• Rok vydání 1939

A vivid people's history, based on original source material, of the twelve months leading up to the outbreak of the war…

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd\'s acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.…

• Počet stran 232
• Pevná / vázaná
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives…

The award-winning memoir of a white boy growing up in Rhodesia as it went through a bloody transition to majority rule…

The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918.…

The gripping story of the legal battle over the work of perhaps the most iconic writer of the twentieth century: a priceless…

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world\'s…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nAn authoritative history of the French nation that can be read for novelistic pleasure, from the &i>Sunday Times&/i>…

\nA riveting and insightful account of Bashar al-Assad and his tyrannical regime from the bestselling author of &i>Saddam:…

\nA powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy…

\nPublished to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the moment that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon broke open…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA comprehensive, authoritative and highly original portrait of one of history\'s most unjustly infamous characters.\n…

• Čeština

The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.…

• Brožovaná
• Počet stran 576
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2020

In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles…

• Brožovaná
• Počet stran 422
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in…

A brilliant new history of the Caribbean…

The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution…

• Rok vydání 2019

Sunday Times top-ten bestselling author Graham Robb turns his attention on his homeland for the first time in this…

A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the…

A book about the joys and pleasures of running, the highs and lows of life, the history and landscape of Ireland, and so…

\nThe compelling story of how a group of young Syrian rebels found hope in the midst of war - hope that came from books\n…

\nHistory is brought vividly to life in this fresh, authentic and action-packed account of the largest amphibian assault the…

\nA dazzling history of that most slippery of emotions: nostalgia, by an acclaimed young historian.\n…

\nA riveting narrative account of an England poised on the brink of enormous change from one of our finest journalists and…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nAn authoritative history of the French nation that can be read for novelistic pleasure, from the Sunday Times bestselling…

\nA riveting and insightful account of Bashar al-Assad and his tyrannical regime from the bestselling author of Saddam: The…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans.\n…

A passionate and vivid recreation of the history of Trinidad by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.…

\nA vivid account of the many mistresses of Charles II, the king who was, according to one diarist \'addicted to women\'\n…

• Rok vydání 2001

The winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2001, this is a brilliant and indispensable one-volume history of…

Poems on war, history, and the fragile peace of our current moment from the three-time winner of the Forward Prize for…

A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and…

The acclaimed biography of one of history''s greatest icons, Alexander the Great. The acclaimed biography of one of…

A riveting account of the warrior knight who overthrew his king and seized the reins of power in medieval England.…

\nFrom the author of The Darkening Age, Heresy is perfect for readers of Tom Holland, Karen Armstrong, Mary Beard and…

From the highly acclaimed Sunday Times bestselling author Ian Knight, Warriors in Scarlet is an authoritative new history of…

Published alongside a landmark BBC2 series, this is the story of Britain from 1900 to the end of the Second World War.…

Following his highly successful life of Sassoon, Max Egremont turns his attention to a world that has vanished into history.…

The most comprehensive, most original and authoritative treatment of the IRA with a new conclusion to bring the book…

A gripping, authoritative history of one of the darkest periods in the Second World War, as the Resistance, the SOE and the…

The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of…

The extraordinary story of the young British airmen who fought the Japanese suicide pilots…

A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nAs read on BBC Radio 4\'s \'Book of the Week\', a deeply moving exploration of the literature of consolation, of how…

A compelling and authoritative history of Irish nationalism from the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Armed…