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The story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and yet the language of architecture is a mystery to all but a few.…

• Rok vydání 2002

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

Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires…

In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year,…

Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the…

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant…

Broad history which looks in detail at the origins and vicissitudes of the major contemporary civilizations: the Muslim…

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• Rok vydání 2014

Life in Britain during the First World War was far stranger than many of us realize. The author tells the story of the war…

A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life,…

The definitive account in English of the events that, over centuries, led to the founding of Prussia and created a medieval…

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Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she…

For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the…

What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? This title looks at…

• Rok vydání 2019

The first short narrative history of the continent, from the author of the bestselling A Short History of England Europe is…

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Investigates into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations. This book explains the attitudes that states…

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• Rok vydání 2013

Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and…

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Produkt History of the Crusades I - Runciman, Steven zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Books Ltd.…

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**The abridged memoirs of Anthony Powell, with a new introduction from Louisa Young**Anthony Powell earned a reputation as a…

READ THE FINAL FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF ARNHEM BRIDGE FROM FORMER PARATROOPER JOHN HUMPRHEYS, AND BESTSELLING…

Providing an account of his travels, the author describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals. He recounts the history of…

Die Kernfrage hierbei ist: Warum hörte Deutschland nicht auf zu kämpfen? Warum ergab sich der sichere Verlierer nicht, und…

Written at a time when furious arguments are raging about the best way to govern America, this title aims of persuading New…

Heinz Guderian - master of the Blitzkrieg and father of modern tank warfare - commanded the German XIX Army Corps as it…

A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding…

Discusses Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and…

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

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Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far…

Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. This book includes a narrative of the major events of…

• Rok vydání 2004

The first of W.G. Sebald's non-fiction books to be translated into English, "On the Natural History of Destruction" explores…

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

Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was…

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A scintillating collection of essays that encapsulates the great Italian writer's approach to writing, reading, and…

Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the…

Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusadesremains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed…

In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade. Half a century later,…

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READ FORMER BRITISH ARMY SOLDIER SHAUN PINNER’S EXTRADORDINARY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINEFor fans of Bravo Two…

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The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after…

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

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

The volume collects together Orwell's writings on his experience of the Spanish Civil War - the chaos at the Front, the…

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This is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their…

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…

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