Zbirka: Zgodovina: Od prazgodovine do danes
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Simon Bolivar (Simon Bolivar)(2007) LYNCH, JOHNSimon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. This book illuminates the inner world of Bolivar, the dynamics of his leadership,Vezava: Mehka47,52 € -
Byzantium(1993) NORWICH, JOHN JULIUSChronicles events up to the coronation of the heroic Alexius Comnenus in 1081.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
1910s Scrapbook: the Decade of the Great War(2014)A nostalgic glimpse of a bygone age, bringing a new focus to this pivotal moment of the twentieth century, a time more often seen through the media of black and white film footage or sepia photographs.Vezava: Trda23,09 € -
Perilous Question(2014) FRASER, LADY ANTONIAFrom beloved historian Antonia Fraser, the two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Plimsoll Sensation(2007) JONES, NICOLETTEThe story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
That Sweet Enemy(2007) TOMBS, ISABELLE,TOMBS, ROBERTTheir rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shapinVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Cairo in the War(2013) COOPER, ARTEMISA history of the glamorous and military critical city of Cairo during the Second World WarVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Heaven's Command(2012) MORRIS, JANTells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Farewell the Trumpets(2012) MORRIS, JANFarewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Pax Britannica(2012) MORRIS, JANThe second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Isabella(2012) WEIR, ALISONDescribed by Christopher Marlowe as the 'She-Wolf of France', Isabella was one of the most notorious femme fatales in history.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Great Transformation(2007) ARMSTRONG, KARENNow available in paperback: The Great Transformation is nothing less than a global account of the time when religion was born. 'A remarkable history... fascinating and highly readable... profoundly relevant.' Julie Wheelwright, IndependentVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Pirates Of Barbary(2011) TINNISWOOD, ADRIANDrawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a lifeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland(2011)This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600.Vezava: Mehka52,50 € -
Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain(2008) PATERSON, MICHAELFrom the Great Exhibition to Dickensian slums, the triumph of empire to the anxiety of revolt - Victorian Britain was an age of paradoxes.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
By Permission Of Heaven(2004) TINNISWOOD, ADRIANThere had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. In five days that small fire would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. Adrian Tinniswood's magnificent new accountVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Revolution 1989(2010) SEBESTYEN, VICTOR'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAYVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
1940s Childhood(2014) MARSH, JAMESA nostalgic look at life growing up in the 1940sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of Contemporary Italy(1990) GINSBORG, PAULContemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. This book presents an account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past decades. IVezava: Mehka21,02 €
