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Biography: historical, political & military

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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. * A personal story of the Second World War brought to life against the backdrop of the Black Watch - Scotland's best-known regiment Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123363
ISBN
9780349123363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295873
ISBN
9789652295873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705717
ISBN
9781501705717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781450423526
ISBN
9781450423526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Talleyrand is a silver-tongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France's Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's epic wars, and on through restored kings to more revolution. This title charts the progress of Talleyrand. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541622
ISBN
9780099541622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Their correspondence related everyday events that became history. Editor(s): Bailey, Judith A.; Cottom, Robert I. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420620
ISBN
9780938420620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 664 pages, 70 photos & maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 247 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2038.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578700
ISBN
9781877578700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.49

Paperback. Queen on trial Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937719
ISBN
9780750937719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

paperback. This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300088021
ISBN
9780300088021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 30.68

Paperback. Presents an account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Presenting a chronicle of action and courage, this memoir features the experience of the author in the South Pacific during World War II. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSPS; BGH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Presidio Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891419068
ISBN
9780891419068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages, over 100 color/bw images. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764339516
ISBN
9780764339516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. Series: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762778546
ISBN
9780762778546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.92

paperback. Edward Lynch enlisted when he was just 18 - one of thousands of fresh-faced men who were waved off by the crowds as they embarked for France. It was 1916 and the majority had no idea of the reality of the Somme trenches. Private Lynch was one of those who survived. Written from the perspective of an ordinary 'Tommy', this book tells his story. Editor(s): Davies, Will. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp B & W photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553819137
ISBN
9780553819137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 37. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781843914631
ISBN
9781843914631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. On the night of 7 May 2015, Ed Balls thought there was a chance he would wake up the next morning as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Instead, he woke up without a job. Twenty-one years earlier he had left a promising career in journalism to work for Labour in opposition. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGHA; JPFF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755935
ISBN
9781784755935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531708
ISBN
9780716531708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 47.23

Paperback. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 656 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 60 colour images, 12 maps and battle diagrams. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108613
ISBN
9780300108613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

paperback. A biography that provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long winters' of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, the author shows with clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300181951
ISBN
9780300181951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756788
ISBN
9780375756788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer and a bon vivant. This biography offers a compact and provocative portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300101621
ISBN
9780300101621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. A major biography of Emma Darwin of whom the author writes: 'Darwin's debt to Emma can never be fully estimated. Without her he might have been a clever man who yet achieved nothing' Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001644
ISBN
9780747262480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The fascinating story of one of England's most famous monarchs, Alfred the Great, from his birth to the discovery of a piece of his pelvis in a cardboard box in a museum in Winchester Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649641
ISBN
9781445649641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.67

Paperback. Sensational new biography - using the discovery of long lost contemporary documents - of the Russian peasant mystic whose malign influence helped lead to the downfall of the Romanovs. Translator(s): Rosengrant, Judson. Num Pages: 728 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810804
ISBN
9780753810804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 388 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251861
ISBN
9781442251861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.74

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