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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 320 páginas
PVP: 28,25 €
ISBN 978-0-00-835669-9
EAN 9780008356699
Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. ...
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Gabriele, Matthew; Perry, David M.
"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come....The Bright Ages is a rare thing-a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading."-Slate"Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." -The Boston GlobeA lively and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 302 páginas
PVP: 32,25 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-1690-4
EAN 9781474616904
We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others - enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 496 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-0-00-849880-1
EAN 9780008498801
'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one' SAM DALRYMPLE, SPECTATOR 'Fascinating and provocative' LITERARY REVIEW Rebels Against the Raj tells the little-known story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than ...
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'Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York TimesLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well keptThe mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Now, thanks to radical new technology and the obsession of a retired FBI agent, this book offers an answer. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 432 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78470-445-2
EAN 9781784704452
'Excellent... It is a tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully' The TimesCharles Edward Stuart's campaign to seize the British throne ended with one of the quickest defeats in history: on 16 April 1746, at Culloden, his Jacobite army was overpowered in under forty ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 160 páginas
PVP: 31,00 €
ISBN 978-0-571-37756-5
EAN 9780571377565
BLOODBATH NATION is about the Epidemic that is tearing apart the fabric of American society. An Epidemic caused - not by Covid - but by Guns. Among its victims are men, women, teenagers, children, and even babies.The massacres have taken place in churches, schools, movie theatres, and at rock concerts. Auster establishes how America's love ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 34,00 €
ISBN 978-0-307-26294-3
EAN 9780307262943
At the turn of the twentieth century, America was at a tipping point: its population and wealth were growing rapidly, and the country had entered the world stage as a commanding political, economic, and military force. Would America retreat within their own relatively secure and geographically separate borders, or would it continue to expand its ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 19,75 €
ISBN 978-1-324-09237-7
EAN 9781324092377
Sixteenth-century Europe was a time of destabilisation of age-old norms and the waging of religious wars-yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacific culture cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers who sat on Europe's thrones, most notably Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Catherine de' Medici. Recasting the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 488 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78378-502-5
EAN 9781783785025
A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip. Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists, militants, mystics and explorers. From the conquistadors setting foot ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 464 páginas
PVP: 22,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-008-2
EAN 9781781250082
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome.In this magisterial work, Professor Paul Stephenson charts ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 18,75 €
ISBN 978-1-80328-126-1
EAN 9781803281261
A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.' Michael Prodger, The Times 'Full of treasures to be uncovered...A chance to visit a glittering, at times rather ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 624 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-7535-5955-0
EAN 9780753559550
A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,80 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-0382-1
EAN 9781526603821
'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.'The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history. 'Superb ... impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carre novel ...utterly brilliant' William Dalrymple, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 280 páginas
PVP: 76,94 €
ISBN 978-0-691-22987-4
EAN 9780691229874
How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth. Pioneers of Capitalism examines the formal and informal institutions in the Netherlands that made this ...
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Martin, Colin; Parker, Geoffrey
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 768 páginas
PVP: 60,40 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25986-5
EAN 9780300259865
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised In July 1588 the Spanish Armada sailed from Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel-and then a fierce naval battle-foiled the planned invasion. Many myths still surround these events.The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 1344 páginas
PVP: 44,00 €
ISBN 978-0-297-86967-2
EAN 9780297869672
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us on an exhilarating epic journey ...
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Superbly entertaining.' Financial Times'Jaw-dropping.' Sunday Times'Fascinating.' Guardian'Gripping.' The Times'Terrific . . .A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion, love and betrayal on a grand scale.' Sunday TimesIn 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a faraway throne. He had been lured into the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5098-6747-9
EAN 9781509867479
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.'Exhaustive, clearly written, deeply researched' - The Times'A meticulous, original and deeply affecting historical account' - ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 41,60 €
ISBN 978-0-8021-6018-8
EAN 9780802160188
From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin's journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the Origin of Species and The Descent of ManWhen twenty-two-year-old aspiring geologist Charles Darwin boarded HMS Beagle in 1831 with his microscopes and specimen bottles-invited by ...
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