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The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes
RRP: £25.00£16.53A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year... -
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
RRP: £14.99£11.35The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the... -
The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies
RRP: £25.00£22.30Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia's access to detailed information on the United States and its allies may not seem so shocking in this day of data... -
Stalingrad 1942–43 (1): The German Advance to the Volga by Robert Forczyk
RRP: £15.99£11.61After failing to defeat the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Adolf Hitler planned a new campaign for the summer of 1942 that was intended to achieve a decisive victory: Operation Blue (Case Blau). In this new campaign, Hitler directed that... -
A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution by Anna Reid 9781529326765
RRP: £25.00£15.95A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Chillingly original' Max Hastings'A vivid and sparkling account, full of colour and dark drama' Observer'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to... -
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner by David Herszenhorn 9781538709450
RRP: £25.00£15.55THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the... -
Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland
RRP: £14.99£9.57"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD/LONELY PLANET DEBUT TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2020An unforgettable journey through the former Soviet Republics, by a prizewinning... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
RRP: £9.99£6.77Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor 9781474610162
RRP: £10.99£7.30'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible... -
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
RRP: £10.99£8.02'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.' The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did... -
High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt
RRP: £25.00£15.95SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A thrilling, profound masterpiece' NICHOLAS CRANE'One of our great travel writers' LUKE HARDING'A travel book for our time' SARA WHEELERA breath-taking memoir of Tom Parfitt's remarkable 1,000... -
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9781784871512
RRP: £14.99£10.95'[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph ... -
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
RRP: £10.99£7.37A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous... -
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction by Orlando Figes
RRP: £25.00£19.22Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.'A modern masterpiece' Andrew MarrOpening with a panorama of Russian society, from the... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: £22.00£14.31'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
RRP: £10.99£7.30'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was... -
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
RRP: £30.00£19.53A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous... -
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: £10.99£8.02Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. "A warm and surprisingly funny book from Ukraine's greatest living novelist" Charlie Connelly, New European Books of the... -
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474614818
RRP: £14.99£9.97Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the YearLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson PrizeThis thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £30.00£21.35'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating... -
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£9.97The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty... -
Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival by Luke Harding 9781783352777
RRP: £10.99£7.37A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGThe first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful, moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Guardian journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling... -
Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £10.99£8.02*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018**WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019*'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . ... -
Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya
RRP: £12.99£9.34Anna Politkovskaya turns her steely gaze on President Putin and his early regime in this explosive book.From Putin's tyrannical grip on ordinary citizens to rampant corruption in highest ranks of the government, as well as Mafia dealings, scandals in the... -
Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps by Anne Applebaum
RRP: £14.99£10.95This landmark book uncovers for the first time in detail one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century: the vast system of Soviet camps that were responsible for the deaths of countless millions.Gulag is the only major history in any language to... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354673
£36.28Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Tsarist and... -
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £10.99£8.02THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 by Andrew Holland
RRP: £10.50£10.32Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-LevelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Masterly ... a book of resounding importance for appraising our global future as well as understanding our past' Richard Davenport-Hines, The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year'A masterful survey that will set the standard for Cold War... -
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes
RRP: £12.99£9.34What caused the Russian Revolution?Did it succeed or fail?Do we still live with its consequences?Orlando Figes teaches history at Birkbeck, University of London and is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including A People's Tragedy,... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: £9.99£7.36'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Revision Guide by Rob Bircher
£11.51This Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series developed by Sally Waller. Written to match the new AQA specification, this series helps you deepen your historical... -
Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919-63 for OCR Second Edition by Geoff Layton
£26.80Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41 by John Wright
£24.11Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: From Pericles to Putin by Neal Ascherson
RRP: £10.99£8.02Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's... -
Russia: Myths and Realities by Sir Rodric Braithwaite
RRP: £9.99£7.36'Wise and thorough' Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair demonstrated in his previous bestseller Afgantsy' Sunday Telegraph 'A scholarly yet highly readable... -
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor
RRP: £12.99£9.34THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling... -
A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £12.99£9.34'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia?Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true... -
Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia by Donald Rayfield
RRP: £17.99£13.35Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East and, despite having one of the longest, most turbulent histories in the Christian or Near Eastern world, no proper history of the country has been written for decades. Eminent... -
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: £19.99£13.33Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in...