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Eminent Victorians(2009) STRACHEY, LYTTONEminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with scepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of CardVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Barricades and Borders(2003) GILDEA, ROBERT (, PROFESSOR OF MODERN FRENCH HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)This is a survey of European history, from the coup d'etat of Napoleon, to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo. It concentrates on the twin themes of revolution and nationalism, which often combined, but which increasingly became rival creVezava: Mehka79,60 € -
William Pitt the Younger(2005) HAGUE, WILLIAMThe award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
On the Crofter's Trail(2010) CRAIG, DAVIDIn the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts - once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland - were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. The author sets out to discover how many of their stories survive in the memories of their descendaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
God's Playground A History of Poland(2005) DAVIES, NORMAN (, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, AND SUPERNUMERARY FELLOW OF WOLFSON COLLEGE, OXFORD)This edition of Norman Davies's classic study of the history of Poland has been revised and fully updated with two new chapters to bring the story to the end of the twentieth century.Vezava: Mehka99,75 € -
Nelson(2005) LAMBERT, ANDREW'Fascinating . In Nelson, Andrew Lambert - described by David Cannadine as 'the outstanding British naval historian of his generation' - is able to offer new insights into the individual quality which led Byron rightly to celebrate Nelson's genius as 'Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pity of it All(2004) ELON, AMOSPresents history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich. This book chronicles a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak produced a golden ageVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Scarlett Doesn't Live Here Anymore(2004) EDWARDS, LAURA F.An history of the South in the years leading up to and following the Civil War focusing on the women, black and white, rich and poor, who made up the fabric of southern life before the war and remade themselves and their world after it. It explores the exVezava: Mehka33,25 € -
God's Terrorists(2007) ALLEN, CHARLESA fascinating history of the religious fanatics that would come to be known as the founding fathers of Islamic terrorism and who set down the intellectual roots of Al Queda.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
It’s Our Turn to Eat(2010) WRONG, MICHELAA gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Invention of Murder(2011) FLANDERS, JUDITH‘We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.’ PunchVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Heinemann Advanced History: France in Revolution 1776-1830(2002) WALLER, SALLYContaining sample exam questions at both AS and A2 levels, this text aims to show students what makes a good answer and why it scores high marks. It should help students grasp the difference between a GCSE and an A-level mark in history.Vezava: Mehka66,65 € -
Secret History of Our Streets: London(2013) BULLMAN, JOSEPH,HEGARTY, NEIL,HILL, BRIANThe Secret History of Our Streets explores six roads spread across inner London - from Camberwell, Holland Park and Islington to Shoreditch, Deptford and Bermondsey - through the experiences of the people who lived there.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Self-Help(2008) SMILES, SAMUELA bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulatVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Peninsular War(2003) ESDAILE, CHARLESFor centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed overVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Medical Muses(2012) HUSTVEDT, ASTIA groundbreaking new book about the nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focussing on the renowned Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
To War with Wellington(2011) SNOW, PETERThe story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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Ancien Regime and the Revolution(2008) DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXISPresents a critique of the ancien regime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledges the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ways as tyrannical as that of the King. This book raisVezava: Mehka15,41 €
