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20th Century European Historyby William Laird Kleine-AhlbrandtISBN 0314000062 (0-314-00006-2)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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African Military History and Politics: Coups and Idealogical Incursions, 1900-Presentby A. B. Assensoh, Yvette M. Alex-AssensohISBN 0312240392 (0-312-24039-2)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the Worldby A.N. WilsonISBN 0312425155 (0-312-42515-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Age of Powerby Carl J. Friedrich, Charles BlitzerISBN 0313235503 (0-313-23550-3)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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Age of Reformationby E. Harris HarbinsonISBN 0313235554 (0-313-23555-4)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Alice in Exileby Piers Paul ReadISBN 0312325789 (0-312-32578-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice in Exile'Book summary:Alice in Exile is Piers Paul Read's triumphant return to the fiction for which he is widely praised: romantic, dramatic, and rich with detail. It features Alice Fry--an independent woman in a world ruled by men--and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice meets Edward Cobb, the eligible son of a baronet. When Alice's father, a radical publisher, gets involved in a scandal, Edward breaks off their engagement, unaware that Alice is expecting his child. Desperate, she travels to Russia to serve as a governess for charming Baron Rettenberg, as the Russian Revolution and World War I rage on.[via] 
Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil Warby Gerald HowsonISBN 0312241771 (0-312-24177-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascismby Alexander StilleISBN 0312421532 (0-312-42153-2)
Softcover, Picador USA
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The Birth of the Middle Ages, 395-814by Henry S. MossISBN 031322708X (0-313-22708-X)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press, Evesham, The
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The Bombing of Auschwitz: Should the Allies Have Attempted It?by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum, Michael J. NeufeldISBN 0312198388 (0-312-19838-8)
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The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformationby Diarmaid MacCullochISBN 0312238304 (0-312-23830-4)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The British Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660by Trevor RoyleISBN 0312292937 (0-312-29293-7)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Coldest Winter: A Stringer In Liberated Europeby Paula FoxISBN 0312426240 (0-312-42624-0)
Softcover, Picador USA
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The Complete Jewish Guide to France: A Travel Guideby Toni KaminsISBN 0312244495 (0-312-24449-5)
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Constantinople : City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924by Phillip ManselISBN 0312187084 (0-312-18708-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athensby James DavidsonISBN 0312185596 (0-312-18559-6)
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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856by Trevor RoyleISBN 0312230796 (0-312-23079-6)
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The result was carnage: not only the loss of a good portion of the Light Brigade in the most famous--but not the most inept--incident of the war, but also the destruction of whole regiments left to blunder about in the fog and smoke, thanks to their commanders' inadequate intelligence-gathering efforts. Not much changed at war's end. In the eventual peace treaty, France and England and Russia kept their territories more or less intact, and the struggle for power between Russia and the neighboring Ottoman Empire, in whose defense France and England had ostensibly gone to war, stretched out for another generation. It ended with a Russian victory that allowed Russia to assume control of Turkish holdings in the Balkans, which, Royle notes, lay the seeds for still another international conflict, World War I.
