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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: Mehka18,21 € -
Early History of Rome(2002) LIVYThe first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hundred Years War Vol 2(2001) SUMPTION, JONATHANIn the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the captuVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Albigensian Crusade(1999) SUMPTION, JONATHANIn twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful. ThVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Campaigns of Alexander(1976) ARRIANDiscusses Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. This title presents an objective portrait of a man of boundless amVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Presidents(2009) GRAUBARD, STEPHENExplores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents, this title asks, and answers, a variety of crucialVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
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 € -
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(1996) GIBBON, EDWARDGibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sourcesVezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition(1991) KAGAN, DONALDIn the third volume of his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C.Vezava: Mehka49,88 € -
End of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 BC(2013) STEEL, CATHERINE (LECTURER IN CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW)Catherine Steel tells the history of this crucial and turbulent century, focusing on the issues of freedom, honour, power, greed and ambition.Vezava: Mehka50,95 € -
Twelve Days(2007) SEBESTYEN, VICTORThe defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Tudor Wales(2014) AMIN, NATHENFull-colour guide to the many places in Wales associated with this famous dynastyVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Victorian London(2006) PICARD, LIZAFrom rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Sugar Barons(2012) PARKER, MATTHEWFor 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
1415: Henry V's Year of Glory(2010) MORTIMER, IANDoes he deserve to be thought of as 'the greatest man who ever ruled England?'In Ian Mortimer's groundbreaking book, he portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least rVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Edwardian Scrapbook(2002) OPIE, ROBERTAn evocative, vivid and vibrant look at British history, this book uses Robert Opie's collection of ephemera to give us a glimpse of a bygone age.Vezava: Trda23,09 € -
Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1453 to 1768(2015) GREENE, MOLLY (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND HELLENIC STUDIES, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)This volume considers the period of Ottoman rule in Greek history in light of changing scholarship about this era and makes it accessible for the first time to a wider audience.Vezava: Mehka50,95 € -
Island at the Center of the World(2014) SHORTO, RUSSELLA richly nuanced portrait of the unknown history of New York City.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Spanish Armada(2014) HUTCHINSON, ROBERTA dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of daring and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €










