European History

'Jones has an eagle's high eye for the history of Rome' - The Times 'Jones makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh' - Sunday Times You may think...

A feel-good escapist novel about friendship, love and new beginnings. Perfect for fans of Jo Thomas, Cathy Bramley and Veronica Henry. Nicola and her friends are living the dream. No...

'In her debut novel, a historian of Vichy France tackles her family's real-life collaboration during the Second World War' - New Yorker Best Books of the Year In a grand...

'Compelling' Guardian 'Eloquent and comprehensive' Financial Times 'Excellent' The Telegraph 'Astonishing' The Times 'An eye-opener' Gavin Esler Until recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of economic and political success....

Two women. An extraordinary power. An explosive bond. In a time of revolution, their fates will lie in the turn of a card . . . It is the early...

Tramontana is a culinary journey through Italy's northwestern frontier - from the sunlit coastlines of Liguria to the snow-capped peaks of Aosta. Following the ancient salt trading routes that wind...

'[An] excellent account.' - Richard Overy, The Telegraph Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2024 A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges....

A compendium of fascinating and evocative new writing on railway travel and history. Telling of little known journeys and uncovered histories on railway routes around the world - from the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew texts have so profoundly reshaped the course of human...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersBehind the walls of Spandau Prison, one of the most controversial figures of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of duty, honour, and the brutal machinery of the Second World War stands Johann von Ravenstein — one of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the bleeding edge of history, war correspondent Quentin Reynolds witnessed firsthand the dramatic liberation of Europe during the Second World War — and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the aftermath of the catastrophic conflagration that reshaped the entire...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the chaos of occupied France emerges a gripping account of daring resistance, sacrifice, and ultimate liberation — The Gates Burst Open...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodAn indispensable scholarly resource for students of twentieth-century communism, the Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern chronicles the lives and careers of hundreds of key figures...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom its radical origins in the early twentieth century to its iron grip on Bulgarian society under...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades bridging Imperial Germany and the Third Reich, a cadre of fiercely ideological publishers waged a cultural...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingA searing portrait of poverty, resilience, and the hunger for self-education, My Apprenticeship is the second volume of Maxim Gorky's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the teeming, restless world of late nineteenth-century Russia, three boyhood friends—Ilya Lunyev, Pavekin, and Grazhdanin—grow up side...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Top edge discoloured from tanning.What does it take to create the greatest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the bustling textile towns of early twentieth-century France, one family's relentless ambition to build...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent interwar decades, a reborn Poland found itself caught...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor tear to Dj which has been carefully taped up.Few conflicts in modern history ignited...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the heart of Britain's most turbulent twentieth century decades stood two remarkable figures whose quiet dignity and steadfast resolve would define a nation's character...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the thundering artillery of the French Revolutionary Wars to the apocalyptic final campaigns of the Second World...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew events have reshaped the modern world as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the rigid ideological surface of Stalinist Russia, a quieter revolution was unfolding — one not of workers...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the chaos of 1917, the world witnessed one of the most seismic political upheavals in modern history...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the smoldering aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars to the catastrophic outbreak of the First World...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of ideology and action, The Socialist Register 1974 stands as an indispensable chronicle...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor chipping to edges of DJ.She was Karl Marx's youngest daughter, a passionate orator, a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodLong before the marble columns of Greece or the legions of Rome, the ancient world was being forged in the crucibles of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the height of imperial ambition, Kaiser Wilhelm II presided over a Germany intoxicated by nationalism, military might, and dynastic pride — and The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew memoirs of the twentieth century carry the raw intellectual and political electricity...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIreland's towns are far more than mere settlements — they are living archives of conquest, commerce, and cultural transformation stretching back over a millennium....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in modern European history cast as long a shadow as Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor who forged a fractured collection of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens when a quintessentially British major attempts to decode the baffling mysteries of French life? In Major Thompson Goes French, Pierre Daninos returns...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedAt its zenith, the British Empire was the largest the world had ever seen, spanning continents, reshaping...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most harrowing memoirs to emerge from the Soviet era, A Childhood in Prison recounts...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew works have so fundamentally reshaped our understanding of private life as Lawrence Stone's monumental The Family, Sex and Marriage: In England...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Internally sound - fair lib copy. At the heart of one of the twentieth century's most dramatic political...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew books have reshaped our understanding of the Second World War's closing chapter as decisively as The Struggle for Europe. Chester Wilmot's landmark work...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingCondition remarks: Worn boards. Pages yellowed. Clean text. In the heart of Soviet Ukraine, amid the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue residue on board, otherwise internally sound.In the turbulent landscape of twentieth-century Eastern Europe, few nations endured as dramatic a transformation as...