European History

The book titled Essence of Catalonia by the author Alastair Boyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Strolling Through Athens by the author John Freely. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight stains to page edges, previous owner details to FEP.The history of...

William Adam

Author: Papal GalleriesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Museums and Pagal Galleries, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive art history volume presents an unparalleled visual...

Author: Jane Martineau And Andrew RobisonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Glory Of Venice: The Eighteenth Century...

Author: Francis HaskellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Phaidon, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the fascinating shifts in artistic appreciation and the...

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

A rediscovered classic memoir - the scintillatingly witty account of one extraordinary woman's life during a turbulent century 'A voice so vivid it seems impossible that it should ever have...

This book tackles how and why 'landscape' (farms, gardens, countryside) set the scene in the first centuries BCE and CE for Romans keen to talk up and about (but also...

At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation of Rome takes as its starting point a series of accounts of Rome's origins...

When the first edition of "Stonehenge Complete" was published, it won the British Archaeological Book Award. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries: speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and...

Cradle of antiquity and hedonistic centre of la dolce vita, the Eternal City transgresses trends, styles and fashion - and yet is an epicentre of European fashion and home to...

Author: Francesco RoncalliBinding: PaperbackPublished: Monumenti, Musei E Gallerie Pontificie, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. This comprehensive volume chronicles the artistic and...

The book titled Culture Shock!: Italy by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For over a century, the Touring Club of Italy has been publishing the country's most authoritative guidebooks and maps. The Heritage Series is the expert's guide to travel and sightseeing...

18 of the most stately retreats found in Rome and the surrounding countryside, from the Villa Medici to the splendid Villa Farnesina.

Author: William GauntBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE STUDIO LONDON, 1926Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear, minor loosening of spineWilliam Gaunt's Rome: Past...

Rome's ancient monuments and spectacular galleries - for centuries a major draw on the international tourism map - are looking more magnificent than ever after the programme of restoration of...

Author: R. Ross HollowayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge, 1996Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work, The Archaeology Of Early Rome And Latium, meticulously...

Author: Gene BruckerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: General yellowing of external cover and pages, signed by previous owner on internal coverThe scholarly...

Author: Michael RandleBinding: PaperbackPublished: HAWTHORN PRESS, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis political science work chronicles the significant role of citizen movements...

This guide offers a complete history of Paris and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as the Roman village of "Lutetia Parisiorum" with a few...

Roman Public Buildings was first published in the Exeter Studies in History series in 1989. It examines the development of Roman architecture and the significance of different types of buildings...

Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138), a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian...

Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different center: now the trading port on the Tiber; now the Forum of antiquity; the...

The gruesome Aztec practice of mass human sacrifice horrified Cortes when he entered Tenochticlan in 1519. Yet these bloodthirsty warriors also created a refined society, monumental architecture, powerful sculpture, magnificently...

The Louvre, the Place Royale (now the Place des Vosges), the Place and rue Dauphine, the Pont Neuf and the Hopital Saint Louis were part of a building programme initiated...

Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty Years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the...

In 1947 a young american woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But Rome had its way with her, the novel was...

Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling 'captivating' and 'a treasure of a read'... Love grows where you least expect it... July...

"The Annals of London" chronicles the events which have changed the face of London and engaged, diverted or outraged its inhabitants in the years since the settlement of Londinium was...

Robert Hooke was one of the most gifted men of his age, but it was his great misfortune to work in the sphere of two remarkable men - Isaac Newton...

This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social...

The first paperback edition of Simon Schama's acclaimed and bestselling Power of Art. * 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of...

A stimulating series of journeys through the 'back country' behind the fabled French Riviera taking the visitor to unexplored mountain landscapes, perched villages, wayside chapels and the pathways taken by...

Rome's oldest known Latin inscription dates from the sixth century BC; the most recent major specimen was mounted in 2006-a span of more than two and a half millennia. Remarkably,...

A celebration of William Guilfoyle-botanist, landscape designer, tourist and writer Explore the grand gardens and forests of Europe and Britain with esteemed landscape designer William Guilfoyle, as he did with...

Blending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine...

The book titled The Devil's Birthday: Bridges to Arnhem, 1944 by the author Geoffrey Powell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Through a lively blend of memoirs, reminiscences, and modern day adventure, John Baxter (author of The Perfect Meal and Immoveable Feast ) takes us into the heart of Paris during...

An engrossing portrait of #1 bestseller Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary history of his family and the tumultuous twentieth century in Europe A captivating portrait of number-one...

Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable - war and humiliation....

Trails to Freedom is the story of a solo hike across the Alps that brings to life the fascinating, largely unknown history of the Anzac POWs who escaped Fascist Italy...

Intrepid Italy is your inspirational guide to discovering the most engaging and fulfilling experiences from across the country - for locals, and new and repeat visitors alike. Whether it's your...

Brimming with life and drama, this is a magnificent journey into two thousand years of history, from the acclaimed and beloved historian of Europe 'All roads lead to Rome.' It's...

A compelling new historical mystery from the author of The Secrets of Rochester Place and The Story Collector How far will they go to find their story? When Alexis meets...