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Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' c.900-1200 by Nora Berend 9780521876162
RRP: €142.80€110.94This 2007 text is a comparative, analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. Leading scholars explore the role of the spread of Christianity and the formation of new principalities in the birth of Denmark, Norway, Sweden,... -
Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison by Ian Kershaw 9780521565219
RRP: €36.88€31.93The internationally distinguished contributors to this landmark volume represent a variety of approaches to the Nazi and Stalinist regimes. These far-reaching essays provide the raw materials towards a comparative analysis and offer the means to deepen... -
Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Hajari between Europe and North Africa by Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri 9780520390454
RRP: €29.75€23.31The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism reformulates our understanding of the early modern Mediterranean through the remarkable life and career of... -
The Roman Market Economy by Peter Temin 9780691177946
RRP: €33.32€26.35The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to... -
Poland under Communism: A Cold War History by A. Kemp-Welch 9780521711173
RRP: €45.21€37.73This book was the first English-language history of Poland from the Second World War until the fall of Communism. Using a wide range of Polish archives and unpublished sources in Moscow and Washington, Tony Kemp-Welch integrates the Cold War history of... -
German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650 by Thomas A. Brady 9780521717786
RRP: €36.88€31.93Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Carlow Folk Tales by Aideen McBride 9781845888077
RRP: €15.46€11.75County Carlow, where stood Dinn Righ, the seat of the ancient kings of Leinster, is steeped in history, myth and legend which is celebrated in this selection of traditional tales from across the county, collected and retold by local storytellers Aideen... -
Epping: Images of England by Sue Davies 9780752415000
RRP: €15.46€11.75The town of Epping is at least a thousand years old. There has been a market here for much of that time and the town achieved further status as a focus for the stagecoaches to Cambridge and beyond. This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs... -
The Rise and Fall of the The Soviet Economy: An Economic History of the USSR 1945 - 1991 by Philip Hanson
RRP: €59.49€56.93Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in... -
The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Selection by Oscar Wilde 9780674248670
RRP: €28.50€23.13An innovative new edition of nine classic short stories from one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era."I cannot think other than in stories," Oscar Wilde once confessed to his friend Andre Gide. In this new selection of his short fiction, Wilde's... -
Europe since 1989: A History by Philipp Ther 9780691181134
RRP: €23.80€19.19An award-winning history of the transformation of Europe between 1989 and todayIn this award-winning book, Philipp Ther provides the first comprehensive history of post-1989 Europe, offering a sweeping narrative filled with vivid details and memorable... -
The Age of Questions: Or, A First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tuberculosis, and Many Other Questions over the Nineteenth Century, and Beyond by Holly Case
RRP: €33.32€26.35A groundbreaking history of the Big Questions that dominated the nineteenth centuryIn the early nineteenth century, a new age began: the age of questions. In the Eastern and Belgian questions, as much as in the slavery, worker, social, woman, and Jewish... -
Concise History of Ludlow by David Lloyd 9781873674420 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873674420Author David LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin Books -
Kronstadt 1917-1921: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy by Israel Getzler 9780521894425
RRP: €36.88€33.65This is the first major study of revolutionary Kronstadt to span the period from February 1917 to the uprising of March 1921. It focuses attention on Kronstadt's forgotten golden age, between March 1917 and July 1918, when Soviet power and democracy... -
France and the Great War by Leonard V. Smith 9780521666312
RRP: €35.69€31.74France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War. In this 2003 book, Leonard Smith and his co-authors synthesize many years of scholarship, examining the origins of... -
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century by J. Leslie Price
€40.73The Dutch Republic emerged from the epic revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule in the late sixteenth century and almost immediately became a major political force in Europe. Leslie Price - an acknowledged expert in the field - shows how this... -
Renaissance Florence, Updated edition by Gene A. Brucker
RRP: €29.75€23.31In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the city of Florence experienced the most creative period in her entire history. This book is an in-depth analysis of that dynamic community, focusing primarily on the years 1380-1450 in an examination of the... -
Luftwaffe Blitz: The Inside Story November 1940-May 1941 by Chris Goss
RRP: €22.55€9.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791519Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Varangians of Byzantium by Benedict Benedikz 9780521035521
RRP: €47.59€39.58An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of guards... -
The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom: 1000-1500 by Robert Chazan 9780521616645
RRP: €35.69€31.74Between the years AD 1000 and 1500, western Christendom absorbed by conquest and attracted through immigration a growing number of Jews. This community was to make a valuable contribution to rapidly developing European civilisation but was also to suffer... -
Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute by John Davies 9780708324639
RRP: €22.60€17.28As late as 1980, a quarter of the population of Wales lived within the boundaries of what had once been the lordships of the Bute estate. Powerful landowners for centuries, the Stuarts of Bute were key drivers of the many social, political, and economic... -
They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence by Lauren Benton 9780691248479
RRP: €41.65€28.86A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at... -
The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus by Sean Griffin
RRP: €36.88€27.19The chroniclers of medieval Rus were monks, who celebrated the divine services of the Byzantine church throughout every day. This study is the first to analyze how these rituals shaped their writing of the Rus Primary Chronicle, the first written history... -
Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture by Richard Pipes 9780300122695
€29.18Why have Russians chosen unlimited autocracy throughout their history? Why is democracy unable to flourish in Russia? Russian Conservatism and Its Critics provides the first account of Russia's immemorial commitment to the theory and practice of... -
Revolutionaries by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: €14.27€9.78Recent years have seen a remarkable growth of interest in revolution and social upheaval. This collection of essays by distinguished historian and long-standing Marxist Eric Hobsbawm is a commentary and critical retrospective on the revolutionary... -
Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by James A. Secord
RRP: €33.32€33.07Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. Thousands of readers were spellbound by... -
D-Day To Berlin by Andrew Williams 9780340833971 [USED COPY]
RRP: €13.08€2.73Nightfall, 6 June 1944. D-Day is over and the Allies have carved a tenuous foothold in 'Fortress Europe'. The future of Europe hangs in the balance as Hitler's formidable SS Panzer troops threaten to drive them back into the sea. D-DAY TO BERLIN is the... -
D-Day To Berlin by Andrew Williams
RRP: €13.08€9.06Nightfall, 6 June 1944. D-Day is over and the Allies have carved a tenuous foothold in 'Fortress Europe'. The future of Europe hangs in the balance as Hitler's formidable SS Panzer troops threaten to drive them back into the sea. D-DAY TO BERLIN is the... -
The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars by Nadezhda Durova
RRP: €28.55€24.80" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." -Women's Review of Books" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." -Times Literary Supplement" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the... -
Henry IV of Germany 1056-1106 by I. S. Robinson 9780521545907
RRP: €53.54€45.86This is the first book in English devoted to the German king and emperor Henry IV (1056-1106), whose reign was one of the most momentous in German history and a turning-point in the history of the medieval empire (the kingdoms of Germany, Italy and... -
William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England by David C. Douglas
RRP: €32.13€25.06In "William the Conqueror", Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was... -
Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire by Leslie Carroll 9780451229014
€17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451229014Author Leslie CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 507Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 437g -
Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I by John Ellis 9780801839474
RRP: €28.56€28.33Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author explores this unique and terrifying world-the rituals of battle, the habits of daily life, and the constant struggle of men to... -
The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia--Past, Present, and Future by Yevgenia Albats 9780374527389
RRP: €34.51€23.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374527389Author Yevgenia AlbatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)... -
The Columbia History of Western Philosophy by Richard H. Popkin 9780231101295
RRP: €35.70€29.62Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in-depth,... -
A History of Business in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550 by Edwin S. Hunt 9780521499231
RRP: €27.36€23.28This book demolishes the widely held view that the phrase 'medieval business' is an oxymoron. The authors review the entire range of business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political... -
Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce AD 300-900 by Michael McCormick 9780521661027
RRP: €151.13€137.83For fifty years debate has raged about early European commerce during the period between antiquity and the middle ages. Was there trade? If so, in what - and with whom? New evidence and new ways of looking at old evidence are now breaking the stalemate... -
Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe by R. W. Southern 9780198204152
€59.87For this second edition, Sir Richard Southern has revised his much-acclaimed study in the light of recent scholarly research, and added an extensive preliminary chapter on the debate over Robert Grosseteste's career and intellectual growth. He has added... -
The Vistula-Oder Offensive: The Vistula–Oder Offensive, the Soviet Destruction of German Army Group a, 1945 by Ian Baxter 9781636243597
RRP: €29.69€22.56The Vistula-Oder offensive was a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. Its main objective was a major advance from the River Vistula to the River Oder,... -
Hellenistic Age by Peter Green
€16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812967401Author Peter GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 179gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...