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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: Mehka76,99 € -
Elizabeth I(2011) SOMERSET, LADY ANNEAn acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Bletchley Park Codebreakers(2011)This extraordinary book, originally published as Action This Day, includes descriptions by some of Britain's foremost historians of the work of Bletchley Park.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Korea's Place in the Sun(2005) CUMINGS, BRUCE, PH.D. (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book ReviewVezava: Mehka33,25 € -
Great Silence(2010) NICOLSON, JULIETThe story of life after the Great War: a turning point in historyVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire(2011) LUTTWAK, EDWARD N.This book is a broad, interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence, and diplomacy over the course of eight centuries that will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs, and professional soldiers.Vezava: Mehka41,31 € -
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 € -
Faded Map(2011) MOFFAT, ALISTAIRA whirlwind tour of Scotland as it existed two thousand years ago. Moffat provides insight into old-Welsh speaking Celtic societies, defies the modern notion of geographical and linguistic constancy, and takes us back to when the Sons of Prophecy ruled anVezava: Mehka18,52 € -
Secrets of Station X(2011) SMITH, MICHAELThe definitive history of Bletchley Park by one of the world's leading experts on British spiesVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Robin Hood(2011) BALDWIN, DAVIDThe identity of Robin Hood is one of the great historical mysteries of English history - until now.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
Why Socrates Died(2010) WATERFIELD, ROBINThe picture we have of it - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since - is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
1940s Home(2009) EVANS, PAUL,DOYLE, PROFESSOR PETERThe history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the Second World War. In the first five years of the decade homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast taVezava: Mehka10,80 € -
Vindolanda(2009) BIRLEY, ROBINA fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a treat!Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
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: Mehka19,62 € -
Man Who Outshone The Sun King(2009) DRAZIN, CHARLES*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Foucquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
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: Mehka22,80 € -
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 €












