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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical problems associated with his exercise of power. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582437517
ISBN
9780582437517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.19

Paperback. A look at Lincoln's life and cottage outside Washington, a retirement quarters for Army veterans - a place where he could escape the unceasing burdens of the White House, and where he made some of the crucial decisions of the war. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Oxford Universit edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195179859
ISBN
9780195179859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.27

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

€ 69.02

Paperback. Accessible and incisive new one-volume biography of Winston Churchill. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388346
ISBN
9780857388346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961844
ISBN
9780750961844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 34 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVC; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 252 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209723
ISBN
9780300209723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 40.12

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 251 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962698
ISBN
9780750962698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615841
ISBN
9780700615841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.88

Paperback. Bill Clinton is both a product and a manipulator of the communications media, and this biography looks inside the tactics and the representations that both the President and his wife have adopted to sway opinion in their favour. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BGH; JFD; JPQ; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KHN0001880
ISBN
9780099360018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 372. 400 pages, Illustrations. An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Dimension: 154 x 199 x 29. Weight: 374.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848876859
ISBN
9781848876859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback.
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717154029
ISBN
9780717154029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. The life of Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 848 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126233
ISBN
9781842126233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. He was a debt-ridden dandy, a mid-ranking novelist armed with enormous political ambition. She was a moneyed widow twelve years older than her new husband, always overdressed for society dinners and never one to hold her tongue. Mary Anne and Benjamin Disraeli made an unlikely match, yet they rose to the very pinnacle of Victorian society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099597445
ISBN
9780099597445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the development of modern biology. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854544
ISBN
9780192854544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060570132
ISBN
9780060570132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020761
ISBN
9780141020761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Hanged for treason in 1798, James Coigly was a Catholic priest from Armagh. This biography puts into relief the political and sectarian conflicts that engulfed Armagh and spawned the Orange Order in 1795. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC7; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 111.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181423
ISBN
9781859181423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 13 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137565259
ISBN
9781137565259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

Hardcover. In 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of Edward Witts business. Within a few months Edward and Agnes had built a wide circle of friends and acquaintance in the upper echelons of society where Agnes's magnetic personality worked its magic. Editor(s): Sutton, Alan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 60 illustrations, 30 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 260 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554845
ISBN
9781781554845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

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