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\nThe definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch-the most…

An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia-and what it means for today's divided world…

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\nA captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire\n…

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• Rok vydání 2022

Produkt London and the Seventeenth Century - Lincoln, Margarette zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University…

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• Rok vydání 2012

A collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. It includes the personal stories of…

\nAn award-winning historian makes the case for food\'s cultural importance, stressing its crucial role throughout human…

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• Rok vydání 2013

Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian's rule in the sixth century AD, the…

A brisk and brilliant survey of modern western thought, setting texts and theories in their wider cultural and historical…

A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years…

The money spent by the French government on the public image of Louis XIV was extensive and succeeded in making him into a…

• Rok vydání 2020

A life of Matilda--empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda was…

Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527 -…

\nAn engaging and authoritative history of Scotland\'s influence in the world and the world\'s on Scotland, from the Thirty…

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• Rok vydání 2014

A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to…

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• Rok vydání 2005

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a…

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A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England Kniha 9780300273328 Tudor…

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• Rok vydání 2025

The story of the medieval world’s most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the Templars The Assassins and the…

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A vivid new history of how medieval people around the world perceived the moon When they gazed at the moon, medieval people…

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A vital account of the state of the Arctic today—emphasising the twin dangers of climate change and geopolitical competition…

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An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and…

A uniquely personal yet deeply informed exploration of the hidden history of class in American life…

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• Rok vydání 2011

A biography that offers a fresh portrait of Anne Boleyn, one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging…

A biography of the influential jazz pianist, Bill Evans. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans's life,…

• Rok vydání 2018

An engrossing new biography of the musical revolutionary who was the world's first international megastar Hungarian composer…

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in…

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A broad comparative study that highlights the importance of the Eurasian steppe and its impact on the arc of Russian history…

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• Rok vydání 2013

Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics, the…

The untold story of the crises and compromises that united a continent…

\nAn investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live\n…

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• Rok vydání 2004

This is a biography of Peter the Great. It tells his life story in 12 chapters, including two final chapters on his legacy…

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• Rok vydání 2024

A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation From…

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous…

\nA compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it-from Maastricht to today\n…

A major new biography of Edith Tudor Hart, the photographer and Soviet agent who recruited Kim Philby Edith Tudor Hart has…

\nA feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy\n…

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• Rok vydání 2014

Offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War II, challenging the common belief that the…

\nThe gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier force—and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the…

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• Rok vydání 2025

A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe Mathematics is fundamental to our daily…

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Janusz Korczak (1879-1942) is one of the legendary figures to emerge from the Holocaust. A successful paediatrician and…

• Rok vydání 2019

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the…

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• Rok vydání 2022

A lively new biography of Tutankhamun―published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb’s modern discovery The discovery…

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A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling’s world-famous children’s classic…

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II Kniha…

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• Rok vydání 2017

The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule Winner of the…