Traces the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. This book is illustrated and features more than sixty full-colour maps. It…

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A passionate and poignant history of German Jews, tracing their culture from the mid-eighteenth century to the eve of the…

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The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest…

Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. Written at the…

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From early British colonisation to the Reagan years, this title captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a…

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'The pre-eminent historian of the secret world . . . His books have set the gold standard for accurate historical reporting,…

In 1857 the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the…

Presents history of the monument to the Roman Empire in Britain. Taking into account research findings about the building of…

Describes the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations…

A translation that presents Homer's poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to…

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Explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest…

Set in the reign of Queen Anne, this title presents a story that follows the troubled progress of a gentleman and an officer…

Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the…

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Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin and…

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Produkt Economic History of the English Garden - Floud, Roderick zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Books Ltd.…

The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. This title…

"Splendid...the definitive history of the hedge fund, a compelling narrative full of larger-than-life characters and…

Explores high and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions;…

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology…

Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet…

The best one-volume history of the Troubles, from the Irish Civil War through the IRA campaign of the 70s onwards to today's…

In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of Mediterranean - before the…

Written following the collapse of Rome's secular control over western Europe, the History of Gregory (c. AD 539 594) is a…

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The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered. The…

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The Death of Yugoslavia is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia,…

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'The best account in a single volume of Spain since 1898, exemplary for concision and for accuracy in the use of language,…

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Revolutionary Iran, A History of the Islamic Republic Second Edition je fascinující kniha, která podrobně mapuje historii…

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"The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire" traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest…

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At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass…

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Brilliant ... a historical masterpiece' The Times Literary Supplement From one of Britain's most distinguished historians…

Presents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West,…

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Produkt An Intimate History of Evolution - Bashford, Alison zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Books Ltd.…

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The definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author of The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction.…

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‘Truly extraordinary … a very earthquake of a book … incontestably great’ The TimesPowys' great visionary novel, now in…

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Richard J. Evans' "The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power in Germany" explores…

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Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into…

'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force…

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In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin…

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'A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love…

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A magisterial history of the astounding rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporation Perhaps no…

Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social and political thought in the twentieth century. This…

Vikings were more than just marine warriors. This atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers,…