European History

Alan Sorrell's archaeological reconstruction drawings and paintings remain some of the best, most accurate and most accomplished paintings of their genre that continue to inform our understanding and appreciation of...

How can the words of the past help heal the horror of the present For as long as she can remember, Barbara Spiel has always found solace in books. Born...

The book titled Rome Before Avignon: A Social History of Thirteenth Century Rome by the author Robert Brentano. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled Age of Exuberance, 1550-1700 by the author Michael Reed. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Tells the history of sherry, stretching from Chaucer's wine of Lepe, throug Shakespeare's sherris-sack, to the sherry of today. From the planting of the vines in the South of Andalusia,...

The entire Greek world plunged into three decades of bloodshed in 431 B.C., when the ongoing friction between Athens and Sparta exploded into war. Ten years into the struggle, the...

The Risorgimento was a turbulent and decisive period in the history of Italy. Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years...

'A magnificent achievement, a masterpiece of the historian's art.' Guardian 'It is a brilliant achievement.' Sunday Times August 1914 recounts the insane, uncontrollable plunge into war and the bloody catalogue...

Livy's brilliant history of the founding and early years of Rome Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first...

Long live the queen: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane kick off an all-new historical trilogy with the classy, courtly tale of Mary,...

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. "The only way...

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...

Author: Massimo Favilla, Ruggero RugoloBinding: HardbackPublished: SASSI, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Baroque Venice: Splendour And Illusion In A Decadent World, chronicles the vibrant artistic...

Author: Augusto Gentili; Giandomenico Romanelli; Philip Rylands; Giovanna Nepi SciréBinding: HardbackPublished: Bulfinch Press, AOL Time Warner Book Group, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the rich...

Author: Denis Mack SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two‑volume history presents Denis Mack Smith’s authoritative account of Sicily, charting its complex political and...

Author: Mary Bergstrand, Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi, Nicholas PennyBinding: HardbackPublished: MUSEE DU LOUVRE EDITIONS, 5 CONTINENTS, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Written in ItalianThis authoritative art history volume illuminates...

Author: Susan F. Rossen; Caroselli, Susan L.Binding: PaperbackPublished: The Detroit Institute of Arts with The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded covers. This historical...

Author: Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai, Fabrizio Bisconti, Danilo MazzoleniBinding: PaperbackPublished: SCHNELL & STEINER, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a...

Dark Renaissance is the thrilling story of the writer who transformed culture in Elizabethan England, bringing it out of the darkness and into the light. Poor boy. Dark star. Spy....

In the seventeenth century antiquarianism was a well-respected profession and antiquarian works were in demand, particularly amongst the gentry, who were especially interested in establishing lineage and the descent of...

As part of the "AHT" series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire. 12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible for aerial...

H.J. Hewitt's classic study looks beyond the succession of campaigns, marches, raids, sieges and pitched battles that punctuated the long reign of Edward III. He focuses instead on the organization...

The first account of one of history's most notorious con artists, Victor Lustig, written by acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford. An Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, Victor Lustig was a man...

'Kuper is a shrewd observer in this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting...

The first and greatest of the English Renaissance architects, Inigo Jones was an unlikely candidate to change the landscape of British style and design. Yet this self-taught son of a...

For centuries Britain's commercial fishermen have ventured out into the ravages of the surrounding seas to bring fish back both to supply a home market and for export around the...

Two years earlier the Dieppe Raid had ended in disaster despite their meticulous planning the Allies feared Operation Overlord might go the same way. Instead D-Day proved an incredible success;...

Immerse yourself in the culture, food and history of Tuscany and Umbria.

This book is an account of an almost completely neglected archaeological epic, the uncovering and restoration of all the classical monuments of Rome during the French occupation (1809-14). This was...

A bold revision of the history of European art, told through the lens of neuroscience Ambitious and much anticipated, this book celebrates the value of recent neuroscientific discoveries as tools...

Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464), the fabulously wealthy banker who became the leading citizen of Florence in the fifteenth century, spent lavishly as the city's most important patron of art and...

The book titled London Before the Blitz by the author Richard Trench. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Victorian cities, so long the object of derision as a byword for deprivation, are now celebrated as an urban ideal. They are widely heralded among modern planners and politicians for...

A handpicked selection of novels featuring Simenon's legendary literary detective, Inspector Maigret, with striking new covers Inspector Maigret and his wife take a much-needed rest cure in the spa town...

The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of a family When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother,...

The last of nine volumes in The Penguin History of Britain, this volume explains the political changes that transformed Britain in the 20th century and attempts to make sense of...

Author: Alison LuchsBinding: HardbackPublished: National Art Gallery of Washington and Yale University Press, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: minor wear to external dust cover; internal pages...

Author: Siriol Davies And Jack L. Davis (Editors)Binding: PaperbackPublished: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2007Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition...

Author: F. J. NortonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bowes & Bowes, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear, fraying and tanning of external...

Author: Nagel PublishersBinding: HardbackPublished: Nagel Publishers, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA richly detailed companion for travelers and history lovers, this guide blends practical information with cultural insight to...

Author: The Age Of Sultan Suleyman The MagnificentBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Beagle Press, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Age Of Sultan Süleyman...

Author: Olive HamiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some staining on pagesThis compelling historical account chronicles the enduring fascination and significant impact of...

Author: Bruce ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative art history volume, Sienese Painting: From Its Origins To The Fifteenth...

Author: International Committee for the Conservation of MosaicsBinding: PaperbackPublished: ICCROM, 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: wear and tanning to external cover; signed by previous owner on...

Author: Deborah Howard And Laura MorettiBinding: HardbackPublished: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSound & Space In Renaissance Venice uncovers the intricate relationship between auditory...

Author: Irena Chernenko (English Translation By)Binding: PaperbackPublished: International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown

Author: John HarrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the profound influence of the Palladian...

Author: Donald AppleyardBinding: HardbackPublished: The MIT Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: minor wear to cloth board; back cover has remnants...