European History

The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes...

The story of the great battles of the First World War has been told by historians, journalists and others. The shock and slaughter of the Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele are...

A thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo Between 1660 and 1815 British supremacy on foreign soil was near total. Central to this success...

The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who...

In this book, which accompanies and expands on his Channel 4 television series, leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it...

'Engrossing.' -Observer 'Remarkable.' - The Times 'Magnificent.' - Phillipe Sands 'Gripping.' - Literary Review 'A history so outlandish and unlikely that you feel it must be true . . .[A]...

A brilliant hybrid of myth, history and fantasy from Sylvia Townsend Warner, one of the twentieth century's great novelists Don Juan, that notorious libertine, has disappeared. Has he been dragged...

The book titled The Princes in the Tower by the author Elizabeth Jenkins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Hitler's ambitious plans to force two Panzer armies through to take the vital port of Antwerp, separating the British and American forces could have resulted in a second Dunkrik. This...

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

For the best part of the 20th century, Germany has either united the world in anger or driven it apart. Its late appearance on the European scene in 1871 might...

A murderer targets British historians of the First World War in this 1970s classic Paul Mitchell spends his days researching the carnage of the First World War in the silence...

A fascinating historical account of Greece at a point of crisis Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story...

'A powerful story, beautifully told' M.L. STEDMAN 'Truly compelling' WILLIAM BOYD 'Exquisitely written and deeply human' CHRIS CLEAVE 'Far-reaching, but also intimate and intensely personal' FLORENCE KNAPP 'Alluring in its...

The Wow! board books are a series of modern first concept books for today's children. The books put little ones in the centre of the action with relatable experiences that...

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by...

No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome. Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and Cicero, walk around temples visited by Roman emperors,...

'Cannon has a keen descriptive eye and a striking, lyrical turn of phrase . . . a rich, warm, authoritative book' TLS This is the definitive tale of how our...

The entire Greek world plunged into three decades of bloodshed in 431 B.C., when the ongoing friction between Athens and Sparta exploded into war. Ten years into the struggle, the...

'A stunning book, a powerful investigation, utterly compelling,' James Holland, The Daily Telegraph , Five stars Ponar, Lithuania. 1944. The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume and incinerate the...

Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The time between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914...

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and artist Juanita Londono, this lyrical celebration of the first day of school across every continent explores what going back to...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ANDY BURNHAM, MAYOR OF GREATER MANCHESTER 'What Manchester thinks today,...

This work offers an account of the heroes and villains, legends and foibles of the four nations that inhabit the British Isles. Raphael Samuel is interested by the face that...

Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a...

From the bestselling author of The Red Notebook When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers' room is convinced it's...

Uncover the gripping narrative of Irish immigrants who transformed America in the aftermath of the Great Hunger. Tyler Anbinder's landmark work exposes the grit and resilience of the Famine Irish,...

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism. The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our...

Although my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had not lost my identity totally. I may no longer have had a name, but I...

A vital history from the award-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens on the dramatic century since the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition. These Divided Isles tells the story from both sides...

From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie...

The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of Impressionism Based on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, Jackie Wullschl ger's enthralling biography is the first account...

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travellers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don't want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting...

Marco Polo Pocket Guide Munich: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips. Explore Munich with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the city's...

(Edition updated in 2023) MICHELIN Provence-Alps-French Riviera Regional Map scale 1/200,000 will provide you with an extensive coverage of primary, secondary and scenic routes for this region. In addition to...

As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler's newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that...

A fascinating portrait of a pivotal period in the life of Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles depicts a decisive moment in the life of...

Upon the death of her husband, Innocenzo Monti, Lalla Romano sought to distil the essence of their long life together. The result was In Farthest Seas : a piercingly intimate...

As war between Prussia and Denmark brews over the territory of Schleswig-Holstein, a German nobleman is called to serve as a gentleman-in-waiting at the Danish court. Count Holk's life so...

Lene is an orphaned seamstress; Botho is a nobleman and an officer in one of the Prussian army's most glittering regiments. But whatever their differences of class and education, their...

Effi Briest is only seventeen when she is married off to Baron von Innstetten, travelling to live with him in a provincial town on the remote Baltic coast of Prussia....

Sparta - its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness, justice and masculinity. The Spartans' reputation as fighters is matched only by...

Part journal, part commonplace book, among many gems you will find enlightenment and advice on everything from dreams to garlic; patriotism to wrinkles. Written throughout her life but only discovered...

Welcome to Paradise opens a window into the hearts of a small group of African would-be emigrants, waiting on the beach in Morocco for a boat that will take them...

The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world's deadliest militia " Putin's Sledgehammer provides an in-depth account of, and essential political and economic background to, the story of...

Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very height of the English Civil...