European History

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic...

In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original...

Beautifully repackaged paperback edition of critically acclaimed hardback In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge, and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The...

'Haunting.' Jonathan Freedland 'Powerful.' Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to...

In the summer of 1992, accompanied by Philip Marsden, the exiled poet Zofia Hinska stepped into the Belorussian village where she had spent her childhood. The Bronski House is in...

Giangiacomo Feltrinelli was the most glamorous international publisher of his generation, yet he died violently, as a member of an ultra-left group attempting to blow up an electricity pylon. He...

As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had...

For anyone who loves Barcelona-whether you're a first-time tourist or a lifetime local-this is the book for you. From museums and markets to bakeries and boutiques, artist Cierra Block unlocks...

Moura Budberg: spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century's greatest writers, the Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg was born in 1892 to indulgence, pleasure and selfishness....

A gorgeous cookbook about living well the French way from the founders of the Cook's Atelier, a cooking school in Burgundy, France French at Heart shows how to create simple,...

From the editor of the widely praised Landmark series comes The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander, the account from classical Greece of the conquests of the greatest military leader...

The book titled Provence: Ecco Travels by the author Ford. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

Thirty years after the publication of Peter Mayle's bestselling memoir A Year in Provence , the sun-drenched southern French region continues to excite home decorators with its combination of rustic...

An intelligence agency expose so explosive that the British government tried to stop its publication or the first time ever, MI6, Britain's legendary player at the chessboard of international intelligence-gathering,...

Is there really a new Europe? Have the extraordinary transformations of the last half century - the rise and fall of the Eastern Bloc, Germany's reunification, ethnic warfare, even the...

The book titled Borderlands: Nation and Empire by the author Scott Malcolmson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

Change - sometimes gentle and subtle sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal history, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our...

The third volume of Alan Johnson's bestselling and award-winning memoirs takes us to the corridors of Westminster and lifts the lid on the life of a hard-working constituency MP... Winner...

Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit across France. Following Spain: The Monocle Handbook is the third title in premium series of country-focused guides. France: The Monocle...

Balazuc is a small medieval village carved from a limestone cliff thast towers over the Ardeche River in south-central France. It is a lovely place for visitors, but for residents...

On 16th April 1994, Nick Richardson was shot down over the beseiged Bosnian Muslim town of Gorazde, his plane hit by a surface-to-air missile. NO ESCAPE ZONE is the story...

The book titled A Little Tour in France by the author Henry James. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this book.

This work is a narrative of the most momentous event in the post-war world - the end of communism and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union. Seen, in some...

The past can't be locked away forever... _________________________________________________________________ *Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase & Lucinda Riley* Sweeping from the French Riviera to the wind-blown Cornish cliffs, lose...

The book titled The Rise and Fall of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu by the author Mark Almond. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than...

'Written in gorgeous, sparse prose, We Survived the Night reads like a novel. [...] A book I've been waiting my whole life to read.' Tommy Orange, author of There ThereAs...

The implosion of the Soviet Union was the culmination of a gripping game played out between two men who intensely disliked each other and had different concepts for the future....

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to contemporary Russia by examining its past. This second edition includes new material and expands sections dealing with the late...

American Visions of Europe sets three learned and elegantly written portraits against the background of the dramatic events and foreign policy controversies of the twentieth century. John Lamberton Harper's careful...

In Albania, under the long dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, each Albanian citizen had a biografi - literally an account of their suitability as good socialists which was registered by the...

'Chilling, tragic, and utterly immersive. ' ' This book. Wow, Just, wow! A beautifully written and unforgettable story. I can't stop thinking about it' Occupied France, 1944 In the shadow...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK 'Sheer joy' Graham Norton, author of Home Stretch 'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author...

This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh and others. Together with volumes comprising the text and translations,...

The ancient Mayan civilisation has been brought to life in this fascinating book. With over 450 pages, and many colour photographs, this book will captivate those who are curious about...

In 1947, when Christian Dior's model spun her wasp-waisted skirt and tipped a hat over one eye, the iconic designer became an instant celebrity. His groundbreaking "new look" was quintessentially...

Following training in Australia, Canada and the UK, Fred Riley flew Spitfires with No 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF from October 1943 until December 1944. Flying the Spitfire Mk.V, he escorted...

While great leaders may sometimes be born, there are certain traits they share. To be a highly effective leader you must inspire action, be optimistic, have integrity, support your team,...

Forty years of research has resulted in this exceptional photographic history of life within the 'Sonderlager' of Colditz castle, the famous prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War...

For 12 days in May 1940 the Hurricane squadrons of the Royal Air Force faced the might of the German Air Force and carved a glorious chapter in the annals...

The story of the Sandakan prisoner of war camp during the closing years of World War II. Of the 1793 Australian and 641 British servicemen held in the North Borneo...

The book titled Krait: The Fishing Boat That Went to War by the author Lynette Ramsay Silver. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Berlin airlift, this book describes how, from June 1948 to midsummer 1949, Berlin was blockaded by the Russians and...

No. 9 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, formed in 1914, went to the second great war on 4 September 1939. The Squadron's Wellington aircraft and crews were the first to hit...