Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571277124
- ISBN
- 9780571277124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Hardback. The life and exploits of the world's greatest sniper, Simo Hayha, who brought death to hundreds of Russian soldiers during the Winter War of 1939-1940. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJ; BGH; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 341 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004297
- ISBN
- 9781612004297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.65
€ 33.99
€ 29.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062333179
- ISBN
- 9780062333179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.28
€ 19.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn. Num Pages: 191 pages, 73. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 211 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334. Henry VIII's Obsession. 191 pages, 47 illustrations, 26 in colour. Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight: 272.
- Publisher
- Amberley
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848685147
- ISBN
- 9781848685147
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
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
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784081737
- ISBN
- 9781784081737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Series: Bomber crews. Num Pages: 288 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 296. Series: Bomber crews. 288 pages, portraits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 50. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907579625
- ISBN
- 9780907579625
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.93
€ 10.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and how their tumultuous events affected him. He also describes the beauty of the landscape, as well as its violence and corruption. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749320201
- ISBN
- 9780749320201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
paperback. Born in 1910, Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley - a course of action that horrified her family. This title offers her portrait. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470274
- ISBN
- 9780099470274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. The final word on one of the world's most notorious spies by the MI6 colleague who knew him best. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849548274
- ISBN
- 9781849548274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.09
€ 17.99
€ 17.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413777898
- ISBN
- 9780413777898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.61
€ 23.99
€ 20.61
Hardcover. Eleanor's patrilineal descent from a prestigious lineage gave her the lordship of Aquitane, although she was relegated to the position of "Lady" in relation to her Lordly husbands. These essays provide a context for Eleanor's life and further an understanding of her multifaceted career. Editor(s): Wheeler, Bonnie; Parsons, John Carmi. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 535 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 833.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 535
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295820
- ISBN
- 9780312295820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.66
€ 125.66
God is Not Here - A Soldier`s Struggle with Torture, Trauma, and the M...
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Russell Edmonds
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBWS5; JWKT; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681771434
- ISBN
- 9781681771434
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.90
€ 17.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607892
- ISBN
- 9781904607892
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. An unprecedented insight into the grim brutality of the Russian revolution and the terror of the Cold War Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596608
- ISBN
- 9780747596608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197242
- ISBN
- 9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. Paints a picture of England in the 1970s, where no celebration was complete without a Party Seven of Watney's Red Barrel, smoking was the norm rather than the exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and cribbage. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552170659
- ISBN
- 9780552170659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Series: Oakwood Library of Railway History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150ill. BIC Classification: BGH; TRF; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853615767
- ISBN
- 9780853615767
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.30
€ 16.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Y Lolfa
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784614102
- ISBN
- 9781784614102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.46
€ 24.46
Paperback. John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesman in the history of England. His descendant, Sir Winston Churchill wrote this work as both an act of homage, and as an historical insight into the man behind the statesman. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1 halftone, 103 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1080
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106359
- ISBN
- 9780226106359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 45.53
€ 53.36
€ 45.53
Paperback. This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555934
- ISBN
- 9781781555934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.07
€ 23.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. From his eccentric South London working class childhood to running one of the biggest cities in the world, Livingstone is one of the very few politicians to have scored a major victory over the Thatcher Government and has championed issues as diverse as the environment, gay rights and anti-racism. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571280414
- ISBN
- 9780571280414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752498843
- ISBN
- 9780752498843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
Hardcover. Helene's adventuresome life went from an ill-fated romance in Queen Victoria's court to an Italian royal marriage. She fled from boredom to explore and hunt in Africa, but returned to serve Italy in the national crises of earthquake, epidemic and war-heading the Red Cross nurses in the front lines of the Great War-and watched its move into Fascism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; BGR; JKSN1; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555927
- ISBN
- 9781781555927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.73
€ 40.99
€ 27.73