European History

Author: Dale Brown And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) N.V., 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe World Of Velázquez: 1599-1660 presents a comprehensive look at the...

Author: Francis Russell And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) N.V., 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic...

Author: C. V. Wedgwood And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) BV, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe World Of Rubens presents a comprehensive look into the...

Author: Robert Wallace And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE INTERNATIONAL (NEDERLAND) N.V., 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling art history volume illuminates the profound artistic contributions presented...

Author: W. D. Joynt, V.C.Binding: PaperbackPublished: Wren Publishing, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSaving The Channel Ports: 1918 chronicles the pivotal events...

Author: Gavin LongBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAustralians at War: Greece, Crete and Syria presents a meticulous...

Author: Jane MartineauBinding: PaperbackPublished: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: some marks and creasing on outside cover;...

Author: Paolo GiulianiBinding: HardbackPublished: Marsilio Editori, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: wear and tear to dust cover; hard cover in good condition; inside pages in good condition;...

Author: Leonard SchapiroBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers Ltd, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe...

Author: David J. BernsteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe scholarly work The Mystery Of The Bayeux Tapestry presents a compelling historical analysis of...

Author: Robert KeeBinding: HardbackPublished: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRobert Kee's The World We Left Behind: A Chronicle Of The Year 1939 meticulously chronicles the...

Author: Christos G. DoumasBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThera: Pompeii Of The Ancient Aegean chronicles the dramatic archaeological discoveries at Akrotiri, an ancient...

Author: Frieda SorberBinding: HardbackPublished: Lannoo, 2021Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: cover is markably worn; inside pages like newLace has...

Author: Barbara W. TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis monumental work of historical non-fiction, The Proud Tower: A Portrait...

Author: S. B. Chrimes, C. D. Ross And R. A. GrillBinding: HardbackPublished: Manchester University Press; Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages:...

Author: E. H. CarrBinding: PaperbackPublished: Peregrine Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks:...

Author: Robert HarrisBinding: HardbackPublished: Knopf, New York, 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedAn Officer And A Spy plunges readers into the heart of one of history's most infamous injustices,...

Author: ALAN (Edited by) WHITEBinding: HardbackPublished: The Ministry of Culture and TourismCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnknown

Author: Pablo M. Valdés y Luis Alba J. Mª. Fernandez GaytánBinding: PaperbackPublished: ERISA, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume chronicles...

Author: Wayland Kennet And Elizabeth YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating travelogue, Northern Lazio: An Unknown Italy, uncovers the hidden splendors of a...

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...

The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil... Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on...

At last one of the greatest mysteries of the Second World War has been solved. Since historian Hugh Trevor-Roper made his name with the publication of "Hitler's Last Days", it...

"Ireland Since 1939" is a history of Ireland, north and south of the border, since the outbreak of the Second World War, by one of the most distinguished Irish historians...

In 1938 the War Office ordered the Director of Military Intelligence to create a unit that would research the tactics and organisation needed in the event of an invasion. After...

Located off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, the Balearic Islands are renowned for their natural beauty, yet their cuisine has been largely underappreciated. This evocative recipe collection transports readers to the...

The world-renowned historian presents a profoundly original, page-turning account of the Soviet Union's collapse 'A superb read: a deeply researched, indispensable reappraisal of the fall of the USSR that has...

Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the Twenties into one of Britain's grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was...

The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their...

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, kind princess, and her wicked maid. One day, the wicked maid stole the princess's face, and with it her name, her betrothed...

THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE COMING SOON FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE...

'DEVASTATINGLY AFFECTING' THE TIMES 'EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING' OBSERVER In 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring plan: to smuggle all her pupils out of Nazi Germany...

'Brilliant, unpredictable and endlessly fascinating' IAN MORTIMER 'I love this book' TRACY BORMAN 'Gunn and Gromelski cast a brilliant light into a lost world' SUSAN BRIGDEN A unique new window...

*** The New York Times Bestseller *** 'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us...

'For his final book, the late Norwich tackled the dauntingly vast subject of two millennia of French history with admirable lightness and urbanity . . . his comic footnotes deserve...

1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country...

The Fall of the Roman Empire has been a bestselling subject since the 18th century and until very recently, the academic view embarrassedly downplayed the violence and destruction, in an...

For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula,...

From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle,...

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...

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...

" The Soviet Tragedy is an essential coda to the literature of Soviet studies...Insofar as [he] returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history, Malia has...

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...

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...

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...