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Origins of the First World War(2001) HENIG, RUTHFirst published in 2003. There is an enormous literature on the origins of the First World War. This pamphlet focuses on the major issues involved in the topic and assesses the validity of the different interpretations advanced Beginning with the legacy oVezava: Mehka69,81 €
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World of El CID(2000)Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile, covering the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam during the eleventh and twelfth centurieVezava: Mehka34,44 €
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Minoans(1992) CASTLEDEN, RODNEYBang up to date, and thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete.Vezava: Mehka73,49 €
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Colossus: Bletchley Park's Last Secret(2007) GANNON, PAULThis is the last untold story of BletchleyPark. Using recently declassified information, Paul Gannon has written a gripping account of the invention of the world's first true computer, Colossus.Vezava: Mehka20,83 €
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Chronicles of the First Crusade(2011) TYERMAN, CHRISTOPHERThe fall of Jerusalem in 1099 to an exhausted army of Western European soldiers was one of the extraordinary events of the Middle Ages. It was both the climax of a great wave of visionary Christian fervour and the beginning of what proved to be a futile aVezava: Mehka18,05 €
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Oxford Companion to Irish History(2011)In a field riven by controversy, the Oxford Companion to Irish History is a comprehensive and balanced source of information on the history of this complex and fascinating country. Written by a team of almost 100 experts, the Companion's 1,800 A-Z entriesVezava: Mehka24,30 €
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House of Wisdom(2010) LYONS, JONATHANFor centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British aVezava: Mehka18,05 €
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Tank Men(2009) KERSHAW, ROBERTTANK MEN is the gripping first-hand story of the men and women who fought in tanks by a top military historianVezava: Mehka18,05 €
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Stolen Village(2008) EKIN, DESIn 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack.Vezava: Mehka19,28 €
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Decline And Fall Of The British Empire(2008) BRENDON, PIERSNo empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by ImpVezava: Mehka23,61 €
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Dancing into Battle(2007) FOULKES, NICHOLASThe social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815.Vezava: Mehka13,88 €
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Battle For Singapore(2006) THOMPSON, PETERThe true story of the 'the greatest defeat and largest capitulation' in British military history.Vezava: Mehka20,83 €
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Origins of the Final Solution(2005) BROWNING, CHRISTOPHEROffers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination thVezava: Mehka18,05 €
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Among the Bohemians(2003) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIASubversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, brVezava: Mehka22,22 €
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Revolution(2007) HARRIS, TIMThe 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. This book tells that this was a turning poinVezava: Mehka23,61 €
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Penguin History of Britain(2001) BRIGDEN, SUSANNo period in British history retains more resonance and mystery than the sixteenth century. Here, the author sees the key to the Tudor world as religion - the new world of Protestantism and its battle with the the old world of uniform Catholicism.Vezava: Mehka23,61 €
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Year 1000(2003) LACEY, ROBERT,DANZIGER, DANNY* Vivid recreation of how English people lived a thousand years ago. * What life was like at the turn of the first Millennium.Vezava: Mehka15,27 €
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Jutland, 1916(2008) STEEL, NIGEL,HART, PETERDramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World WarVezava: Mehka18,05 €
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War The Infantry Knew(1988) DUNN, CAPTAIN J.C.A classic account of war - in the soldiers' own words.Vezava: Mehka23,61 €