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Paperback. The destruction of the French army at Crecy in 1346 and the subsequent siege and capture of Calais marked a new era in European history. This book is about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, and it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020679
ISBN
9780141020679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. The first and most important of eight volumes chronicling the French Revolution to an England fearful of another civil war. The author's twenty-six letters recounting old regime tyranny and revolutionary events provide both an apology for the Revolution and a representation of it as sublime spectacle. Editor(s): Fraistat, Neil; Lanser, Susan S. Num Pages: 295 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112558
ISBN
9781551112558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages b-w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471164910
ISBN
9781471164910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

paperback. An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JF; HBJM; HBLL; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448549
ISBN
9780099448549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Jim Bridger was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. At eighteen, he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. This biography provides a portrait of Bridger. Num Pages: 333 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803257207
ISBN
9780803257207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.04

Paperback. This authoritative account of the Taliban's remarkable rebirth in Pakistan and Afghanistan traces the roots of the region's Islamic extremism and examines the role of America's political policies and strategic military decisions in enabling the troubling resurgence of the dangerously repressive fundamentalists. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216165
ISBN
9780300216165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. The story of the Imperial Japanese Army's victory over the British forces during World War II, focusing on the significance of the aerial campaign that saw Japan claim air superiority. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 65 b/w; 9 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 249 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472811226
ISBN
9781472811226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and combined operations techniques, the offensive ended the Phony War and sent the French forces reeling as their government fled from occupied Paris. This book tells the story of the crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030654
ISBN
9780141030654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162942
ISBN
9780691162942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

paperback. A biography of Edward VI, drawing a portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident and decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Jennifer Loach also supplies the dramatic context in which Edward's short reign was played out. Editor(s): Bernard, Professor George; Williams, Penry. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094091
ISBN
9780300094091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBJD1; HBLA; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263159
ISBN
9781904263159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Paperback. The Tang dynasty is often called China's golden age, a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. This title captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064010
ISBN
9780674064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. An updated edition of this best-selling introduction to the conflict Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780743806
ISBN
9781780743806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.52

Paperback. Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 col plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007181872
ISBN
9780007181872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. 'A definitive history of Napoleon's last victorious war' - First Empire magazine reviewing Volume I: Abensberg 'Testifies to the health and vitality of research into the Napoleonic Wars' - Gary Sheffield A meticulously-researched, critically-acclaimed account drawing on diaries, unit histories and official reports Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pages of plates, plus maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848327580
ISBN
9781848327580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453526
ISBN
9780801453526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. The relentless rise of the Muslim Brotherhood has secured them a leading role in the unsettled and uncertain landscapes of Egypt, a country shaken by revolution and revolt. Delving into the tangle of Egyptian politics from Nasser to Mubarak, the author unpicks the troubled relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the state. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780762173
ISBN
9781780762173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291072
ISBN
9780520291072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195321173
ISBN
9780195321173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.96

Paperback. Peter Tunstall's unforgettable memoir of his days in the RAF and as one of the most celebrated of all British POWs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715650219
ISBN
9780715650219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.30

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