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Flesh and Spirit: Private Life in Early Modern Germany: Private Life
As he did in his much praised and highly successful The Burgermeister's Daughter, Steven Ozment analyzes and weaves together primary sources to create a compelling account of German life in...
Nelson: Britannia'S God of War
What made Nelson so special? What individual quality led Byron rightly to celebrate Nelson's genius as 'Britannia's God of War'? Andrew Lambert demonstrates how Nelson elevated the business of naval...
From Munich to the Liberation 1938-1944
This is a vivid and highly readable account of the most complex and disturbing series of events in French history since the Revolution, which makes use of literature and films...
Caesar
As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in historyBoswell called him the greatest man...
The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews
It has long been claimed that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Did they deny refuge to those fleeing Hitler's death machine? Why did they fail...
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance - A New
'Original and compelling, an untold story of rare and captivating power' Philippe Sands 'A fascinating history about a little-known group who took on the Nazis . . . The individual...
Twentieth-Century France: Politics and Society 1898-1991
Originally published as "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title.Two substantial additional chapters have been incorporated...
Escape and Evasion: POW Breakouts in World War II
War stories that read like fiction - ideal for the popular market. Highlights famous resourcefulness in the most austere circumstances. Includes British, Allied, German and Japanese escapes Great reading for...
Sparta's First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta,
A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance "Provocative, intriguing and cogently argued."-David Stuttard, Classics for...
Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a clear-eyed exploration of the career of Leon Trotsky, the tragic hero who "dreamed of justice and then wreaked havoc," by a leading expert...
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe's Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War. An understanding of the historical circumstances that fed the Holocaust...
Barricades and Borders
This volume, part of The Short Oxford History of the Modern World, is a survey of European history from the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France to the assassination...
The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal
The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely...
The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519
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The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings the family and the world they lived in--the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance--to life....
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family
Two hundred years of modern science and culture, told through one family history In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in...
The Twelve Caesars
Covering the Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, this remains one of the richest and most fascinating of all Latin histories. Suetonius gathered much of his information from eye-witnesses,...
Frederick the Great
In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-creates his unhappy youth; his reforming zeal, which paved...
White King: The Tragedy of Charles I
The first accessible biography in 50 years of one of the most dramatic and bloody reigns in history The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning...
The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
'A masterpiece of biographical investigation' Richard Holmes In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady,...
The Killing of SS Obergruppenf Uhrer Reinhard Heydrich
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Recounts the assassination of the feared Reichsprotektor of Czechoslovakia by two Czech resistance fighters aided by British Secret Service and others, examining the ruthlessness and brutality for which Heydrich was...
St. Petersburg: A Cultural History
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Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat - the Venice of the North, conceived in a setting of malarial swamps - St. Petersburg was built in...
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945
Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the...
The Commandos at Dieppe: Rehearsal for D-Day
In August 1942, the Allies launched a raid against the German-held port of Dieppe on the French channel coast. It was largely a disaster, with the Canadian forces bearing the...
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies
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From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour through the history of Britain (for grown ups) - a ST bestseller with 30k+ hardbacks...
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets
A history of unmarried motherhood through three generations of an Irish family, and the secrets we conceal How far would you go for the missing? When Clair Wills was in...
Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world in this Sunday Times bestseller All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of...
The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl
Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times- do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? On 24 February 2022, Russia shocked...
Strangeland: How Britain Stopped Making Sense
From Jon Sopel, bestselling author and presenter of The News Agents podcast, comes his most ambitious book to date- an incisive examination of Britain's New Normal, and what it means...
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama
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Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen...
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the...
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis
Following the enormous success of HITLER- HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding...
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
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A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural \"swerve\" known as the Renaissance. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012 Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man...
Fascism: Three Major Regimes
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Author: Heinz LubaszBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Wiley & Sons, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor wear on cover and spine. . Fascism:...
Problems In European Civilization: The Revolution Of 1688; Whig Triumph Or Palace Revolution?
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Author: Gerald M. StrakaBinding: PaperbackPublished: D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic volume chronicles the...
Ireland In Pictures
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Author: The Hon. John F. FinertyBinding: HardbackPublished: J. S. Hyland & Co., 1898Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...
Poland
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Author: James A. MichenerBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis sweeping historical saga, Poland, chronicles the tumultuous history of a nation through the...
Germany: Myths And Legends
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Author: Lewis SpenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edges, some yellowing and minor bumps to DJ.Germany: Myths...
Henry IV Of Castile
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Author: Townsend MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tearTownsend Miller's Henry IV of Castile chronicles the...
The Italian Painters Of The Renaissance
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Author: BerensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive analysis of the artistic achievements during the Italian Renaissance....
Boswell In Holland 1763-1764
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Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, has some light wear to edgesBoswell In Holland 1763-1764 chronicles...
From Conquest To Colonization: Spain In The Mariana Islands 1690 To 1740
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Author: Fr. Francis X. HezelBinding: PaperbackPublished: Division of Historic Preservation, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, sticker remnants on back coverThis scholarly...
The Vatican Collections: The Papacy And Art
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Author: Metropolitan Museum of ArtBinding: HardbackPublished: The Metropolitan Museum of Moden Art, New York, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe monumental The Vatican Collections: The Papacy And Art...
My Russia
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Author: Peter UstinovBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPeter Ustinov's My Russia presents a captivating and often humorous account of his personal connection to Russia, tracing...