×


 x 

Shopping cart

Regional & national history

Results 17185 - 17208 of 17606

Regional & national history

Paperback. A gripping, superbly illustrated account of the political, social and cultural history of France. Series: Cambridge Illustrated Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 88 b/w illus. 118 colour illus. 51 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521669924
ISBN
9780521669924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 30.16

Paperback. An account of wartime Greece, exploring the impact of Nazi Occupation upon the lives and values of ordinary people. It seeks to offer a vividly human picture of resistance fighters and black marketeers, teenage German conscripts and Gestapo officers, Jews and starving villagers. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300089233
ISBN
9780300089233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018317
ISBN
9780141018317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardcover. In 1944 the British War Office distributed a handbook to British soldiers informing them what to expect and how to behave in a newly-liberated France. This book is an irresistible insight into British attitudes towards the French and an interesting, timeless commentary on Anglo-French relations. Series: Instructions for Servicemen. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 107 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good illustrated cover. Inscription to previous owner inside cover
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0005218
ISBN
9781851243358
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A captivating re-examination of the Easter Rising, addressing the fundamental questions and myths surrounding Ireland's founding fathers Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 page plate section (colour/greyscale). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
New
SKU
KKD0007056
ISBN
9781786070739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Discover the fascinating lives of the figures that have shaped Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Explore the rich history of the island's cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Editor(s): Lysaght, Charles. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 205 x 41. Weight in Grams: 502. In dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KKD0006943
ISBN
9780008211516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. In this succinct history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relationships. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879270
ISBN
9781848879270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224418
ISBN
9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. Translator(s): Summ, G. Harvey. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268026134
ISBN
9780268026134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This is the book that answers the question: Could Germany have won World War Two? Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cassell
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304362080
ISBN
9780304362080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186337
ISBN
9780141186337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447606
ISBN
9780140447606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Providing an account of his travels, the author describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals. He recounts the history of Ireland's rulers, and tells stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. This work is written from the point of view of an invader and reformer. Translator(s): O'Meara, John. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
9780140444230
ISBN
9780140444230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804727969
ISBN
9780804727969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

paperback. Focusing on the 1960s, this work addresses the question: how did it feel in that dawn to be alive? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666657
ISBN
9780712666657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

paperback. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665629
ISBN
9780712665629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history - 130 years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137633
ISBN
9781844137633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabism--and its ultimate demise. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778756
ISBN
9780804778756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Leading military historians illuminate the major developments in European warfare during a period of momentous technological, political and military change. Editor(s): Tallett, Frank; Trim, D. J. B. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521713894
ISBN
9780521713894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Paperback. A study of the rise and fall of the large and powerful kingdom of Northumbria. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521041027
ISBN
9780521041027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.78

Paperback. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or the pleasures of horse racing. This book offers an introduction to Ancient civilization. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 538. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KKD0005748
ISBN
9780141021416
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton takes us on another fascinating and extraordinary historical adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, B/W maps and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KB; 1QDB; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Murray
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KKD0005696
ISBN
9780340748824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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

Paperback. This book explores the conditions of international relations from the end of WWII to the present, focusing on the American determination to provide world leadership. Series: The New Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 396 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 58.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107536135
ISBN
9781107536135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!