Zbirka: Visoki in pozni novi vek: od 1700 do 1900
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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: Mehka12,61 € -
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: Mehka28,04 € -
Trafalgar(2005) ADKINS, ROYA superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in NelsonVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
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 € -
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: Mehka23,82 € -
Victorian London(2006) PICARD, LIZAFrom rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Lion and the Tiger(2005) JUDD, DENISTelling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whetherVezava: Mehka51,31 € -
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: Mehka76,02 € -
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Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750–1820(2010) HAMILTON, DOUGLASThis is the first book-length study wholly devoted to assessing the array of ties between Scotland and the Caribbean that bound the Atlantic World together in the later eighteenth century. -- .Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Six Records of a Life Adrift(2011) SHEN FUA memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfulVezava: Mehka26,60 € -
History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900(2010)This volume covers the nineteenth century, a period of profound change in Scottish history.Vezava: Mehka52,50 € -
War of Wars(2007) HARVEY, ROBERTDrawing together the politics, personalities, battles and diplomacy of this tumultuous era, Robert Harvey brilliantly recreates the story of the greatest conflict that stretches from the first blaze of revolution in Paris in 1789 to final victory on the mVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
1759(2008) MCLYNN, FRANKDrawing on a mass of primary materials - from texts in the Vatican archives to oral histories of the North American Indians, this title shows how the conflict between Britain and France triggered the first 'world war', raging from Europe to Africa; the CaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Commonwealth of Thieves(2007) KENEALLY, THOMASTells the story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was rife, and the gaols were bursting.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
