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Price of Glory(1993) HORNE, ALISTAIRThe battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Delphi(2015) SCOTT, MICHAELThe oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consulVezava: Mehka27,45 € -
In These Times(2015) UGLOW, JENNYShortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning social historian Jenny Uglow reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries, lettVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Indigenous London(2017) THRUSH, COLLAn imaginative retelling of London’s history, framed through the experiences of Indigenous travelers who came to the city over the course of more than five centuriesVezava: Trda57,03 € -
Art and Practice of 16th-Century German Fencing(2020) RUTHERFOORD, ROBERTJoachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571) was one of the most influential fencing masters of the Renaissance—a prolific writer of fencing manuals. In Art and Practice of 16th-Century German Fencing Robert Rutherfoord unpacks the complex and elegant art of Meyer's rVezava: Mehka70,33 € -
Curious Cures Of Old England(2018) CAWTHORNE, NIGELAnother highly entertaining trawl through the byways of English history by the author of The Strange Laws of Old England.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Reporting the Troubles 1(2018)This landmark book is a history of the Troubles told by the journalists who were on the ground from the beginning, and including many of the biggest name in journalism for the last fifty years. Raw, thought provoking and profoundly moving, Reporting the TVezava: Mehka23,15 € -
For King and Kaiser(2020) SCHMIESCHEK, ANDREW LUCAS, J RGENA second remarkable work on the German armies of the First World War as seen through the experience of Saxon soldiers. Graphic insight into the thoughts and feelings of these men recorded in their own words.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Arnhem 1944(2019) SARKAR, DILIPAn analysis of fatalities in the battle for the bridge at Arnhem, with detailed biographical sketches of men killed from most units involved.Vezava: Trda42,06 € -
Secret Twenties(2018) PHILLIPS, TIMOTHYThe true story of espionage and counter-espionage in London's roaring twenties.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Trumpets from the Steep(2018) COOPER, DIANAThis last volume of Lady Diana Cooper's memoirs covers the years of the Second World War and its aftermath, when her husband Duff Cooper served as Minister of Information and then in various diplomat posts around the world.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Light of Common Day(2018) COOPER, DIANALady Diana Cooper had been famous from her earliest youth, the subject of gossip and adoration as the queen of the 'Coterie', an exclusive high society set.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Why the Germans Do it Better - Notes from a Grown-Up Country(2020) JOHN KAMPFNERVezava: Trda20,81 € -
Mad and Bad(2020) KOCH, BEAA feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight iconoclastic women of the Regency period who succeeded on their own terms and have largely been lost to history.Vezava: Mehka22,80 € -
Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor(2016) NORTON, ELIZABETHThe riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I.Vezava: Mehka12,61 €











