Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800 AD. Translator(s): Ganz, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455052
- ISBN
- 9780140455052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. These two accounts of the most important ecclesiastical figures of the early sixth century focus especially on Severos' student years in Alexandria and Beirut, and the earlier part of his career. Translator(s): Brock, Sebastian; FitzGerald, Brian. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 175 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HRCC8. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318832
- ISBN
- 9781846318832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Hardcover. These two accounts of the most important ecclesiastical figures of the early sixth century focus especially on Severos' student years in Alexandria and Beirut, and the earlier part of his career. Translator(s): Brock, Sebastian; FitzGerald, Brian. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HRCC8. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318825
- ISBN
- 9781846318825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.16
€ 176.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FMB; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824816285
- ISBN
- 9780824816285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874622161
- ISBN
- 9781874622161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170427
- ISBN
- 9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840225877
- ISBN
- 9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Hardcover. The story that inspired the major motion picture, Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- 0037-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476767345
- ISBN
- 9781476767345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.93
€ 19.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844728
- ISBN
- 9781909844728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.24
€ 25.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. The Tudor era belongs to its women. No other period of English History has produced so many notable and interesting women, and into other period have they so powerfully influenced the course of political events. Mary Tudor, Elizabeth 1 and, at moments of high drama, Mary Queen of Scots Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750928809
- ISBN
- 9780750928809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.15
€ 16.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. William Paulet was the ultimate courtier. Though born a commoner, by his death he was the senior peer in England and, as Lord High Treasurer, he held one of the most influential positions at court. This biography of William gives insight into everyday life, from etiquette and bathing, to court politics and the monarchs themselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752470108
- ISBN
- 9780752470108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.51
€ 16.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107630
- ISBN
- 9780300107630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
paperback. The most current and definitive investigation into the life and times of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4-c photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004675
- ISBN
- 9781471159732
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 11. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy. Covers showing very light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004676
- ISBN
- 9780141984896
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. This biography of Harry Truman presents a picture of an extraordinary American President. Drawing archival material and interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood, his entry into politics and his emergence as President. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993. Num Pages: 1117 pages, 316pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671869205
- ISBN
- 9780671869205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.03
€ 21.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. A riveting new biography of Leon Trotsky from the critically acclaimed author of Lenin and Stalin Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330439695
- ISBN
- 9780330439695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.89
€ 24.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467914
- ISBN
- 9781608467914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Hardcover. One of the greatest Marxist philosophers of the Bolshevik Revolution and an integral force in the creation of the Red Army, Lev Trotsky was expelled from the Party by Joseph Stalin in 1927 and deported in 1929, first to France, then Turkey, and Norway soon after. This title offers an account of Trotsky's time in Oslo. Series: Russian Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DVUA; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804743
- ISBN
- 9780875804743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.89
€ 45.89
Paperback. Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He witnessed many of his contemporaries killed in action. This work offers an account of one man's experience of the battle for Europe in 1944 and 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945349
- ISBN
- 9780750945349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
paperback. Offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and is a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035894
- ISBN
- 9780571234790
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91