Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214441
- ISBN
- 9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600781957
- ISBN
- 9781600781957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.61
€ 16.61
Paperback. "Countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw .. this is surely one of the best."-Publishers Weekly, starred review Num Pages: 368 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330632
- ISBN
- 9780393330632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.32
€ 30.99
€ 28.32
Paperback. * In this carefully researched account, acclaimed biographer, Michael White tells the story of Machiavelli's life and reveals how his ideas have been misunderstood and his name misappropriated as a result. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115993
- ISBN
- 9780349115993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555439
- ISBN
- 9781781555439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.47
€ 33.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. This startling biography explores the remarkable life of an iconic figure of the twentieth century, Vaclav Havel, author and dissident, who became the first president of the Czech Republic. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857898524
- ISBN
- 9780857898524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.97
€ 26.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212372
- ISBN
- 9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.59
€ 21.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212389
- ISBN
- 9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.18
€ 18.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 49.58
€ 58.63
€ 49.58
Paperback. A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007241972
- ISBN
- 9780007241972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labour camp, where they were starved, beaten and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honour the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin. Num Pages: 320 pages, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFG; BGH; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848893016
- ISBN
- 9781848893016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Biography of the last British Prime Minister of the 20th Century. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950738
- ISBN
- 9781904950738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Hardcover. The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553718
- ISBN
- 9781781553718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.46
€ 33.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost 45 years and all that time he has shown loyalty, courage and commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction. This autobiography exhibits his professionalism, his honesty, his directness, his exuberance and his sense of humour. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552156028
- ISBN
- 9780552156028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Hardback. Graphic biography of one of the most extraordinary soldiers of the Second World War Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473879515
- ISBN
- 9781473879515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. The gripping true story of Klaus Fuchs: the spy who sold the nuclear secrets to the Russians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365661
- ISBN
- 9780755365661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Tells the stories of seven veterans who went through a hellish baptism of fire in the first battles on the front line, and fought in the last-ditch defence of Dunkirk. In this book, their accounts gives us an insight into the reality of the war and what it was really like to face the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552162340
- ISBN
- 9780552162340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Revealing the naturally courageous nature of 'Lady Lindy', that made her one of the most daring of twentieth-century women Num Pages: 176 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; TRPS; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750979481
- ISBN
- 9780750979481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. "A treat.. Insightful.. Refreshing.. A must-have.. Not only is Sajna's work a valuable historical resource, it makes for a compelling read as well. "-American History "There has to be someone left to tell the tale. Num Pages: 384 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471417002
- ISBN
- 9780471417002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.79
€ 25.99
€ 20.79