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A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king…

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• Rok vydání 1921

The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East…

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An account of Richard the Lionheart's reign. John Gillingham scrutinizes the king's fluctuating reputation over the…

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