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The Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy by Jaynie Anderson
RRP: €35.64€23.54Giovanni Morelli changed the way we look at art. Before Morelli (1816-1891), the attribution of a painting to a particular artist or school was often based on overall impression, hearsay, even gut feeling. But Morelli, having trained as a medical... -
Drake: England's Greatest Seafarer by Ernle Bradford 9781497637856
RRP: €23.74€17.28The authoritative biography of British explorer Sir Francis Drake, from the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Long considered one of the great heroes of British history, Sir Francis Drake was a brilliant navigator, intrepid explorer, and fearsome... -
Triumph of Hope: From Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel by Ruth Elias 9780471350613
RRP: €16.65€15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471350613Author Ruth EliasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Glenn Miller Declassified by Dennis M. Spragg 9781612348957
RRP: €42.84€32.83On December 15, 1944, Major Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere over the English Channel, the plane vanished; no trace... -
King of the Mountain: The Life and Death of Giuliano the Bandit by Billy Jaynes Chandler 9780875801407
RRP: €35.69€31.54During his brief, violent, romantic career in the 1940s, bandit chief Salvatore Giuliano entranced the common folk of Sicily, fascinated the world's journalists, and exasperated the authorities who sought to apprehend him. At last his story is told... -
Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782 by Ronald Hoffman 9780807853474
RRP: €51.11€48.56Charles Carroll of Carrollton is most often remembered as the sole Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In this study of the Carrolls in Ireland and America, that act vindicates a family's determination to triumph without... -
Michael Collins: Ireland's Rebel Son by David Butler
RRP: €17.84€14.61A thrilling tale of passion, courage and determination. Michael Collins became a hero: a soldier, a freedom-fighter, a ghost: Ireland's Rebel Son. In life, in death, a legend. Raised on songs and stories of Irish heroes and the struggle for Irish... -
Perfect Hostage by Justin Wintle 9780099491156
RRP: €20.22€14.61Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and the best-known prisoner of conscience alive today. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost she has steadfastly opposed Burma's... -
The Trial of Roger Casement by Fionnuala Doran
RRP: €15.46€11.02In 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King George V for his humanitarian work. Five years later, he was hanged for treason. The Trial of Roger Casement traces the astonishing downfall of an Irishman once feted for his compassion but later condemned... -
The Man Who Killed Martin Luther King: The Life and Crimes of James Earl Ray by Mel Ayton
RRP: €26.18€20.97Doubts about James Earl Ray, Dr. Martin Luther King's lone assassin, arose almost immediately after the civil rights leader was fatally shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on 4 April 1968. From the start, his aides voiced suspicions that... -
Volcano: A Memoir by Yvonne Weekes 9781845230371
RRP: €9.51€6.77Yvonne Weekes' memoir of eight years dominated by the awakening, eruption and still grumbling aftermath of Montserrat's Soufriere is a remarkable document at many levels. It is an acutely written account of the impact of the eruption on the life and... -
John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father by Francis J. Bremer 9780195179811
RRP: €28.55€19.73The preeminent figure of early New England, John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. More than anyone else, he shaped the culture of New England and his effort to create a Puritan "City on a Hill" has had a lasting... -
The Life of Sir John Moore: Not a Drum was Heard by Roger Day
RRP: €19.03€10.82Roger Day sets the historical background of the Peninsula War with admirable clarity and shows how and why the British Army owes so much to this remarkable man who died so tragically at Corunna at the age of only 48, after conducting the remarkable... -
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life by Catherine Clinton 9780060760410
RRP: €19.03€13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060760410Author Catherine ClintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 318g -
Jozef Pilsudski: Hero of Poland by Antoni Lenkiewicz 9781945430848
RRP: €21.42€13.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945430848Author Antoni LenkiewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint Winged Hussar PublishingPublisher Winged Hussar PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus: Champion of Sunni Islam in the Time of the Crusades by Suleiman A. Mourad
€31.68'Ali ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176) was one of the most renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in the medieval era. His was a tumultuous time: centuries of Shi'i rule had not long ended in central Syria, rival warlords sought control of the capital, and... -
Gustav Stresemann: Weimar's Greatest Statesman by Jonathan Wright 9780199273294
RRP: €92.82€85.04Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by... -
The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow by Krystyna Chiger
RRP: €22.61€14.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250018984Author Krystyna ChigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S. -
In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East-and How to Stop Joe Biden from Unmaking It by Jason D. Greenblatt 9781637583098
RRP: €33.32€18.66An insider's perspective on how the Abraham Accords were concluded and why they offer a way forward to a new era of peace and prosperity in the Middle East-if only they are not abandoned by the Biden Administration.This book charts the remarkable journey... -
Capitalist Revolutionary: John Maynard Keynes by Professor Roger E. Backhouse 9780674057753
RRP: €42.78€34.46The Great Recession of 2008 restored John Maynard Keynes to prominence. After decades when the Keynesian revolution seemed to have been forgotten, the great British theorist was suddenly everywhere. The New York Times asked, "What would Keynes have... -
Of No Interest to the Nation: A Jewish Family in France, 1925-1945 - A Memoir by Gilbert Michlin 9780814332276
