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• Rok vydání 2009

A superbly concise and clear, single-volume account of the English Civil Wars.…

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• Rok vydání 2020

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any…

* Vivid recreation of how English people lived a thousand years ago. * What life was like at the turn of the first…

* A side-splitting story of growing up different in the Old South.…

The definitive popular account of the landmark event in British history by an acclaimed young historian.…

Reissued with a new introduction by Owen Jones, Primitive Rebels is the perfect guide to the revolutions that shaped western…

A groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served.…

Michael Stipe is one of the most instantly recognisable faces in rock. This biography explores his nomadic early years as…

\nThe painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, chronicling some of the ludicrous things the…

A new portrait of Medieval Britain, bringing together the everyday and extraordinary, including the merman imprisoned in…

The rise and fall of Roman Britain, how they lived and what they left behind.…

\nIncluding new evidence from key figures, Love and Deception is the result of 20 years of research into one of the Cold…

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An indispensable companion for the modern traveller who wishes to discover and relive the drama, history and life of Naples,…

\nTake a walk through the streets of Paris in this comprehensive history of the French capital.\n…

• Rok vydání 2010

From the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a…

A classic of epic endurance now a major motion picture, The Way Back, starring Ed Harris, Mark Strong and Colin Farrell,…

* Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject.…

A new biography of the last tsar, Nicholas II, who was overthrown in 1917 and killed, along with his family, on 17 July…

\nHumans are the most migratory species of all land mammals. Migrants cuts through the toxic debates about refugees versus…

The second title in the new four volume Brief History of Britain series - a new look at the Tudors and Stuarts by one of…

• Rok vydání 1982

* 'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' Dervla Murphy, THE IRISH TIMES…

• Počet stran 256
• Rok vydání 2017

The true story of Florence Nightingale's life, focusing on her real legacy: how she put a sanitary disaster in her wartime…

* Dazzling biograpy of James Dean (1931-1955), a movie actor who has become an icon.…

• Rok vydání 2019

An alternative to the Blue Plaque Guide that drags the scheme into the twenty-first century by showing where notable women…

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• Rok vydání 2022

This succinct history of Germany will take you on an incredible journey through time spanning from the 1500s to the present.…

• Počet stran 320
• Rok vydání 2021

A concise yet comprehensive history - social, cultural and natural - including regional information for travellers to the…

A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day.…

• Počet stran 352
• Rok vydání 2012

The perfect introduction to Irish history within the excellent and highly regarded Brief History series.…

Eyewitness accounts of the Battle for Normandy…

* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell' Simon…

The fascinating and heartwarming true story of two young children evacuated from Newcastle to the remote Lake District…

* First published in 1986 as WINTER IN THE MORNING, this edition has been updated and expanded by the author. *'A profound…

\nA concise complete history of British monarchy, from its pre-Roman origins to the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.\n…

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* A personal story of the Second World War brought to life against the backdrop of the Black Watch - Scotland's best-known…

The extraordinary story of John Kirk, the Scottish botanist who single-handedly ended the East African slave trade.…

The remarkable life of Colonel Edward Despard, comrade-in-arms of Nelson and a man who championed the rights of freed…

Short, snappy and inspiring, these mini biographies celebrate women who headed out into the world determined to make a…

An invaluable addition to the highly regarded Brief History series.…

\nA gripping new work of popular history about a critical year in world history, and Britain\'s bleakest hour, by the…

• Počet stran 272
• Rok vydání 2023
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A concise history of the Pacific, which emphasises the very different physical and human environments both of the four…

• Počet stran 304
• Rok vydání 2002

The story of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was…

\nA brilliantly concise history of London, with a distinctive perspective focusing on the city in its national and, more…

In the form of a collection of street maps, an episodic history of diverse stories, some lost, forgotten or hidden within…

The Prophet Muhammad was the founder of a world empire and a new civilisation - this is his story.…

• Počet stran 288
• Rok vydání 2008

The forgotten origins and story of the leading power of Europe in the Dark Ages…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nWith a foreword by William Boyd, Checkpoint Charlie is a vivid and poignant exploration of the history surrounding the…

An entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal system…

A colourful and brilliantly researched study of closet homosexuality in twentieth-century British politics.…