Royle does a fine job of negotiating through the many complexities, diplomatic and military, of the Crimean War. His descriptions of battlefield tactics (or the lack thereof) are among the best in the literature. More comprehensive than Robert B. Edgerton's Death or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War, Royle's Crimea is likely to stand as an enduring work on this strange, wasteful conflict. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Daily Living in the Twelfth Century: Based on the Observations of Alexander Neckam in London and Parisby Holmes, Urban T., Jr., Alexander NeckamISBN 0313227969 (0-313-22796-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
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Dangerous Talk and Strange Behavior: Women and Popular Resistance to the Reforms of Henry VIIIby Sharon L. JansenISBN 0312160909 (0-312-16090-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Day the Universe Changedby James BurkeISBN 0316117048 (0-316-11704-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Dr. Johnson's London: Coffee-Houses and Climbing Boys, Medicine, Toothpaste and Gin, Poverty and Press-Gangs, Freakshows and Female Educationby Liza PicardISBN 0312291531 (0-312-29153-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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This book spans the period from 1740 to 1770-very much the city of Dr. Johnson, who published his great Dictionary in 1755. It starts when the gin craze was gaining ground and ends just before America ceased being a colony. In its enthralling review of an exhilarating era, Dr. Johnson's London brilliantly records the strangeness and individuality of the past--and continually reminds us of parallels with the present day.More editions of Dr. Johnson's London: Coffee-Houses and Climbing Boys, Medicine, Toothpaste and Gin, Poverty and Press-Gangs, Freakshows and Female Education:
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Early Medieval Europe 300-1000by Roger CollinsISBN 0312218869 (0-312-21886-9)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Ladyby Bonnie Wheeler, John Carmi ParsonsISBN 0312295820 (0-312-29582-0)
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The Emergence of the Great Powers, 1685-1715by John Baptist WolfISBN 0313240884 (0-313-24088-4)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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England in the Age of Caxtonby Geoffrey HindleyISBN 0312252749 (0-312-25274-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The English Civil Wars: Local Aspectsby R. C. RichardsonISBN 031217778X (0-312-17778-X)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Enlightenment: A Brief History With Documentsby Margaret C. JacobISBN 0312237014 (0-312-23701-4)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Ethnic and National Issues in Russian and East European History: Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995by Pol World Congress for Central and East European Studies 1995 Warsaw, John Morison, WORLD CONGRESS FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROISBN 0312234775 (0-312-23477-5)
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Europe and the Third World: From Colonisation to Decolonisation, C. 1500-1998by Bernard BaitesISBN 0312222084 (0-312-22208-4)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Europe's Classical Balance of Powerby Edward GulickISBN 0313233500 (0-313-23350-0)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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European Culture Since 1848: From Modern to Postmodern and Beyondby James A. WindersISBN 0312228732 (0-312-22873-2)
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First and Second Discoursesby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0312694407 (0-312-69440-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The First Elizabethby Carolly EricksonISBN 031216842X (0-312-16842-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. Erickson demonstrates her extraordinary ability to discern and bring to life psychological and physical reality.More editions of The First Elizabeth:
Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Lettersby Giles MacDonoghISBN 0312272669 (0-312-27266-9)
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From Despotism to Revolution, 1763-1789by Leo GershoyISBN 0313240809 (0-313-24080-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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From Yalta to Berlinby W.R. SmyserISBN 031223340X (0-312-23340-X)
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The German Revolution of 1848-49by Wolfram SiemannISBN 0312216955 (0-312-21695-5)
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Germany and the Approach of War in 1914by V.R. BerghahnISBN 0312324804 (0-312-32480-4)
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Germany from Reich to Republic 1871-1918: Politics, Hierarchy and Elitesby Matthew S. Seligmann, Roderick R. McLeanISBN 0312232926 (0-312-23292-6)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph Conrad, Ross C. MurfinISBN 0312159013 (0-312-15901-3)
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The Historianby Elizabeth KostovaISBN 0316154547 (0-316-15454-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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A History of Britain, 1885-1939by John DavisISBN 0312220340 (0-312-22034-0)
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A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantineby Max CaryISBN 0312383959 (0-312-38395-9)
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How Far from Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805-1815by Alistair HorneISBN 0312187246 (0-312-18724-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Imperial Exits: Being an Account of the Varied and Violent Deaths of the Roman Empororsby Martin Rowson, Julius CicatrixISBN 0312146248 (0-312-14624-8)
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Industrial Revolution: 1760-1830by Thomas Southcliffe AshtonISBN 0313250413 (0-313-25041-3)
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Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days Of The Third Reichby Joachim Fest, Margot Bettauer DemboISBN 0312423926 (0-312-42392-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Ivan's War: Life And Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945by Catherine MerridaleISBN 0312426526 (0-312-42652-6)
Softcover, Picador USA
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Josephineby Carolly EricksonISBN 0312263465 (0-312-26346-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Josephine'Book summary:When she married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796, Rose de Beauharnais was a 32-year-old widow who had narrowly escaped the French Revolution's guillotine. She was six years older than he, notorious for her lovers, and unlikely to give him children, but possessed of the social connections and skills the ambitious young general thought would help him rise in the revolutionary army. He gave "his living reverie, his dream of perfect passion" a new name, Josephine--perhaps hoping it would blot out her unsavory past. Instead, she continued to be promiscuous as well as extravagant, and the marriage soured as Napoleon ascended to first consul and then emperor of the French. Yet he divorced her only in 1810, when political events made it clear he must have an heir. This highly colored biography practically wallows in Josephine's lurid personal life, colored in by luscious descriptions of the period's clothes, food, and amusements. The author, whose many previous books mostly deal with English royalty, does not burden readers with excessive doses of French history; the focus is always on Josephine, whose psychology is discussed at length. Erickson succeeds in making her subject an attractive figure, if hardly an exemplar of moral rectitude. Her book should appeal to those who like their historical biographies titillating and not too taxing. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Josephine: A Life of the Empressby Carolly EricksonISBN 0312200013 (0-312-20001-3)
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Jung: A Biographyby Deirdre BairISBN 0316076651 (0-316-07665-1)
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Last Days of Glory: The Death of Queen Victoriaby Tony RennellISBN 031230286X (0-312-30286-X)
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Mary Queen of Scotland and the Islesby Margaret GeorgeISBN 0312155859 (0-312-15585-9)
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A woman murdered for her dreams...Margaret Georges Mary Queen of Scotland & the Isles brings to life the fascinating story of Mary, who became the Queen of Scots when she was only six days old. Raised in the glittering French court, returning to Scotland to rule as a Catholic monarch over a newly Protestant country, and executed like a criminal in Queen Elizabeths England, Queen Mary lived a life like no other, and Margaret George weaves the facts into a stunning work of historical fiction. [via]
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Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500by Henrietta LeyserISBN 0312212798 (0-312-21279-8)
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Memoirs of the Crusadesby Geoffroi De Villehardouin, Jean JoinvilleISBN 0313238561 (0-313-23856-1)
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Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politicsby Claudia KoonzISBN 0312549334 (0-312-54933-4)
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My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders - an Intimate History of Damage and Denialby Stephan Lebert, Norbert LebertISBN 0316089753 (0-316-08975-3)
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Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russiaby Orlando FigesISBN 0312421958 (0-312-42195-8)
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The Normansby R. Allen BrownISBN 0312577761 (0-312-57776-1)
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 0312869010 (0-312-86901-0)
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On the Social Contract With Geneva Manuscript and Political Economyby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0312694466 (0-312-69446-6)
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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europeby Dennis P. Hupchick, Harold E. CoxISBN 0312239858 (0-312-23985-8)
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945by Wladyslaw SzpilmanISBN 0312263767 (0-312-26376-7)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945'Book summary:Written immediately after the end of World War II, this morally complex Holocaust memoir is notable for its exact depiction of the grim details of life in Warsaw under the Nazi occupation. "Things you hardly noticed before took on enormous significance: a comfortable, solid armchair, the soothing look of a white-tiled stove," writes Wladyslaw Szpilman, a pianist for Polish radio when the Germans invaded. His mother's insistence on laying the table with clean linen for their midday meal, even as conditions for Jews worsened daily, makes palpable the Holocaust's abstract horror. Arbitrarily removed from the transport that took his family to certain death, Szpilman does not deny the "animal fear" that led him to seize this chance for escape, nor does he cheapen his emotions by belaboring them. Yet his cool prose contains plenty of biting rage, mostly buried in scathing asides (a Jewish doctor spared consignment to "the most wonderful of all gas chambers," for example). Szpilman found compassion in unlikely people, including a German officer who brought food and warm clothing to his hiding place during the war's last days. Extracts from the officer's wartime diary (added to this new edition), with their expressions of outrage at his fellow soldiers' behavior, remind us to be wary of general condemnation of any group. --Wendy Smith [via]
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The Quest for Security, 1715-1740by Penfield RobertsISBN 0313240868 (0-313-24086-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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A Quiet American: The Secret War of Varian Fryby Andy MarinoISBN 0312267673 (0-312-26767-3)
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The Reign of Chivalryby Richard W. BarberISBN 0312669941 (0-312-66994-1)
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The Renaissanceby Peter BurkeISBN 0312172303 (0-312-17230-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Renaissance and Reformationby Vivian H. GreenISBN 0312673051 (0-312-67305-1)
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Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the English Monarchsby Carolly EricksonISBN 0312316445 (0-312-31644-5)
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The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of Franceby Maria PerryISBN 0312242417 (0-312-24241-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France'Book summary:Everyone knows that Henry VIII had six wives. Few people realize, however, that he had two sisters who became queens of Scotland and France, scandalizing their brother and most of Europe in the process. In The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France, Maria Perry presents a history of the frequently overlooked Queens Margaret and Mary, who, like their marriage-happy brother, helped shape the ascending Tudor dynasty and 16th-century England.
