European History

21st March 1945. 1530 hours. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice. Their mission - destroy Germany's strategic outposts nestled along the...

From Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to Bombay, China to Australia, back to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of the heiresses. Their assets, the product of...

This is a chronological account of the battle that inflicted a heavy defeat on the German Wehrmacht. With the aid of full color maps and first hand accounts, the book...

The book titled Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century by the author Professor of History David Underdown (Yale University). This is a secondhand book....

The problem-solving capacity, and hence the democratic legitimacy, of national governments is being weakened by the dual processes of legal and economic integration in Europe; and the loss is not...

Jamie's sixth book - a Number One International bestseller reissued with a stunning new cover design Ever since working at the River Cafe for Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray, Jamie...

The book titled The Black Angels by the author Rupert Butler. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative and entertaining biography that recreates a remarkable era of French history and brings to life a...

Europe is the smallest of the world's continents, yet its culture and languages have come to dominate the world we know today. The History Atlas of Europe explores the extraordinary...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Thrilling and nail-biting, The Phoenix has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A deadly enemy will...

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

Otto Dov Kulka's Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, translated by Ralph Mandel, is a memoir of astounding literary and emotional power, exploring the permanent and indelible marks left by...

In 2007, Simonetta and her husband made the quixotic decision to open a restaurant. Without any relevant experience IT engineer Avi and novelist Simonetta put aside their careers to throw...

'Graham Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' - Alan Johnson 'Robb tumbles into British history with...

The book titled The Life and Times of Edward VII by the author Keith Middlemas. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Laurel and the Ivy: Story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish by the author Robert Kee. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

This browsable dictionary gives a detailed history of the kings and queens of Britain, ranging from mythical and early pre-conquest rulers to the present House of Windsor. Covering English, Scottish,...

An unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. In the mud and fire of fifteenth-century France, a teenage peasant girl hears the voice of...

This manual attempts to reconstruct Rome at the time of the Caesars: how its great historical events took place and what its private and public life was like. The author...

This is a controversial look at the events surrounding the Allied disaster of the battles of Savo Island and Guadalcanal, and the sinking of the "Canberra". Bruce Loxton (who served...

Enjoy the best of Italian food whilst still losing weight! The Italian diet combines simple, fresh, good-quality ingredients for an easy way to shed pounds. The Mediterranean diet is renowned...

John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, 'Boeike, Richthofen and other First World War...

A new translation from the French by Marion Wiesel. Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the...

A riveting history of the Nazi conquest of Western Europe This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to...

This text offers a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the history of Ireland. Written by a team of more than 80 distinguished historians, its 1800 entries explore every aspect...

'Delightful ... Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor anyone navigating the bridge between English and German, The New Schoffler-Weis Compact German and English Dictionary stands as an indispensable linguistic companion, presenting a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most intimate firsthand accounts of a revolutionary in flight, With Trotsky in Exile: From Prinkipo to Coyoacán chronicles seven tumultuous years...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the intersection of Cold War politics and Soviet ideological history stands one of the most comprehensive documentary records ever assembled of the Communist Party of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Previous owner annotations / underlining. At the dawn of the Soviet era, the Bolshevik revolution sent shockwaves far beyond...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent spring of 1958, France stood on the precipice of collapse — its government paralysed, its empire fracturing, and its army in...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of socialist ideology and ecological thought, From Red to Green captures the intellectual evolution of one of East Germany's most provocative...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the tradition of great Central European literature, Moonrise, Moonset presents one of Poland's most celebrated writers at his most searingly introspective — a man...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA life lived at the crossroads of diplomacy and danger, The Serpent and the Nightingale is Cecil Parrott's captivating memoir of his years as...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to serve — to surrender one's will, identity, and freedom to the iron machinery of military life? Alfred de...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the Roman legions marched across Europe, a fierce, artistic, and profoundly spiritual people had already carved...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA century of transformation, conflict, and extraordinary ambition unfolds in David Thomson's authoritative account of Britain's most consequential...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageScotland's story is one of fierce independence, sweeping landscapes, and a people who have shaped the course of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of the Roman Empire, beneath the marble grandeur of its temples and the thunder of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the thunderous machinery of Nazi ideology lay a private obsession that haunted Adolf Hitler until his dying...