European History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of Victorian Britain's most turbulent democratic crisis stands the Second Reform Act of 1867 — a seismic piece of legislation that...

Edition: advance reading copyCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat begins as an ordinary evening in Madrid spirals into something darkly unforgettable when...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of agrarian life and early capitalist enterprise, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists presents a sweeping...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of faith, politics, and warfare, Britain, Ireland and the Crusades, c.1000–1300 presents a rigorous...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the winter of 1127, the peaceful county of Flanders was shattered by an act of brutal treachery...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a sweeping chronicle of one of history's most turbulent epochs, Nomads and Crusaders A.D. 1000–1368 presents a...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of Stalin's purges, a brilliant engineer named Peter Palchinsky was executed in 1929 for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed,Previous ownerAt the very heart of the City of London, on a street whose...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the shadows of Spain's imperial golden age lay a brutal and largely forgotten system of forced labour — one that shaped the very...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBefore the gold rush transformed Melbourne into a boomtown of fortune-seekers and frontier chaos, a remarkably refined society had already taken root on the...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAt the twilight of the Roman Empire and through the turbulent centuries that followed,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of Rome's most ambitious northern frontier, Gallia Belgica stands as the definitive scholarly account of one of the ancient...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAt the crossroads of civilisation, where the first schools, academies, and philosophical traditions took root, James Bowen's A History of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew centuries have reshaped the human story with the ferocity and speed of the twentieth, and J. M. Roberts' Twentieth Century: The History of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the annals of ancient conflict, few events have captivated historians as profoundly as the catastrophic war that...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedFrom the Norman Conquest to the final throes of the Hundred Years' War, England in Europe 1066–1453 presents a sweeping and authoritative examination of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFor nearly eight centuries, the Byzantine Empire endured as one of history's most formidable military powers, and Warren...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodIn the turbulent age of the Plantagenets, the knights and landowners of Yorkshire were far more...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of intellectual revolution and armed conflict, Milestones of History 6: The Pen and the Sword chronicles one of history's most turbulent and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the twilight of an era, empires crumbled and new worlds were discovered — Milestones of History 7: Twilight of Princes chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the crucible of the sixteenth century, Europe was torn apart by forces of religious upheaval and political rebellion that would permanently...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingThe nineteenth century was an era of breathtaking transformation, and Milestones of History 8: Age of Optimism chronicles the defining events and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThe world was brought to its knees in the 1930s, and The Great Depression by Marion Yass chronicles one of the most devastating economic collapses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of the Great War's uneasy peace, the seeds of an even greater catastrophe were being sown across Europe — and Roger...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThree hundred years after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 shattered the lives of hundreds of thousands of Protestant Huguenots across France,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhen the monarchy was swept back into power in 1660, England underwent one of the most dramatic political reversals in its long...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of myth and history, two civilisations arose that would forge the very foundations of the modern world...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the great waves of modern migration reshaped the world, thousands of Swedes boarded ships bound...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, front cover detached. The Times History of the War stands as one of the most ambitious and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of civilization's most turbulent centuries, three great forces — the warrior tribes of the north,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of medieval tradition and revolutionary transformation, The Birth of Modern Europe chronicles one of the...

Edition: 1st ed,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the Iron Curtain, a forbidden heroine was born — a wild, anarchic superwoman named Octobriana,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodCondition remarks: english text. Minor stains on boards. Few events have reshaped the modern world as dramatically as the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the legendary founding of the city on the banks of the Tiber to the dramatic collapse of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where Christian theology met Roman law and Greek philosophy, the Byzantine Empire endured for over a millennium — a...

Discover the work of legendary fashion and society photographer Madame d'Ora, who documented both the glamour and the tragedy of 20th-century Europe. Born Dora Kallmus (1881-1963), the Austrian fashion and...

How did the introduction of the button change medieval life? If you found yourself in Elizabethan England, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than...

Have you ever had the feeling that, in some hard to define way, we are throwing away two and a half millennia of Western civilisation, but by bit, as our...

The authors discuss the tactical and strategic situations, assess the effectiveness of the commanders and give narrative accounts of the major battles of WWII.

The last fight of the Revenge, which took place during the last two days of August 1591, was one of the most famous of all sea fights in English history....

"A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas" - "The New Yorker". Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s and 1930s with a...

"If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then The Second World War in Photographs would be the most compendious war history yet..." The Daily Mail As we approach the 70th...

Two centuries ago, the Russians pushed out of the cold north towards the Caucasus Mountains, the range that blocked their access to Georgia, Turkey, Persia and India. They were forging...