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Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196047
- ISBN
- 9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.45
€ 43.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702. Series: Warfare in History. 400 pages, 40, 13 black and white, 27 line drawing. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 24. Weight: 662.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837398
- ISBN
- 9781843837398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.86
€ 34.99
€ 29.86
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446783
- ISBN
- 9780752446783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835691
- ISBN
- 9781843835691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. Conflicting Visions recounts the Cold War history of Canada's turbulent diplomatic relationship with India, from India's independence through to its controversial emergence as a nuclear power, using Canadian technology to help build its first nuclear device. Num Pages: 640 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774829014
- ISBN
- 9780774829014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186788
- ISBN
- 9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292626
- ISBN
- 9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. This work depicts the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188034
- ISBN
- 9780141188034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.64
€ 12.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Ealey, Mark; McLauchlan, Alastair. Num Pages: 486 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MerwinAsia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937385262
- ISBN
- 9781937385262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.97
€ 56.97
Paperback. As the Regia Aeronautica & the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Based on official wartime records & personal memoirs, the tale unfolds of the challenges they faced - as the enemy employed every possible weapon in a relentless bombing campaign. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752466194
- ISBN
- 9780752466194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. The seventeenth century was one of the most dramatic periods in Scotland's history, with two political revolutions, intense religious strife culminating in the beginnings of toleration, and the modernisation of the state and its infrastructure. This book focuses on the history that the Scots themselves made. Editor(s): Adams, Sharon; Goodare, Julian. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839392
- ISBN
- 9781843839392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
Paperback. Presents the story of American art through the many voices of its contemporary practitioners, consumers, and commentators. This book highlights such themes as women artists, African American representation and expression, regional and itinerant artists, Native Americans and the frontier, and popular culture and vernacular imagery. Editor(s): Burns, Sarah; Davis, John. Num Pages: 1104 pages, 14 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1632.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257566
- ISBN
- 9780520257566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.48
€ 47.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. This authoritative survey of Britain in the later middle ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading international specialists in the field. The volume is broad-ranging, discussing the social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history of England, Scotland, and Wales from 1100 to 1500. Editor(s): Rigby, S. H. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 684 pages, Illustrations maps,. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189736
- ISBN
- 9781405189736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.21
€ 61.21
Hardback. This authoritative survey of Britain in the later middle ages comprises 28 chapters written by leading international specialists in the field. The volume is broad--ranging, discussing the social, economic, political, religious, and cultural history of England, Scotland, and Wales from 1100 to 1500. Editor(s): Rigby, S. H. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 688 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217855
- ISBN
- 9780631217855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.73
€ 215.73
Paperback. In a field riven by controversy, the Oxford Companion to Irish History is a comprehensive and balanced source of information on the history of this complex and fascinating country. Written by a team of almost 100 experts, the Companion's 1,800 A-Z entries explore Irish history from earliest times to the beginning of the 21st century. Editor(s): Connolly, S. J. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 672 pages, 7 maps, 1 line diagram. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GBC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 194 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199691869
- ISBN
- 9780199691869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.10
€ 23.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. More than a quarter of a century after his death, Douglas Bader remains the most famous fighter pilot Britain has every known. While he had as many flaws as laudable qualities, Bader undeniably achieved great things, both during the Second World War and in his later work for the disabled. This title sheds light on various episodes in his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455341
- ISBN
- 9780752455341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Hardcover. The Anglophone history of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) in the Low Countries is dominated by military biographies of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), and studies of the battles he fought. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294475
- ISBN
- 9781910294475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 41.60
€ 53.24
€ 41.60
Hardcover. The Bavarian army which fought the War of 1866 was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384019
- ISBN
- 9781909384019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.78
€ 59.09
€ 45.78
Paperback. The Bavarian army which fought the War of 1866 was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. Translator(s): Sutherland, Stuart. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033668
- ISBN
- 9781906033668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. The Seven Weeks' War of 1866 between Prussia and Italy and Austria was notable not only for its effect on German history but also because it was the last time the armies of the smaller German states fought as independent contingents. This book presents information about the organization of the armies of the smaller states. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033682
- ISBN
- 9781906033682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Hardcover. The so-called Seven Weeks' War of 1866 between Prussia and Italy and Austria was notable not only for its effect on future German history but also because it was the last time the armies of the smaller German states fought as independent contingents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384026
- ISBN
- 9781909384026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.82
€ 59.09
€ 45.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Pope, Salamhah. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252065675
- ISBN
- 9780252065675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73