RRP: €30.88€27.76English translation of Gilbert Michlin's Holocaust memoir detailing his family's life as Jewish immigrants in France and their eventual deportation to Auschwitz in 1944. Gilbert Michlin's sober text thoroughly documents the story of a Jewish immigrant... -
Churchill: A Study in Greatness by Geoffrey Best 9780195161397
RRP: €26.76€20.43One of the glorious triumvirate of World War II and founder of the strong Anglo-American friendship that is still apparent today, Winston Churchill stands out in history as a man who led his country through one of its most difficult times, with all of... -
Hengest, Gwrtheyrn and the Chronology of Post-Roman Britain by Flint F. Johnson 9780786478194
RRP: €26.17€21.38In this book, the author makes use of the methodology he developed in Origins of Arthurian Romances (McFarland 2012) in order to reevaluate the post-Roman history of Britain. He begins by delving into the historical contexts of the key traditional... -
Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America by Kevin R C Gutzman 9781250161505
RRP: €26.17€17.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250161505Author Kevin R C GutzmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 376g -
AnkŌ Itosu. the Man. the Master. the Myth.: Biography of a Legend by Thomas Feldmann 9781008986176
RRP: €53.48€47.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008986176Author Thomas FeldmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 717g -
John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography by John Niven 9780807118580
€28.42John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was one of the prominent figure of American politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. The son of a slaveholding South Carolina family, he served in the federal government in various capacities, as senator from his... -
Wild Rose: Rose O'Neale Greenhow, Civil War Spy by Ann Blackman 9780812970456
RRP: €20.22€17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970456Author Ann BlackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 377Imprint Random House TradeWeight(grams) 132g -
Albert: A Life by Jules Stewart
€52.99Albert: Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, social and cultural visionary in his own right, was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld but defined the culture and direction of 19th century Britain - a superpower at the zenith of its influence -... -
The Travel Diaries of Peter Pears, 1936-1978 by Peter Pears 9780851157412
RRP: €29.74€20.96This volume brings together all the travel diaries of Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986), principal interpreter of Britten's works. Pears accompanied Britten on many of his trips and the record of their tour of the Far East in 1955 is of special interest. Here... -
My Lvov: Holocaust Memoir of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl by Janina Hescheles 9789493056367
RRP: €17.79€15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493056367Author Janina HeschelesFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Amsterdam PublishersPublisher Amsterdam PublishersWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm)... -
Prison Memoirs Of An Anarchist by Alexander Berkman
RRP: €27.37€19.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322349Author Alexander BerkmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court by Richard Brookhiser
RRP: €29.75€22.57In 1801, a 45-year-old Revolutionary War veteran and politician, slovenly, genial, brilliant, and persuasive, became the fourth chief justice of the United States, a post he would hold for a record thirty-four years. Before John Marshall joined the... -
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i by Steven C. Judd
€31.20'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i (c.707-774) was Umayyad Syria's most influential jurist, part of a generation of scholars who began establishing the first formal structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Following the... -
Samurai Battles: The Long Road to Unification by William De Lange 9789492722232
€30.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492722232Author William De LangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Toyo PressPublisher Toyo PressWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 12mm -
Ivan Bunin: From the Other Shore, 1920-1933: A Protrait from Letters, Diaries, and Fiction by Thomas Gaiton Marullo
RRP: €35.70€26.69In this second volume of his major work on Bunin, the neglected master of Russian letters, Thomas Marullo recreates his life in exile, chiefly in Paris, after escaping from his newly bolshevized country in 1920. Drawing from Bunin's correspondence, his... -
Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the Great by F. S. Naiden
RRP: €30.93€22.66Whatever we may think of Alexander--whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath--most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army... -
Booker T. Washington: Volume 1: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856-1901 by Louis R. Harlan 9780195019155
RRP: €26.76€18.60A model biography, superbly researched and written . . . sure to (become) the last word on this stage of Washington's career for many years to come (History).Book InformationISBN 9780195019155Author Louis R. HarlanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint... -
The Harem Conspiracy: The Murder of Ramesses III by Susan Redford 9780875802954
RRP: €33.92€24.06This publication looks at the mysterious events surrounding the death of Rameses III, something that has puzzled historians, archaeologists, and Egyptologists. Now archaeologist Susan Redford investigates the circumstances of the ancient pharoah's death... -
Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad by Jehanne Wake 9781451607635
RRP: €20.22€13.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451607635Author Jehanne WakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Touchstone BooksPublisher Touchstone BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
This Has Happened: An Italian Family in Auschwitz by Piera Sonnino 9780230613997
RRP: €14.27€13.88Five years after her return home from Auschwitz, Piera Sonnino found the courage to tell the story of the extermination of her parents, three brothers, and two sisters by the Nazis. Discovered in Italy and never before published in English, this poignant...