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  • The Greek Revolution

    1821 and the Making of Modern Europe

    by Mark Mazower ...
    WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2022A NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'Deserves to remain the standard treatment of the subject in English for many decades to come' Roderick Beaton, Times Literary SupplementIn the exhausted, repressive years that followed Napoleon's defeat in 1815, there was one cause that came t... ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Ελλάδα 1453-1821: Οι άγνωστοι αιώνες

    by David Brewer ...
    Translated by Νίκος Γάσπαρης ...
    O Βρετανός ιστορικός David Brewer αναλύει τις εξελίξεις στον ελληνικό χώρο από την Άλωση της Πόλης μέχρι την Επανάσταση του 1821, εστιάζοντας ιδιαίτερα στα χαρακτηριστικά εκείνα της οθωμανικής διοίκησης που αφορούσαν τον τρόπο ζωής των ελληνόφωνων χριστιανών κατοίκων της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας. Πόσο ελεύθεροι ήταν οι Έλληνες; Ήταν υπόδουλοι και, αν ναι, με ποια έννοια; Πόσο κοντά στην αλήθεια ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jane Austen at Home

    The acclaimed biography of the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE author by the Sunday Times bestselling historian

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    The remarkable true story of one of Britain's best-loved writers, told by bestselling author Lucy Worsley'A "tour de force" which should be in the reading list of anyone who has either read the books or watched the film adaptations.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book is a delight . . . I will return to Austen's novels with a greater appreciation of the hardships and hopes of her heroines.' - READER ... Read more

    6,49 €

  • The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856-1917

    by Roger R. Reese ...
    Winner: Norman B. Tomlinson PrizeIn December 1917, nine months after the disintegration of the Russian monarchy, the army officer corps, one of the dynasty’s prime pillars, finally fell—a collapse that, in light of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution, historians often treat as inevitable. The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856–1917 contests this assumption. By expanding ... Read more

    22,14 €

  • The Age of Empire

    1875-1914

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    THE AGE OF EMPIRE is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears: an era of unparalleled peace engendering an era of unparalleled war; revolt and revolution emerging on the outskirts of society; a time of profound identity crisis for ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Man in the Red Coat

    by Julian Barnes ...
    *SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020*'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening StandardThe Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi.In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War

    by Edwin S. Grosvenor ...
    Some of America's foremost historians - including Bruce Catton, David McCullough, James McPherson and Stephen Sears tell extraordinary stories of courage, disaster, and triumph in this collection of the best articles from sixty years of American Heritage. The Civil War posed a critical test of the young nation's character, endurance, and will to survive. Coming only two generations after the ... Read more

    9,09 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bismarck's War

    The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

    by Rachel Chrastil ...
    'Superb on the human consequences of war, ravishing in its evocations of wartime life' The Times'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily TelegraphLess than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • How To Tame Your Duke: Princess In Hiding Book 1

    by Juliana Gray ...
    Series Book 1 - Princess In Hiding
    How To Tame Your Duke is the dazzling first novel in a new trilogy by historical romance writer Juliana Gray whose debut Affairs By Moonlight series was richly praised. Lose your heart to this witty and romantic story of three intrepid princesses caught in a deadly plot. Perfect for fans of Julia Quinn and Suzanne Enoch.England, 1888. Quiet and scholarly Princess Emilie has always avoided ... Read more

    3,49 €

  • The Age of Capital

    1848-1875

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    A magisterial account of the rise of capitalismEric Hobsbawm's magnificent treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 is a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world: 'capitalism'. The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Greece

    Biography of a Modern Nation

    by Roderick Beaton ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria HislopWe think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • War of 1812: A History from Beginning to End

    by Henry Freeman ...
    The War of 1812 is often forgotten when we think about the history of the United States. Yet the effects of what seems a minor and insignificant conflict are far-reaching, even to today. The world settled into the roles it would play out for decades, and the boundaries of the United States and Canada would be set for the next two hundred years.Inside you will read about...✓ The Beginning of the ... Read more

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  • Records de la darrera carlinada

    by Marian Vayreda ...
    Quan va esclatar la tercera guerra carlina (1872-1876), el jove olotí Marian Vayreda, fill d'una família de la petita noblesa rural, es va incorporar a l'exèrcit carlí. Integrat en el cos de cavalleria, va arribar a formar part de l'estat major del general Savalls. Durant prop de tres anys, va participar en accions destacades fins que va ser ferit en una mà. Al final de la guerra es va exiliar a ... Read more

