'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the…

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

McPherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas…

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Presents the history of the Indian uprising of 1857.…

\nOffers the reader insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots.\n…

An ancient artifact is discovered in a dusty antiquities shop in Alexandria, Egypt - the long forgotten trinket soon becomes…

Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released…

Presents general reader's history of the ancient mediterranean that combines a grasp of the scholarship of the day with a…

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The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a…

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

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Tells the story of darkest episode in Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, greatest warrior-champion of Greeks, and his…

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The beginning of the twentieth century saw human civilization at its most enlightened, well-educated, globalized and…

Discusses the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII. This book shows how in 1933 Hitler…

Presents the Second World War as it was experienced by three of its most flamboyant, controversial and influential…

Tells the history of how the West 'won' the Cold War. In this book, the author offers a perspective on events, from Vietnam…

Thomas Lourds, the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages, is contacted by an old friend, Dr Lev Strauss. A long-lost…

'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever…

Tells the story of contemporary Ireland, from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the…

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…

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"1914-1918", David Stevenson's history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of…

The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This book…

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Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily,…

Produkt A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2 - Romer, John zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Books Ltd.…

For almost all nations, the First World War was an unparalleled disaster, but the Italian experience especially was to have…

Beginning with prehistory and the early civilizations of the Aegean, this title traces the development of European identity…

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second…

Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased…