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What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle ...
A beautiful companion volume to Norse Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Viking society and culture. Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From the legends ...
Beatrice's Last Smile is a sweeping narrative history of the medieval west from the beginning of the third century to the beginning of the ...
"A superb biographical portrait and work of historical analysis Let us hope that it will serve if not as a manual then at least as ...
The gripping, tragic account of Kyiv during the Second World War, based on the author's diaries as a young boy.
The powerful rediscovered masterpiece ...
From the chaos of the First World War, during which Germany and Russia had fought each other to a standstill, there emerged two societies whose ...
In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating ...
A biography of the charismatic and controversial Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito.
The near-mythological figure Josip Broz Tito was a complicated one. An oppressor, a ...
The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented ...
"Magnificent [and] wondrous." The Spectator
"Rich and illuminating." Literary Review
"Phenomenally accurate." History Today
"Stunning." The Morning Star
"Sweeping." The New European
"A wonderful book ...
'In this excellent book, Ecott's evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.' - PAUL THEROUX
'I never want to ...
Byzantium Triumphant describes in detail the wars of the Byzantine emperors Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II. The ...
This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical ...
'Europe where the sun dares scarce appear
For freezing meteors and congealed cold.'
Christopher Marlowe
In this innovative and compelling work of environmental history, Philipp ...
In this celebrated, landmark history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define ...
