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by Peter Marshall
Arguing that the English experienced a "long reformation", whose roots lie in the 15th century, and whose effects were still being felt well into the 17th century, this book combines reassessment of familiar debates and topics with introductions ...
ISBN: 9780340706237
Binding: Hardback Book
$140.00
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World
by Jan Karski
'I do not pretend to have given an exhaustive picture of the Polish Underground, its organization and its activities. Because of our methods, I believe that there is no one today who could give an all-embracing recital...This book is a purely ...
ISBN: 9780141196671
Binding: Paperback Book
$22.95
A Cultural History
by Robert Hughes
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, Cicero, Martial and Virgil. With the artistic blossoming ...
ISBN: 9780753823057
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
by Bernard Hamilton
Western European civilization evolved during the medieval centuries when the whole area was converted to Christianity in its Latin Catholic form. This account is an introduction to the religious life of this formative period, focusing on the ...
ISBN: 9780340808382
Binding: Hardback Book
$160.00
by Tim Hitchcock
From everyday customs to violent transgression, Tales from the Hanging Court paints a fascinating and vivid picture of what it was like to live in London 250 years ago, from the dark alleys to the glittering thoroughfares. Drawing on the Old ...
ISBN: 9780340913741
Binding: Hardback Book
$89.99
by Ben Macintyre
A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines ...
ISBN: 9780007395262
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
Harry Patch and the Legacy of War
by Peter Parker
This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations. On 11 November 1920, huge crowds lined the streets of London for the funeral of the ...
ISBN: 9780007357963
Binding: Paperback Book
$21.99
Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe
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The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe. In 1920 the new Soviet ...
ISBN: 9780007257867
Binding: Unknown Format
$27.99
Fighting Back 1940-1945
by Patrick Bishop
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 BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan ...
ISBN: 9780007192151
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
The Reinvention of History
by Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan's magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War is recognised as a landmark of classical scholarship. Now Kagan - one of the most respected classical historians in the world - turns his attention from one of the greatest conflicts in ...
ISBN: 9780143118299
Binding: Paperback Book
$22.95
How England Plundered Holland's Glory
by Lisa Jardine
A fascinating exploration of the relationship of competition and assimilation between the Netherlands and England during the 17th century, revealing the ways in which Dutch tolerance, resilience and commercial acumen effectively conquered Britain ...
ISBN: 9780007197347
Binding: Paperback Book
$32.99
The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
by Adam Zamoyski
Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on ...
ISBN: 9780007203062
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
by Eric Newby
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', 'Love and War in the Apennines' is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II. After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the ...
ISBN: 9780007367894
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
Spitfire Women of World War II
by Giles Whittell
This is the incredible true story of a wartime sisterhood of women pilots: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II. The women pilots of Air Transport ...
ISBN: 9780007235360
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
Viking: The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual
by John Haywood
The fifth instalment in this popular and highly successful series, "Viking" follows on from Legionary, Gladiator, Knight and Samurai, your guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. Discover everything you will need to become a successful ...
ISBN: 9780500251942
Binding: Hardback Book
$24.95
Polish Armies of the Partitions, 1770-94
by Vincent W. Rospond
The tragic national epic of Polish history began in these late 18th-century wars. Under Poland's Saxon monarchy, Russia and Prussia constantly meddled in the affairs of the Kingdom. In 1768 a civil war broke out between pro-Russian 'Commonwealth' ...
ISBN: 9781849088558
Binding: Paperback Book
$25.95
Disintegration of Yugoslavia
by Lenard J. Cohen
Struggling against high odds, Yugoslavia managed to survive from its inception in 1918 until the early 1990s. But now, tragic ethnic and regional conflicts have irrevocably fragmented the country. In his timely book, Lenard Cohen explores the ...
ISBN: 9780813324777
Binding: Paperback Book
$105.95
Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death
Reflections on Memory and Imagination
by Otto Dov Kulka
Otto Dov Kulka's Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, translated by Ralph Mandel, is a memoir of astounding literary and emotional power, exploring the permanent and indelible marks left by the Holocaust and a childhood spent in Auschwitz.
ISBN: 9781846146831
Binding: Hardback Book
$35.00
Villers-Bretonneux, 1918
by David R. Higgins & Ian Palmer
The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly double the horsepower per ton. The Mark IV's pair of ...
ISBN: 9781780960050
Binding: Paperback Book
$26.95
by James F. Miller
In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an ...
ISBN: 9781780965994
Binding: Paperback Book