    5,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hunting Eichmann

    Chasing down the world's most notorious Nazi

    by Neal Bascomb ...
    Adolf Eichmann was the operational manager of the genocide that dispatched six million European Jews to the gas chambers. Escaping US custody in 1946, he hid in various locations in Germany before absconding in 1950 via a 'ratline' escape route to Argentina, where he lived, undisturbed, for the next decade. On 11 May 1960 he was captured in an operation of breathtaking skill and daring by a team ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Fanny and Stella

    The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

    by Neil McKenna ...
    'Uproarious.' The Times'Terrifically entertaining.' Evening Standard'Irresistible.' Daily Mail'Gripping.' Sunday Telegraph'A scintillating gem: a cracking page-turner, historically illuminating, culturally fascinating, and a book which effortlessly passes comment on today.' HeraldLondon, April 1870: Fanny... ... Read more

    13,98 €

  • Flinders

    The Man Who Mapped Australia

    by Rob Mundle ...
    The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.Shipwrecks, storms, death and danger - Matthew Flinders encountered it all on his courageous quest to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline.From the drama of epic voyages and devastating shipwrecks; his part in the naming of Australia; his cruel ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Gold Rush

    by Ralph K. Andrist ...
    The discovery of a nugget in California in 1848 set off the first gold rush in history. In 1849 alone, the population increased 500 percent as 80,000 men rushed to claim its riches; three years later, nearly 250,000 people lived there. By 1865, miners had dug and panned 750 million in gold from the hills and streambeds of California. In other countries, mines that produced precious metals were the ... Read more

    9,09 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queen Victoria

    The authoritative biography of one of Britain's most iconic monarchs

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    The intimate and unmissable true story of the great queen by Sunday Times bestselling historian Lucy Worsley.*Lucy Worsley's new book, Queens & Kings, is out now!*Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Seizing Freedom

    Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All

    by David R Roediger ...
    How did America recover after its years of civil war? How did freed men and women, former slaves, respond to their newly won freedom? David Roediger's radical new history redefines the idea of freedom after the jubilee, using fresh sources and texts to build on the leading historical accounts of Emancipation and Reconstruction.Reinstating ex-slaves' own "freedom dreams" in constructing these ... Read more

    9,42 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Warrior King

    THE BESTSELLING EPIC FROM THE MASTER OF ADVENTURE, WILBUR SMITH

    by Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper ...
    A BATTLE FOR HONOUR AGAINST A POWERFUL NEW ENEMYSouth Africa, 1820When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own.After two years of ... Read more

    8,26 €

  • The Campaign of 1812

    by Steven J. Rauch ...
    Series Book 54 - Casemate Illustrated
    The War of 1812 emerged from maritime disputes and British aggression, leading to flawed U.S. invasions of Canada.The War of 1812 was born out of longstanding tensions between the United States and Great Britain. Centered on maritime disputes, the war arose from British policies that disregarded U.S. sovereignty, including the impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy and restrictions on ... Read more

    9,85 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uniforms of Russian army during the Napoleonic war vol.18

    Guards artillery, Engineers & General Staff

    by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov ...
    Series Book 23 - Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms NAP
    This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about the Guard artillery, engineers and general Staff. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • À la redécouverte des Amériques

    Les voyageurs européens au siècle des indépendances

    Edited by Michel Bertrand, Laurent Vidal ...
    Series series Tempus
    À la fin du xviiie siècle, le déclenchement des “Révolutions atlantiques” remettait le monde américain au cœur des curiosités et des préoccupations de l'Europe. Cette “redécouverte des Amériques", on la doit, pour une large part, à ces savants-voyageurs - de Humboldt à Alcide d'Orbigny - dont les récits aidèrent à la connaissance d'espaces encore méconnus ou ignorés. Leurs observations ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Ibsen's Kingdom

    The Man and His Works

    by Evert Sprinchorn ...
    A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his playsNorwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen achieved unparalleled success in his lifetime and remains one of the most important figures in modern drama. The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, Evert Sprinchorn’s biography constructs Ibsen’s life through a biographical reading of ... Read more

    33,59 €