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Paperback. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871161
- ISBN
- 9781784871161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. The T-64 tank was the most revolutionary design of the whole Cold War, designed to provide the firepower and armour protection of a heavy tank in a medium-weight design. This book sheds light on the secrets behind the Cold War's most controversial tank, revealing how its highly advanced technologies proved to be both a blessing and a curse. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam; Palmer, Ian. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBTW; HBWS; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806284
- ISBN
- 9781472806284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. Following up on his 2013 national bestseller, The Aviators, Winston Groom returns to tell the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall--from the World War I battle that shaped them to their greatest victory: leading the allies to victory in World War II. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216916
- ISBN
- 9781426216916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWF; JWXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 187 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- The Pool of London Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910860182
- ISBN
- 9781910860182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
paperback. This title paints a portrait of Henry I, son of William the Conqueror. The author vividly describes Henry's life and reign in a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 588 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098297
- ISBN
- 9780300098297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.94
€ 33.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270095
- ISBN
- 9781783270095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. The secrets behind one of the world's most secretive dictators. Fidel Castro's life from revolutionary to being one of the wealthiest leaders in the world Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660141
- ISBN
- 9781445660141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.33
€ 17.33
Paperback. The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825679
- ISBN
- 9780753825679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Featuring a mix of fiction, memoir, poetry and essays, this book provides a thought-provoking and necessary negotiation of historical and contemporary Irish-Scottish relations, and explores the Easter Rising s intersections with other movements, from Women s Suffrage to the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum." Editor(s): Maley, Willy; Lusk, Kirsty. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910745366
- ISBN
- 9781910745366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.72
€ 18.99
€ 12.72
Paperback. A volume in the BATTLEGROUND EUROPE series, a battlefield guide which draws upon material in national and local archives, documentary evidence, personal reminiscence and British and German unit histories of the Somme battlefield during World War I. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 190 pages, photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBWN; JWL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 3. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850525403
- ISBN
- 9780850525403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this Companion provides a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century in British history. The chapters, each written by a leading expert, guide readers through the maze of scholarly debates about Stuart Britain. Editor(s): Coward, Barry. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189989
- ISBN
- 9781405189989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62
Hardcover. Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was soon overtaken by civil war and postwar pragmatism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659544
- ISBN
- 9780674659544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. The extraordinary lives of two formidable 16th-century queens: Marguerite de Valois and her mother Catherine de' Medici. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; BGR; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224770
- ISBN
- 9781780224770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Burmak, Dmitry; Burmak, Kate. Series: Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FM; HBW; JW; WDH; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817341
- ISBN
- 9781472817341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. "This engaging book tackles the contentious issue of categorizing the Christian military campaigns against Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula."-Historian Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218893
- ISBN
- 9780812218893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Botana, Natalio R.; Gallo, Ezequiel. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978522
- ISBN
- 9780865978522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.71
€ 15.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. * The first major single history of the Wars of the Roses for decades, written by renowned popular and military historian, Trevor Royle, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117904
- ISBN
- 9780349117904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. During the Second World War, Britain's top secret Special Operations Executive plotted to assassinate Hitler. A small department of SOE known as Section X had the tantalisingly complex task of investigating how, when and where their plan could be executed. This title gives insight into the shadowy world of Britain's wartime secret services. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454733
- ISBN
- 9780752454733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The perfect introduction to England's history for readers of all ages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 15 tables, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714826523
- ISBN
- 9780714826523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Memoirs of Occupied France. 384 pages. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596745
- ISBN
- 9780747596745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
paperback. A biography that provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long winters' of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, the author shows with clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181951
- ISBN
- 9780300181951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.60
€ 26.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445637655
- ISBN
- 9781445637655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Hardback. In the summer of 1942, Japan's leading cultural authorities gathered in Tokyo to discuss the massive cultural, technological, and intellectual changes that had transformed Japan since the Meiji period. This book presents the English translation of the symposium proceedings. Editor(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143967
- ISBN
- 9780231143967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.49
€ 93.49
Paperback. A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. 'A tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220932
- ISBN
- 9781780220932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47