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Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781689172
ISBN
9781781689172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardback. Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth. Num Pages: 278 pages, 13, 13 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTM; JKV; KNGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835554
ISBN
9781843835554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. Documented with facts, figures and eyewitness accounts, the period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere through the 1944 "Baby Blitz" and the fearsome V1 and V2 robot bombs. The three volumes of this series are dedicated to those British civilians who died or were injured. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1452 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 223 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2458. Series: After the Battle S. 592 pages, 1452 illustrations. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Documented with facts, figures and eyewitness accounts, the period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere through the 1944 "Baby Blitz" and the fearsome V1 and V2 robot bombs. The three volumes of this series are dedicated to those British civilians who died or were injured. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 302 x 218 x 37. Weight: 2448.
Publisher
After the Battle
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Edition
First Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913587
ISBN
9780900913587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.59
€ 51.63

Paperback. Documents the lives of Tsars famous and infamous in a series of biographical portraits stretching from the late 15th to the early 20th centuries. With timelines, datafiles, quotations and illustrations, this chronicle deals with this powerful empire and distinctive civilization whose impact on the history of Europe and the world is immeasurable. Series: Chronicles. Num Pages: 224 pages, 229 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500288283
ISBN
9780500288283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Explores the unknown world of ordinary people in the Ottoman Empire, filled with vivid detail of everyday life in a now-vanished world. A new look at Turkish cultural and social history from the world's leading authority. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437604
ISBN
9781850437604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.70

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
€ 19.49

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

€ 36.99
€ 27.03

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
€ 10.05

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
€ 16.03

Paperback. Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472806963
ISBN
9781472806963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women. Num Pages: 528 pages, 40 b/w illus, (3 x 8pp colour plate sections), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007131891
ISBN
9780007131891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Revised
Publication date
1988
SKU
KTG0003272
ISBN
9780140110517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 16.19

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
€ 17.77

Paperback. "Roman Centurions 31 BC-AD 500: The Classical and Late Empire". Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HBW; JWM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 187 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087957
ISBN
9781849087957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The First World War created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. This book offers an account that portrays the unfolding military conflict on land, sea and in the air. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922984
ISBN
9781847922984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

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
€ 18.28

Paperback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874505
ISBN
9780801874505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jensen, Merrill. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
498
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206946
ISBN
9780872206946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.37
€ 50.03

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

€ 9.37

paperback. Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. This biography does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178029
ISBN
9780300178029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Hardcover. Keywords: Europe - Government - Politics - Germany
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0070009
ISBN
9780701117474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 14.33

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
€ 17.77

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