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Fears of Henry IV(2008) MORTIMER, IANIn June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. In 1399, at the age of thirty-two, he was enthusiastically greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the insecure and tyrannical King RichardVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Spanish Galleon 1530-1690(2004) KONSTAM, ANGUSDuring the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This book traces the development of the Spanish galleon, and outlines the constructional methods, the ordnance and the crewing needed to pVezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Devils of Loudun(2005) HUXLEY, ALDOUSA gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Henry VIII's Last Victim(2008) CHILDS, JESSIEHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War(2009) BAILEY, RODERICKThe Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew andVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Hiroshima Nagasaki(2013) HAM, PAULHiroshima Nagasaki challenges this deep-set perception, revealing that the atomic bombings were the final crippling blow to the Japanese in a stratgic air war waged primarily against civilians.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Disraeli(2014) HURD, DOUGLAS,YOUNG, EDWARDA 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark(2004) GARDNER, LAURENCENew in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the laboratories of modern science, comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient worVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bright Young People(2008) TAYLOR, D JThe Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites, they romped through the 1920s gossip columns. This book chronicles England's 'lost genVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Creating the Creole Island(2005) VAUGHAN, MEGANA historical reconstruction of the making of a slave society in the Indian Ocean.Vezava: Mehka53,22 € -
Brief History of the Vikings(2005) CLEMENTS, JONATHANThe last pagans or the first modern Europeans? A consice history of the VikingsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shameful Act(2007) AKCAM, TANERThe definitive history of the 1915 Armenian GenocideVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Images in Spite of All(2012) DIDI-HUBERMAN, GEORGESOf one-and-a-half million photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. This book reveals that these photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisVezava: Mehka43,72 € -
Robert Peel(2008) HURD, DOUGLASLife of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Salem Witch Trials(2004) ROACH, MARILYNNE K.Presenting the events of Salem's witch hysteria in 1692 and 1693 in a chronological format, this authorative book makes use of previously unknown court records and documents.Vezava: Mehka30,88 € -
Soldier Five(2004) COBURN, MIKESOLDIER FIVE is an elite soldier's explosive memoir of his time within the Special Air Service (SAS) and, in particular, his experiences during the 1991 Gulf War. SOLDIER FIVE is a gripping and suspenseful account of one man's experiences as a Special ForVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Devil That Danced on the Water(2003) FORNA, AMINATTAAn intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €











