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Culloden(2002) PREBBLE, JOHNThe detail for the story told in Culloden has come from regimental Order Books and manuals, from contemporary newspapers and magazines, from the letters and memoirs of soldiers and officers, eye-witness accounts of atrocity and persecution, and the personVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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England's Mistress(2007) WILLIAMS, KATEA dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton. Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become EnglVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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World That Never Was(2011) BUTTERWORTH, ALEXThe last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Alex Butterworth interweaves group biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the age.Vezava: Mehka25,22 €
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780(2012) HOBSBAWM, E. J.Nations and Nationalism since 1780 is Eric Hobsbawm's widely acclaimed and highly readable enquiry into the question of nationalism. This second edition has been updated in light of those events, with a final chapter addressing the impact of the dramaticVezava: Mehka28,50 €
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Penguin Social History of Britain(1990) PORTER, ROYA portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Dr Johnson's London(2004) PICARD, LIZAThe everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Victorians(2003) WILSON, A.N.People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. WilsVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Ouidah(2004) LAW, ROBINOuidah, an African town in Dahomey, now Benin, was the principal pre-colonial commercial centre of its region and this is the first detailed study of the town's history and its role in the Atlantic slave trade.Vezava: Mehka54,51 €
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Georgian London(2014) INGLIS, LUCYTakes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Reflections on the Revolution in France(1987) BURKE, EDMUNDIncludes "Burke's Reflections" and "Pocock's Reflections on Burke and the Eighteenth Century".Vezava: Mehka24,94 €
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Bradshaw’s Handbook (Premium Edition)(2012)Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 editioVezava: Trda46,32 €
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Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918(1971) TAYLOR, A. J. P.A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economicVezava: Mehka72,22 €
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1848: Year Of Revolution(2009) RAPPORT, X MIKE* A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European historyVezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Italian Boy(2005) WISE, SARAHTowards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh three years earlier.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Marie Antoinette(2007) FRASER, LADY ANTONIAThe Oscar-winning film about the legendary French queen, directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on this magnificent book by bestselling historian Antonia Fraser.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Romantic Revolution(2011) BLANNING, PROF. TIMA compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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By Tank(2010) TOUT, KEN* Three best-selling and highly acclaimed books condensed into one complete volume. * Tank (the first of the three) was described by The Times as having an authenticity 'which could only come from deep personal experience translated by a lucid pen.' * GrVezava: Mehka16,98 €
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All That Is Solid Melts Into Air(2010) BERMAN, MARSHALLOffering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecturVezava: Mehka36,10 €
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Globalisation In World History(2002) HOPKINS, A GA second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. First, it offers a categorisation of types and stages of globalisation that existed before the late twentieth century, No such taxVezava: Mehka28,03 €