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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107309
- ISBN
- 9780143107309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595847
- ISBN
- 9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Hardcover. The essays take on aspects of eighteenth-century texts such as plot, genre, character, perspective, temporality, and more, coming at them from both a narratological and a historical perspective. Editor(s): M Kikalli, Aino; Steinby, Liisa. Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 full color. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648747
- ISBN
- 9789089648747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.58
€ 161.58
Paperback. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now. Editor(s): Duvall, John N.; Marzec, Robert P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH5; DSK; HBJK; JPWL2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417387
- ISBN
- 9781421417387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.80
€ 47.80
Hardback. In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. This book addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448572
- ISBN
- 9780752448572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750969758
- ISBN
- 9780750969758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.86
€ 32.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847178916
- ISBN
- 9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Presents a fresh study of Napoleon's last years as a captive on St Helena, telling the story of this final chapter in Bonaparte's life as seen through the eyes of the Britons around him. This title offers insight into the reasoning behind the decision to send Napoleon to the remote island. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451473
- ISBN
- 9780752451473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. This book examines the evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534. Clean copy with light reading wear. Newspaper clippings pasted to inside front cover and half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022766
- ISBN
- 9780747566779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198766230
- ISBN
- 9780198766230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte: a man of intense emotion, iron self-discipline, acute intelligence and immeasurable energy. From his dangerous Corsican roots to the epic battles of Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland, this book tells the story of how one man's sheer determination, ruthlessness and careful calculation drove France to conquer Europe. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571273454
- ISBN
- 9780571273454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.90
€ 23.99
€ 15.90
Hardback. The first ever systematic and authoritative compilation of Napoleon's thinking on war, this is as close as we will ever get to the great book on war that Napoleon contemplated but never had the time or the will to complete in his last years in exile on Saint-Helena. Editor(s): Colson, Bruno. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 33. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199685561
- ISBN
- 9780199685561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138777026
- ISBN
- 9781138777026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.33
€ 52.33
Paperback. A remarkable analysis to add to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman. Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall, from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his military victories and acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as emperor, and finally, to his exile and death. Num Pages: 600 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018037
- ISBN
- 9780674018037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.05
€ 36.99
€ 31.05
Hardback. This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while setting him firmly against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1789. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262716
- ISBN
- 9780190262716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.86
€ 30.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 11 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 41. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Rosa's Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993403002
- ISBN
- 9780993403002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, including over 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Halsgrove
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857042606
- ISBN
- 9780857042606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625355
- ISBN
- 9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032016
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Napoleon was virtually the master of Europe, but following his defeat at Waterloo he surrendered to the British and was exiled to the volcanic island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. This fascinating story of Napoleon's final years, contains much of interest, including Napoleon's battles with the petty and paranoid Governor, Sir Hudson Lowe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 80 Colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781551714
- ISBN
- 9781781551714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.18
€ 23.99
€ 17.18