European History

Britannia traces Britain's history - from Roman province to global superpower to post imperial 21st-century European nation state - through one hundred historic documents. From the eighth-century Lindisfarne Gospels to...

The Local takes us through the pubs of London on the eve of the Second World War. With Edward Ardizzone and Maurice Gorham as our guides, we experience a vanished...

The book titled Warfare in the Middle Ages by the author Richard Humble. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In this lively and comprehensive book, Monica Bohm-Duchen examines Marc Chagall's prodigious output, not only in painting but also in book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry. She follows...

Focusing on the first meetings of Maoris and Europeans from 1642 to 1722, this book reassesses accounts of early meetings between these two worlds, which have been told almost exclusively...

Drawing on interviews with leading figures such as Gorbachev and senior members of the Yeltsin team, this book examines the extraordinary changes that have occurred in Russia since 1987. It...

How did early European artists of Australia and New Zealand perceive the Maori? What sort of images of Maori society and culture did they create? What ethnic preconceptions lay behind...

This comprises specially-commissioned new translations from Bede's historical writings: "Life of Cuthbert", "Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow" and his "Ecclesiastical History" - telling of the land and...

The story of the Catholic Church's role in the persecution of the Jews. In this investigation, David Kertzer argues that the Roman Catholic Church's role in the historical hatred and...

Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers and tourists, London is one of the world's most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic...

With a foreword by the Rt Hon Sir John Major, The Queen: The Diamond Jubilee is a beautifully illustrated commemoration of the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, from...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ - minor glue residue on rear panel. A richly imagined work of historical fiction, Gossip From...

Edition: 1st english translation Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA work of mid-twentieth-century French literary fiction, The Neon Halo by Jean-Louis...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of modern historical scholarship, Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century...

Journey into Spain with some of the world's best writers, and discover a country of heightened senses, bougainvillea blossoming in crimson and orange, and air pungent with sizzling olive oil....

Few living Russians speak with greater authority on their country s prospects, and few have Solzhenitsyn s genius for provoking a creative debate. Steeped as he is in Russia s...

In January 1937, the Spanish Republican government asked Picasso to paint a mural for the Spanish pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. At first unsure of how to tackle...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in the history of chemical warfare and international strategy, The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and...

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The Tudor period (1485 to 1603) marks in the minds of many the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the totemic figure of the virgin queen - Elizabeth...

In 1900 the great European Empires stood prosperous and strong in the centre of the world stage, surrounded by an aura of glamour and optimism. By 1945 the old order...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of biographical fiction, Lust for Life chronicles the turbulent and passionate...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of Marxist historiography, Ireland Her Own presents a sweeping and passionately...

'Wonderful ... I fell immediately into her world' Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun Kinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents'...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of biographical literature, Madame Curie chronicles the extraordinary life of Marie Curie — the pioneering physicist and chemist who...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of historical biography, Zoé Oldenbourg's Catherine the Great chronicles the extraordinary life of one of history's most formidable rulers,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing, "Illyria Reborn" records Australian novelist Dymphna Cusack's 1964 journey through...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA work of Australian literary fiction, Time of Conflict by Judah Waten chronicles the lives of Jewish immigrants...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly personal work of travel writing and memoir, From Odessa to Odessa: The Journey of an Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet against the idealistic and turbulent backdrop of interwar Geneva, Grand Days is a sweeping work of literary historical fiction...

A new approach to historical biography - she has studied both the original sources and recent works of scholarship and has a thorough understanding of the period. SUNDAY TIMES Until...

The book titled Crowns in Conflict: Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy, by the author Theo Aronson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA scholarly survey of three of the twentieth century's most revolutionary art movements, this...

One of the most important untold stories of World War II, The Light of Days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish...

Class is an emotive subject, and never more so than today. It is part of the very fabric of our contemporary society and Professor Marwick's major historical study of the...

A humorous journey around Britain discovering the history of the eccentrics, crackpots and visionaries who have tried to measure and predict the weather, meeting people obsessed with the weather today...

Marek Kohn examines the resurgent racialism in science in a timely expose. The ideas, which exploit anxieties about race and social breakdown and their defenders, are analysed in this book."

Chapter OneUnbeknown to Mary Berry, two days before she wrote to her confidant Bertie Greatheed in Go ttingen, Admiral Nelson's fleet had destroyed Napoleon Bonaparte's army in the battle of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of art history and criticism, "Byzantine Painting" presents one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Osprey's Battles of World War II: Caen 1944; Montgomery's Break-Out Attempt chronicles one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Centre chronicles one of...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Normandy 1944: Allied Landings and Breakout chronicles one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Osprey's Battles of World War II: Sevastopol 1942 – Von Manstein's Triumph chronicles one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: New Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA focused work of military history, Battles of World War II: Gazala 1942; Rommel's Greatest Victory chronicles one of the most decisive...