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Spanish Armada(2014) HUTCHINSON, ROBERTA dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of daring and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Greeks(1991) KITTO, H.The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Molotov's Magic Lantern(2011) POLONSKY, RACHELMolotov - ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge - was also an ardent bibliophile. Molotov's library and his magic lantern became the prisms through which Rachel Polonsky renewed her vision of Russia.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
History of Britain - Volume 3(2009) SCHAMA, SIMON, CBEAsks crucial questions about the nature of empire, journeying from celebrations of industrial and imperialist power at the Great Exhibition, to the catastrophic Irish potato famine and the Indian Mutiny. Alongside flamboyant heroes, like Nelson and ChurchVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Burden of Responsibility : Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century(2007) JUDT, TONYVezava: Mehka39,92 € -
Short History of Byzantium(2013) NORWICH, JOHN JULIUSConstantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence. In this book, the author provides the definitive inVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Early Modern Europe(2001)An introduction to Europe between 1500 and 1800. "Early modern" is the term used by historians for the period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the 19th century. It examines society, religion, the economy and politics.Vezava: Mehka72,22 € -
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Dreadnought(2007) K MASSIE, ROBERTA gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during the decades leading up to WW1 from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
History of Britain - Volume 1(2009) SCHAMA, SIMON, CBEChange - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our loyaltiesVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Scotland: The Autobiography(2014) GORING, ROSEMARYOffers an account of Scotland's history, composed of eye-witness accounts by those who experienced it first-hand. This title features key historic moments - ranging from Bannockburn and Flodden to the SNP parliamentary victory in 2007 - along with an arraVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Amsterdam(2001) MAK, GEERTA magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne FrankVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Blenheim(2005) SPENCER, LORD CHARLESHow two men brought about the defeat of Louis XIV's previously unbeaten army and saved Europe from French domination - A Sunday Times BestsellerVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC(2012) ROSENSTEIN, NATHAN (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC.Vezava: Mehka50,95 € -
Pocket History of Ireland(2010) MCCULLOUGH, JOSEPHFrom prehistoric times to the present day this comprehensive history presents the story of Ireland in bite-size chunks. With illustrations throughout this is an attractive and practical guide to Ireland`s colourful history.Vezava: Trda9,80 € -
Kings & Queens(2007) RICHARD, CAVENDISH,A guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times onwards. It explores lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides information on the spirit, traditions andVezava: Trda18,21 € -
After Such Knowledge(2005) HOFFMAN, EVAAs she guides us through the poignant juncture at which living memory must be relinquished, she asks what insights can be carried from the past, and urges the need to transform potent family stories into a fully-informed understanding of a forbidding histVezava: Mehka22,42 €










