Historical

Giovanni 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...

The 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...

Apologies 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

On 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...

During 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...

Charles 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...

A 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...

Like 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...

In 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...

Doubts 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...

Yvonne 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...

The 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...

Roger 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies 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)...

'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 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...

Apologies 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.

An 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...

The 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...

English 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...

One 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...

In 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies 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 (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...

Apologies 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: 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 -...

This 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...

Apologies 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)...

Apologies 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)...

In 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 (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...

Apologies 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

In 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...

Whatever 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...

A 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...

This 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...

Apologies 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 *...

Five 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...