An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.…

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved 'a totally new conception of what human life was for'.…

Provides an eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow…

The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in…

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. It covers…

When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the…

Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest…

Pliny's "Natural History" is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to…

Tells the story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European…

Presents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful…

When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author…

Traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years…

The third battle of Ypres, culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of…

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First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and…

Walking straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War, the volunteer nurses rose…

• Rok vydání 2012

HRH King Abdullah was schooled in America and at Sandhurst and was heading for a life as a career soldier, when his father…

In the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs.…

Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry…

Presents the author's personal letters that address a range of topics, from an account of his uncle's death in the eruption…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving and manipulative Tudor…

• Počet stran 320
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2024

Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we…

Contains three stories from Sallust: Catiline's War - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; The Jugurthine War - describes…

• Rok vydání 2014

As a child, the distinguished historian the author was sent first to the ghetto of Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz. As…

• Rok vydání 2009

Written when the author was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular by his time living amongst the poor in Manchester,…

The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded…

Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the…

Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages.…

The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global…

• Rok vydání 2009

In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger,…

This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's…

Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a…

• Rok vydání 1982

Presenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work…

• Počet stran 336
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

A Sunday Times Book of the Year ''Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the…

In this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural…

Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest and most important in the medieval world. This title brings together the…

• Počet stran 384
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2004

Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of…

This new historical atlas, richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the…

• Brožovaná
• Počet stran 328
• Rok vydání 2022
• Angličtina

With her acclaimed New York Times best seller (and Reese's Book Club pick) Fair Play, Eve Rodsky ignited a national…

• Počet stran 372
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2026

IS A PROMISE OF PROTECTION ENOUGH? Jiang Suizhou, a history professor transmigrated into the frail and hated Prince of Jing,…

• Rok vydání 2024

• Brožovaná
• Počet stran 375
• Rok vydání 2024
• Angličtina

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

• Rok vydání 2024

• Pevná / vázaná
• Počet stran 210
• Rok vydání 2025
• Angličtina

PRE-ORDER AND CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE WITH THE JAPANESE ART OF MANIFESTATINGIn a world of constant motion, where desires and…

• Počet stran 508
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2014

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

• Počet stran 560
• Rok vydání 2019
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Ascent of Money, A Financial History of the World od výrobce Penguin Books Ltd.…

What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Do we still live with its consequences? This book deals with…