History

Paperback 624 pages At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, ...

Author: Deborah Lutz , Cover: Hardback, Pages: 352...

John Goodlad Hardback 272 pages This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers ...

Author: Edmund Richardson, Cover: Softback, Pages: 480...

Author: Eve MacDonald, Cover: Softback, Pages: 368...

George Orwell Paperback 272 pages Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I und...

Paperback 288 pages This rich history of Antwerp was a Times Book of the Year and Radio 4 Book of the WeekEven before Amsterdam there was a dazzling North Sea port at the hub of the known world: t...

David van Reybrouck Paperback 656 pages Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Rob...

Author: Nathan Waddell, Cover: Softback, Pages: 304...

Author: Ben Rhodes, Cover: Softcover, Pages: 432 A vital account of fifteen speeches and orators – from Benjamin Franklin to Barack Obama – that tells the story of the United States as a battl...

Author: Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Cover: Softback, Pages: 256...

Author: Sarah M. S. Pearsall, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 432...

Author: Professor Mary Beard, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 208...

Author: Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi Cover: Paperback / softback Pages: 304 pages...

Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Cover: Softback, Pages: 688...

David Van Reybrouck Paperback On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new...

Michael Pye Softback 400 pages This is a story of saints and spies, of fishermen and pirates, traders and marauders - and of how their wild and daring journeys across the North Sea built the worl...

Author: Jason Burke, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 768...

Author: Simon Jenkins Cover: Hardback, Pages: 336...

Author: Harry Sidebottom, Cover: Softback, Pages: 416...

Author: Graham Robb, Cover: Softback, Pages: 464...

Author: Molly Crabapple, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 480...

Author: Dr David Gibbins, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 320...

Author: Trevor Jackson, Cover: Hardback, Pages: 320...