Having thoroughly researched libraries in both England and Scotland, the London-based Perry provides a painstakingly detailed portrait of both women, European court life, and political history. She adeptly weaves intricate genealogies, complex lines of succession, and intercourt marital intrigue into her narrative. The inclusion of such detail, however, tends to overwhelm the main narrative, and, consequently, it progresses slowly and frequently lacks linearity and a disciplined focus.
The Sisters of Henry VIII was written for the reader already familiar with early-modern England. The newcomer to the period may by frustrated by her frequent mention--without further explanation--of individuals, places, and events. Similarly, readers anticipating a more psychological portrayal of Queens Margaret and Mary will be disappointed. The strength of Perry's examination lies in the breadth of detail in which she chronicles the day-to-day events of both women and the early-16th-century court life in which they lived. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack [via]
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Stalinismby Graeme GillISBN 031217764X (0-312-17764-X)
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Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, And the Looting of the Ancient Worldby ROGER ATWOODISBN 0312324073 (0-312-32407-3)
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The Thirty Years War: The Holy Roman Empire and Europe, 1618-48by Ronald AschISBN 0312165854 (0-312-16585-4)
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The Troubles: Irelands Ordeal 1966-1996and the Search for Peaceby Tim Pat CooganISBN 0312294182 (0-312-29418-2)
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Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacyby Gottfried WagnerISBN 0312264046 (0-312-26404-6)
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The Vikings in Britainby H. R. LoynISBN 0312846711 (0-312-84671-1)
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The War Lords: Military Commanders of the Twentieth Centuryby Alan TaylorISBN 0316130605 (0-316-13060-5)
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Weimar Culture: The Outsider As Insiderby Peter GayISBN 0313229724 (0-313-22972-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Weimar Culture: The Outsider As Insider'Book summary:A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles, now reissued with a new introduction.
First published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay's distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artistic, literary, and musical culture that bloomed ever so briefly in the 1920s amid the chaos of Germany's tenuous post-World War I democracy, and crashed violently in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Despite the ephemeral nature of the Weimar democracy, the influence of its culture was profound and far-reaching, ushering in a modern sensibility in the arts that dominated Western culture for most of the twentieth century. Vivid and eminently readable, Weimar Culture is the finest introduction for the casual reader and historian alike. "[A]n enormously rich, intriguing, and exciting essay.... A major contribution to the study..."The New York Times 16 black and white illustrations [via]More editions of Weimar Culture: The Outsider As Insider:
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow And Islam's One Million White Slavesby Giles MiltonISBN 0312425295 (0-312-42529-5)
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Who Murdered Chaucer?by Terry Jones, Robert F. Yeager, Alan Fletcher, Juliette Dor, Terry DolanISBN 0312335881 (0-312-33588-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery'Book summary:In this spectacular work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the preeminent intellectual of his time. And yet nothing is known of his death. In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmation of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be? What if he was murdered?[via]
Terry Jones' hypothesis is the introduction to a reading of Chaucer's writings as evidence that might be held against him, interwoven with a portrait of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, its politics and its personalities.
Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovoby Victoria ClarkISBN 0312233965 (0-312-23396-5)
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With the Heart of a King: Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, And the Fight for a Nation's Soul And Crownby Benton Rain PattersonISBN 0312348444 (0-312-34844-4)
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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered Cityby Anonymous, Philip BoehmISBN 0312426119 (0-312-42611-9)
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