Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. As the author of "Evelina" and "Cecilia", both of which created new dimensions for the novel, Fanny Burney is as well remembered for her memoirs of Johnson, her mastectomy and her account of the Battle of Waterloo. This portrait of Burney paints a picture of this forward-looking woman. Num Pages: 112 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0020983
- ISBN
- 9781904095187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The author recounts his command of the 7th Armoured Brigade Group - the Desert Rats - during the Gulf War; from preparation and training, to coping with the pressures of a ground war on unfamiliar terrain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&w Photographs, 8pp Colour Photographs, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPR; BGHA; HB; JWD; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0021030
- ISBN
- 9780340682463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021070
- ISBN
- 9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Anwar al-Sadat, one of the most transformative figures in Middle Eastern and world history. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190248987
- ISBN
- 9780190248987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Paperback. This biography looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations, 3 line figures, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415165914
- ISBN
- 9780415165914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Paperback. Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415217538
- ISBN
- 9780415217538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.55
€ 56.55
Paperback. A biography of the intriguing life of the unknown Liberal British Prime Minister. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950561
- ISBN
- 9781904950561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Bussey, Carvel De. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 163 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGH; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 302 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929497945
- ISBN
- 9780929497945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.73
€ 21.99
€ 20.73
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869608
- ISBN
- 9780902869608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Trade ed.
- SKU
- V9780446564632
- ISBN
- 9780446564632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. A book about Margaret Thatcher by award-winning biographer Brenda Maddox. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8 pages colour and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340825464
- ISBN
- 9780340825464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. A personal account of a Labour supporter's miserable eighteen years under a Tory government. A literary debut which combines wit with barbed insight from the author who has been a full time comedy writer since the voters of Battersea sacked him from his previous job as an MP's researcher for the House of Commons. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. 8vo.Good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0297052
- ISBN
- 9780552998031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003874
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lee, Joe. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 128 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- SKU
- V9781934389447
- ISBN
- 9781934389447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.08
€ 14.99
€ 14.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389812
- ISBN
- 9781934389812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.27
€ 18.99
€ 17.27
paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124 131pp. 2000 reprint. Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192812391
- ISBN
- 9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.64
€ 15.99
€ 10.64
paperback. Mikhail Gorbachev is the man who changed everything. It was Gorbachev's initiative that raised the Iron Curtain; his actions that resulted in one of the era's most symbolic events, the demolition on the Berlin Wall; his reforms that set in train events leading to the fall of Communism. This book tells the human story. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 61. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385613293
- ISBN
- 9780385613293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.98
€ 25.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Eden was one of the most fascinating and ultimately tragic British politicians of the 20th century. A man of rigid honour, he resigned as Foreign Secretary in 1938 over the appeasement of Hitler, eventually achieving his desire to be Prime Minister, only to be brought down by the 1956 Suez Crisis. Num Pages: 784 pages, 16pp b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 45. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665056
- ISBN
- 9780712665056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 16-page B&W insert 1 16-page 4-color insert. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 41. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608197132
- ISBN
- 9781608197132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.62
€ 25.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. Presents the backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history. This is a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable. It also presents the story of the invention of European porcelain. Num Pages: 288 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553506921
- ISBN
- 9780553506921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 16.75