European History

THE SILVER SPOON was the first English edition of the bestselling Italian cookbook of the last fifty years, IL CUCCHIAIO D'ARGENTO . With over 2,000 recipes, its simple style and...

Italy is formed of 20 regions, each with its own distinctive history, culture, landscape, and recipes. Organized geographically, The Regional Italian Cookbook: Recipes from The Silver Spoon celebrates the astonishing...

Salvador Dali (1904-89) was one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. A painter of considerable virtuosity, he used a traditional illusionistic style to create disturbing...

The centuries under which Britain was under Roman occupation have always had a contradictory reputation. Generations of British readers were brought up to approve of the Roman Empire as the...

This text recounts the lives, deeds and misdeeds of the 264 popes from St Peter to John Paul II. The dichotomy between the awesome dignity of the holy office and...

In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he...

' A fabulous story, superbly told ' Max Hastings The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career...

There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless...

During World War Two the Special Operation Executive's French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned and were reported 'Missing Believed Dead'...

In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had...

Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled, and his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true. That question is:...

The blood feud between Duke Leto of Caladon and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen reaches its climax, as the emperor Shaddam - leader of House Corrino - is finally forced to curb...

Author: Alison Weir Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens Triumph and tragedy, love and...

Author: Alain NaveBinding: HardbackPublished: BARNES & NOBLE, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the rich history of the Louvre, tracing its evolution from a medieval fortress...

Author: Aidan CrawleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Literary Guild, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear to cloth cover; outside of spine...

The South Downs has throughout history been a focus of English popular culture. With chalkland, their river valleys and scarp-foot the Downs have been shaped for over millennia by successive...

'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' This declamation by president Ronald Reagan when visiting Berlin in 1987 is widely cited as the clarion call that brought the Cold War to...

Author: Andrea C. Mezi, Valerio Ciani Aliani, Guglielmo B. Matthiae, Landro Pirov, Guglielmo TagliacarneBinding: HardbackPublished: Electa EditriceCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. Lazio presents...

The years between the Revolution of 1848 and the end of World War II were characterised by profound social, intellectual and political change in France. The art world, centred in...

Author: Sidney AsterBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, 1939: The Making Of The Second World War, chronicles the pivotal events...

Author: American Geographical SocietyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Nelson Doubleday (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis set of six booklets (Bulgaria & Romania; Portugal; Iraq; Argentina; Sweden & Hungary) presents...

Author: David ArkellBinding: HardbackPublished: Carcanet Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis engaging non-fiction work chronicles the intriguing relationship between French culture and London's vibrant landscape. David Arkell's...

Author: Alan BorgBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some foxing on blockThis scholarly volume chronicles the intricate world...

Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Waanders Publishers, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg: Observe, Reflect, Act presents a...

Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Jewish Cultural Quarter / Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg:...

Author: Sir Philip HendyBinding: HardbackPublished: Abrams, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: significant marking and mould on external dust cover and edges of cloth cover; inside pages in...

Author: Betty MaloneBinding: PaperbackPublished: Victorian Historical Association, West Melbourne, no dateCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedTalking Points On The Renaissance In Italy presents a comprehensive overview of this pivotal...

Author: Gianfranco PertotBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Holberton publishing, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the intricate physical evolution of Venice...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PETRONA AWARD 2025, CELEBRATING THE BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand , a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends...

Author: Donald S. GardenBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1972Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Heidelberg: The Land And Its People 1838-1900, chronicles a pivotal era...

Author: Leon BernardBinding: HardbackPublished: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: small neat tears on top of jacket,...

Author: Glorney BoltonBinding: HardbackPublished: HAMISH HAMILTON LONDON, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical account, Roman Century: 1870-1970 chronicles a pivotal hundred-year span in the...

Author: Derek Fraser (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Manchester University Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: mesasge to previous owner on FEPA History Of Modern Leeds presents a comprehensive...

Author: Claire Constans And Xavier SalmonBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Mississippi Commission for International Cultural Exchange, Inc. and Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages:...

On a midsummer day in 1937, Boris Bibikov kissed his two daughters goodbye and disappeared. One of those girls, Lyudmila, was to fall in love with a tall young foreigner...

Fighting was raging on the other side of the Channel, but in London, in the warmth of a drowsy late-September afternoon, the war seemed a long way away. The roads...

World War II stung Britain like a wasp. It was a stimulus and an endurance. The Blitz concentrated the mind wonderfully. The arts flowered - poetry and painting, cinema and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond returns with an exciting new cookbook filled with no-fuss family...

Join Marcus Wareing on a culinary journey through France and bring French cooking to your home kitchen. In his 40 years as a chef, Marcus Wareing has immersed himself in...

This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant...

'Ingenious... a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Telegraph Best Book of the Year 'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky...

'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...

'Gripping and moving. A literary triumph' Nicola Sturgeon 'A humane and searching story' Ian Rankin 'Kirstin Innes is aiming high, writing for readers in the early days of a better...

The very idea of photography is to imitate its motifs as precise as possible. Today's digital images have a preciseness of millions of pixels. But in photography's infancy the act...

Andre Marfaing (1925-87) was a French non-figurative painter and printmaker associated with abstract art and informalism. This catalogue raisonne of is a complete repertory of his painted work, from his...

Lamps, penknives, paperbacks, mechanical pencils, inflatable headrests. Marcin Wicha's mother Joanna was a collector of everyday objects. She found intrinsic - and often idiosyncratic - value in each item. When...