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'What reader could resist a new book by Douglas Preston called The Lost City of the Monkey God ? Not this reader. Preston's…

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• Rok vydání 2023

China Miéville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist…

• Rok vydání 2022

A dramatic account of Germany's slide from parliamentary democracy to dictatorship, and the history of Weimar Berlin in the…

A vivid, in-the-round portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta.…

• Rok vydání 2019

The story of a defining moment in the history of British democracy: the horrific Peterloo massacre of 1819.…

• Rok vydání 2019

An artist, working with a historian, uses digital techniques to bring to life 200 photographs of the defining events and…

The story of the assassination squad that changed the course of Irish history.…

• Rok vydání 2019

A meticulous reconstruction of those three summer days that ignited the Irish Civil War in 1922 - the defining event of…

• Rok vydání 2022

A history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.…

Kniha 9781789544695 Hitler Years ~ Triumph 1933-1939 Frank McDonough…

• Rok vydání 2018

The case of Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters, both hanged for murder in 1923.…

• Rok vydání 2020

A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics and which is…

• Rok vydání 2020

An account of the creation, impact and legacy of one of the most important documents of the Tudor period - the last will and…

'A breathtaking account ... Paul Kenyon is a brilliant writer who's been there and tells a story of unparalleled greed and…

'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history ... A skilful storyteller [...] he enlivens the narrative with bloodcurdling…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA narrative of early capitalism\'s most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nAn investigation of the obscure centuries that followed the departure of the Romans from Britain.\n…

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• Rok vydání 2020

Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history.…

A lively and insightful study of the many roles played by women in the Tudor era, from queens to wet-nurses and countesses…

An informal history of the movies told through some of cinema\'s best-loved scenes, from the early days of Hollywood to the…

• Rok vydání 2020

A history of the Vikings that fully reflects the extraordinary geographical range of their activities, from Newfoundland in…

A history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England – nestling deep within the mountains and valleys…

• Rok vydání 2022

A new narrative history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.…

• Rok vydání 2016

A bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain through ten walks…

\nAn account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one the most influential statements in…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music.\n…

\nA concise account of the painting often described as the most important work of art produced in the twentieth century.\n…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe story of the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell\'s Protectorate (1653-9), England\'s sole experiment in republican…

\nA biography of the great epic poem.\n…

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A short and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the…

\nA recreation of the life and times of Oswald of Northumbria: Christian warlord, founder of Lindisfarne monastery - and the…

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• Rok vydání 2019

From Romulus and Remus to the films of Fellini, Rome has always exerted a hold on the world's imagination. Now Ferdinand…

• Rok vydání 2020

The biography of one of America\'s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, which became the basis for the hugely successful…

A one-volume, essential history of England\'s longest and bloodiest civil war: the Wars of the Roses.…

The heroic and inspiring story of the fortunes of the Black Watch whose soldiers have distinguished themselves in theatres…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nAn anthology of classical literature, both non-fiction and fiction, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich…

A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics and which is…

A Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the Peter the Great, the ruler who brought Russia from darkness into light.…

A concise history of one of the world's greatest and most comprehensive museum collections, from its founding in 1753 to the…

\nA memoir by Italian-Latvian author Marina Jarre. Steeped in the history of twentieth-century Europe, this memoir probes…

\nA view of the south of Ireland - political, social, geographical - through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being…

\nA history of the fate of a single family in the period of the Irish Revolution.\n…

From dinosaur to dinner plate, Sally Coulthard reveals the cultural history of the chicken.…

\nA dramatic account of Germany\'s slide from parliamentary democracy to dictatorship, and the history of Weimar Berlin in…

\nAn illustrated portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta, from best-selling author Dan Jones.\n…

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• Rok vydání 2023

An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the early…

\nA survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to…

\nConspiracy, intrigue and faction fighting as the future of Europe hangs in the balance: Mary Hollingsworth tells the story…