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William Rufus(2000) BARLOW, FRANKWilliam II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror. This biography recounts his brief 13-year reign leading up to his assassination. The author weaves his account of the king's life into the wider history of Anglo-NormanVezava: Mehka41,58 € -
Inconvenient People(2013) WISE, SARAHUncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of the Vikings(2001) JONES, GWYN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CARDIFF)Illustrated throughout, this classic study traces the development of the northern peoples and kingdoms from their origins and legendary pre-history to the triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardradi at Stamford Bridge in 1066.Vezava: Mehka29,43 € -
Anglo-Saxon Age(2000) BLAIR, JOHN (FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066. This booVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Grey Eminence(2005) HUXLEY, ALDOUSA gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldThe life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan(2009) KEMP, ROSSHe has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion Royal AnVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev(2014) MORRISON, SIMONFirst enraptured by the young pianist and rising star, Serge Prokofiev, during a courtship in Brooklyn, then abandoned by him in Moscow, Lina survived one of the darkest periods in Soviet history – enduring eight years in the Gulag after she received thatVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Everyday Stalinism(2001) FITZPATRICKHere is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of the foremost authorities on modern Russian history. Focusing on urban areas, the book is an eye-opening account of day-to-day life in the blighted urban landscape of 1930's RussVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 Revision Guide(2017) HAYNES, MARGARET (AUTHOR, AUTHOR)With step-by-step exam practice strategies and Examiner Tip features for all AQA question types, this revision guide offers the clear revision approach of Recap, Apply, and Review to prepare students for exam success.Vezava: Mehka21,05 € -
Nuns of Sant' Ambrogio(2015) WOLF, HUBERT (PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF MUENSTER)The true story of a scandal of epic proportions at the Roman convent of Sant' Ambrogio in the late 1850s. Discovered recently in a Vatican archive by one of the world's leading papal historians, it is a tale of deception, heresy, seduction, and murder inVezava: Trda33,63 € -
Bookshop of the World(2020) PETTEGREE, ANDREW,DER WEDUWEN, ARTHURThe untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophilesVezava: Mehka30,40 €











