitherto somewhat elusive period called Georgian. It highlights important families in...

Author: John R. EltingBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJohn R. Elting's Battles For Scandinavia chronicles the pivotal military conflicts that shaped the history of the Nordic...

Author: Robert Edwin Herzstein Binding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the pivotal military engagements that shaped the destiny of the Scandinavian nations....