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French Colonial Troops, 1815-1914(2024) ESPOSITO, GABRIELEIn the present book we will provide a detailed analysis of the history, organization and uniforms of the colonial troops deployed by France during the period 1815-1914.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
George II(2012) THOMPSON, ANDREW C.Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This biography paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his pVezava: Mehka33,25 € -
American Civil War, 1861-1865(2001) MITCHELL, REIDThis text covers the secession and the war - the years 1861-1865. Its focus is the interaction of the military progress of the war, Union and Confederate politics, and social change, particularly emancipation. This treatment integrates literature on the wVezava: Mehka70,41 € -
Josiah the Great(2011) MACINTYRE, BENThe amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Myth of the Jacobite Clans(2009) PITTOCK, MURRAY (BRADLEY PROFESSOR AND PRO VICE-PRINCIPAL_X000D_, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW)The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland.Vezava: Mehka44,78 € -
Gambling Man(2010) UGLOW, JENNYCharles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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: Mehka23,82 € -
My Life(2007) TROTSKY, LEONThis priceless historical document features firsthand accounts from top levels of leadership in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, chronicling the struggle to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat.Vezava: Mehka29,43 € -
Dancing into Battle(2007) FOULKES, NICHOLASThe social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands(2005) SEACOLE, MARYWritten in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with raVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Irish(2004) BURROWES, JOHNIrish is the story of the mass migration from Ireland to Glasgow that took place in the wake of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. The coming of the Irish to Glasgow had a bigger impact on the city than other event.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Old Woman's Reflections(1977) SAYERS, PEIGStorytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in tVezava: Mehka11,90 € -
Patriots and Liberators(1992) SCHAMA, SIMONA reissue of Simon Schama’s landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780–1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation’s desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Blood And Thunder(2008) SIDES, HAMPTONA chronicle of one of the most pivotal eras in American history by the author of the international bestseller GHOST SOLDIERSVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Europe Since Napoleon(1990) THOMSON, DAVIDA history of Europe since Napoleon, covering all of the main topics of that period.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Rites of Peace(2008) ZAMOYSKI, ADAMFollowing 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.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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Oxford History of Modern Europe(2000)Combining readability with authority, this book covers Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where itVezava: Mehka23,11 €
