Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Was he truly a monster, or a capable ruler cursed by ill luck? This book draws on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters to bring the real John vividly to life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591825
- ISBN
- 9780099591825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. The true wartime story of William Ash - the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape. A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, from one of Britain's bestselling military historians. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390251
- ISBN
- 9781782390251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
€ 11.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. Num Pages: 608 pages, (3 x 8pp 4-colour plates). BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841157535
- ISBN
- 9781841157535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.88
€ 17.99
€ 12.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613745366
- ISBN
- 9781613745366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.18
€ 32.99
€ 28.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGH; JKVP1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509829408
- ISBN
- 9781509829408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.54
€ 16.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298393
- ISBN
- 9789652298393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCC1; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 5.8.2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854513
- ISBN
- 9780192854513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback.
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893019
- ISBN
- 9780718893019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.78
€ 56.78
Paperback. The first major biography of Edward the Confessor for almost 40 years. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445604763
- ISBN
- 9781445604763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554059
- ISBN
- 9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859791175
- ISBN
- 9780859791175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967430
- ISBN
- 9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
€ 25.99
€ 19.30
Hardback. In this wry and insightful memoir, distinguished American diplomat John Paton Davies, Jr. describes his upbringing and wartime adventures in Asia, encounters with key twentieth-century figures from Mahatma Gandhi to Joseph Stalin, and how he carried on after his Foreign Service career was cut short by McCarthyism. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244014
- ISBN
- 9780812244014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Paperback. Gives a textured picture of daily life at the Tudor Court from the woman's point of view. This book establishes the interaction of the private and public, and demonstrates how the Queens of Henry VIII were central in determining political policy. Num Pages: 880 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 57. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437246
- ISBN
- 9780099437246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.18
€ 25.99
€ 18.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468693
- ISBN
- 9780752468693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Hardcover. Obama: The Call of History is a portrait in full of America's first African-American president against the background of these tumultuous times. Num Pages: 320 pages, 275 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AJCR; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 241. .
- Publisher
- New York Times/Callaway
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935112900
- ISBN
- 9780935112900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
Hardback. A gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGHA; HRHP; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Export
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471164392
- ISBN
- 9781471164392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.02
€ 11.02
Paperback. Existentialism meets the philosophy of the Absurd. They should have been a dream-team. It turned into a duel to the death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847394255
- ISBN
- 9781847394255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KLJ0014529
- ISBN
- 9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. A re-evaluation of the life of the legendary 15th-century Portuguese prince, Henry the Navigator. It examines the full range of the Prince's activities as an imperialist and as a maritime, cartographical and navigational pioneer. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 colour pl 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091304
- ISBN
- 9780300091304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.69
€ 25.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; GTJ; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Just World Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781682570029
- ISBN
- 9781682570029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Second edition of highly accessible biography of the founder of modern Zionism, published to mark the centenary of his death in 1904. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 117 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015905
- ISBN
- 9781870015905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. 400 pages, maps. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 389.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873025
- ISBN
- 9781848873025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardcover. This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339538
- ISBN
- 9781909339538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52