Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. New and expanded information on Loch Eriboll's pivotal role in the surrender of German U-boats to northern Scotland in May, 1945. Reveals the career histories of the 33 U-boat Commanders and features the staged U-boat 'surrenders' in Northern Ireland and Liverpool. Num Pages: 224 pages, liberally illustrated with b/w photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Enlarged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849951654
- ISBN
- 9781849951654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Here, David Gwynn reflects on the remarkable legacy of the Roman Republic. The rise and fall of the Republic holds a special place in the history of Western civilization; it has been presented as a model, a source of inspiration, but also a warning. Placing the events in their wider context, he provides a fascinating history of culture and society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 black and white halftones, and some maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199595112
- ISBN
- 9780199595112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Glantz offers a definitive account of the forgotten catastrophe of Operation Mars, reveals the key players, and details the major events of the military disaster. 24 photos, 24 maps. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 422 pages, 24 photographs, 24 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614172
- ISBN
- 9780700614172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04
Hardcover. Describes the Red Army's attempts to thwart German offensive plans by defeating Army Group Center in the Smolensk region with a general counter offensive by three Red Army fronts. This volume deals with two major military operations which, for political and military reasons, Soviet historians concealed from view, largely because they both failed. Num Pages: 624 pages, 19 b/w photos, 94 maps, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 239 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1288. The German Offensives on the Flanks and the Third Soviet Counteroffensive, 25 August-10 September 1941. 624 pages, 19 b/w photos, 94 maps, 32 tables. Describes the Red Army's attempts to thwart German offensive plans by defeating Army Group Center in the Smolensk region with a general counter offensive by three Red Army fronts. This volume deals with two major military operations which, for political and military reasons, Soviet historians concealed from view, largely because they both failed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 59. Weight: 1286.
- Publisher
- Helion Pub
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033903
- ISBN
- 9781906033903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.32€ 54.72
€ 71.32
€ 54.72
Paperback. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061554
- ISBN
- 9780252061554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403980090
- ISBN
- 9781403980090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.76
€ 88.76
Hardcover. Reconstructs an imposing mosaic that reveals the immense scope and ambitious intent of the first Iasi-Kishinev offensive. This book shows that Stalin was not as preoccupied with a direct route to Berlin as he was with a "broad front" strategy designed to gain territory and find vulnerable points in Germany's extended lines of defense. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614653
- ISBN
- 9780700614653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.71
€ 61.71
Hardcover. The German seige and Soviet defence of Leningrad in World War II was an epic struggle in an epic war, a drama of heroism and human misery unmatched in the annals of modern warfare. This work provides a military history of the conflict waged beyond the city's borders. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 660 pages, 90 illustrations, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 234 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 660
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612086
- ISBN
- 9780700612086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. Beginning with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, this volume draws upon eye-witness German accounts supplemented with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. Series: Soviet Russian Military Experience. Num Pages: 528 pages, figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714642987
- ISBN
- 9780714642987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55
€ 80.55
Hardcover. One aspect of Nazism that has not received sufficient attention from historians of the Third Reich is the doctrine's origins in the Thule Society and its covert activities. David Luhrssen has written the first comprehensive study of the society's activities, its cultural roots, and its postwar ramifications in a historical-critical context. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978576
- ISBN
- 9781597978576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.91
€ 48.99
€ 41.91
Paperback. Offers insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689361
- ISBN
- 9781851689361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.41
€ 15.99
€ 12.41
Hardback. A charming gift book of the strangest and most intriguing stories of London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472109316
- ISBN
- 9781472109316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. This work examines the structures of power and jurisdiction that operated in Tudor England. It explains what the institutions of central government were designed to do, and how they related to each other. It also discusses how order and obedience were supposed to be preserved in the countryside. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631191575
- ISBN
- 9780631191575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. Few English monarchs have a worse reputation than Mary Tudor. She has been seen both as a religious fanatic who tried against the will of her people to reverse the course of the Reformation and as the pawn of her husband, Philip II of Spain -- her infatuation with whom led her to betray Englanda s vital interests. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184492
- ISBN
- 9780631184492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96
Paperback. A full-scale biography Henry VIII's fifth wife, the teenager who got herself fatally entangled with lovers and ended up with her neck on the block. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445636764
- ISBN
- 9781445636764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Paperback. Ranging from Elizabeth of York - wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch - through to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last in the line, this book explores the most colorful and dramatic women in British history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. 272 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. Ranging from Elizabeth of York - wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch - through to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last in the line, this book explores the most colorful and dramatic women in British history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 21. Weight: 438.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826434388
- ISBN
- 9780826434388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.93
€ 45.93
Paperback. The marital ups and downs of England's most infamous king. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445618975
- ISBN
- 9781445618975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The biography of the blacksmith's son who rose to be Henry VIII's right-hand man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445640013
- ISBN
- 9781445640013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Paperback. A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298. The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family. 304 pages, 33 illustrations, 25 in colour. A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 23. Weight: 298.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445609584
- ISBN
- 9781445609584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
Paperback. A major new biography of the most infamous king of England. Num Pages: 464 pages, 105. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438. 464 pages, 105 Illustrations (some col.). B-format BC. Praise for the BB published in 2011:. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 33. Weight: 436.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445607047
- ISBN
- 9781445607047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04